Join this session to explore journal sustainability, drawing from experiences of African Diamond OA journals developing and implementing their sustainability strategies and action plans.
Rob Johnson of Research Consulting will present the Financial Sustainability Planning Toolkit for Diamond OA journals with planning templates, developed as a result of the ‘Collaboration for Sustainable Open Access Publishing in Africa' project, funded by Welcome. EIFL grantee Mebratu Mulatu will talk about Hawassa University Diamond Open Access Journals Sustainability Plan.
Date and time: Wednesday, 4 November at 1pm UTC (Convert to your timezone)
Registration: Please register here
Guidance will be provided on how to shift from issue-to-issue or year-to-year planning to multi-year planning and from rough costs estimates to clearly defined funding streams with realistic expectation and a contingency plan. Common funding challenges will be discussed and practical solutions shared.
The webinar is offered simultaneously in English and French.
This webinar is a part of Strengthening Scholarly Publishing in Africa collaborative webinar series bringing together Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), Crossref, DOAJ, EIFL, and PKP to share practical guidance, resources, and approaches for strengthening the publishing ecosystem in the region. This series responds to the growing interest in open access, digital publishing, stronger editorial practices, and greater visibility of research publishing across Africa. In this series, we’re coming together to offer a more holistic learning experience to the community of African publishers, putting different aspects of the publishing process in their broader context. See information about other webinars in the series here.
See slides and view recording from the previous webinar organized by EIFL from this series:
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