<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div>Dear All, </div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are excited to announce the launch of the new </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LIBSENSE website! - </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://libsense.ren.africa/">https://libsense.ren.africa/</a> </span></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The website introduces key initiatives that strengthen our commitment to advancing open science:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"></p><ul class="MailOutline"><li><span style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Policy Observatory:</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A centralised resource mapping, tracking and showcasing policies driving open scholarship across Africa.</span></li><li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Diamond Open Access Community of Practice:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> A community of African publishers, editors and researchers to collaborate on sustainable, community-driven diamond open access publishing models.</span></li><li><span style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Network of Experts:</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A dynamic group of professionals working together to shape the future of open science in Africa through shared knowledge and strategic interventions.</span></li><li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>COPPHA</b> - our collaboration aimed at upskilling and uptooling public health researchers in Africa to enhance the visibility of their scholarly research outputs.</span></li><li><span style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LIBSENSE Impact Report:</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Showcasing the tangible outcomes of LIBSENSE’s work in policy development, infrastructure support, advocacy and capacity building over the last nine years.</span></li></ul><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Help to spread the via social media: </span></p></div><div><i>LinkedIn</i> - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7308086981350051841</div><div><br></div><div><i>X</i> - https://x.com/LIBSENSE/status/1902312196824043873</div><div><br></div><div><i>Bsky</i> - https://bsky.app/profile/wacren.bsky.social/post/3lkq56mnwpv2e</div><div><br></div><div><i>Mastodon</i> - https://mastodon.social/@WACREN/114188991434531299</div><div><br></div><div>We invite all African institutions to contribute to the Policy Observatory here - https://libsense.ren.africa/about-us/policy-observatory/national-open-access-policy-of-ethiopia-for-higher-education.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div></div><div><br></div><div>———————————</div><div><br></div><div><div>Chers communauté, </div><div><br></div><div>Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer le lancement du nouveau site web de LIBSENSE ! - <a href="https://libsense.ren.africa/">https://libsense.ren.africa/</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Ce site présente des initiatives clés qui renforcent notre engagement à faire progresser la science Ouverte :</div><div><br></div><div>Observatoire des politiques : Une ressource centralisée qui cartographie, suit et met en valeur les politiques qui favorisent l'érudition ouverte en Afrique.</div><div><br></div><div><strong style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Communauté de Pratique du Libre Accès Diamant</strong> : Une communauté d'éditeurs, de rédacteurs en chef et de chercheurs africains pour collaborer sur des modèles d'édition durables et communautaires en libre accès.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Réseau d'experts</b> : Un groupe dynamique de professionnels travaillant ensemble pour façonner l'avenir de la Science Ouverte en Afrique grâce à des connaissances partagées et des interventions stratégiques.</div><div><br></div><div><b>COPPHA </b>- notre collaboration vise à renforcer les compétences et les outils des chercheurs en santé publique en Afrique afin d'améliorer la visibilité de leurs résultats de recherche.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Rapport d'impact LIBSENSE</b> : Ce rapport présente les résultats tangibles du travail de LIBSENSE en matière d'élaboration de politiques, de soutien aux infrastructures, de plaidoyer et de renforcement des capacités au cours des neuf dernières années.</div><div><br></div><div>Aidez à diffuser le rapport via les médias sociaux : </div><div><br></div><div><i>LinkedIn</i> - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7308086981350051841">https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7308086981350051841</a> </div><div><br></div><div><i>X</i> - <a href="https://x.com/LIBSENSE/status/1902312196824043873">https://x.com/LIBSENSE/status/1902312196824043873</a> </div><div><br></div><div><i>Bsky</i> - <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wacren.bsky.social/post/3lkq56mnwpv2e">https://bsky.app/profile/wacren.bsky.social/post/3lkq56mnwpv2e</a> </div><div><br></div><div><i>Mastodon</i> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/@WACREN/114188991434531299">https://mastodon.social/@WACREN/114188991434531299</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Nous invitons toutes les institutions africaines à contribuer à l'Observatoire des politiques ici - <a href="https://libsense.ren.africa/about-us/policy-observatory/national-open-access-policy-of-ethiopia-for-higher-education">https://libsense.ren.africa/about-us/policy-observatory/national-open-access-policy-of-ethiopia-for-higher-education</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Merci</div></div><br><div>
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