We’re inviting African open access journal editors and publishers to join this webinar to learn more about copyright and licensing in open access journals.

• Date and time: 24 February, 10 - 11.30am GMT 
• Registration: Please register here 

Tom Olijhoek and Judith Barnsby (DOAJ) will talk about the copyright licensing issues in African applications to DOAJ. Susan Murray (AJOL) will explain and encourage using Creative Commons licenses to avoid these issues. The first part of the webinar will be in English and we will switch to French for the second part. 

This is the third in a series of seven webinars for journal editors and publishers in Africa organized by AJOL, ASSAf (Academy of Science South Africa), DOAJ, EIFL, LIBSENSE and UCT (University of Cape Town) on Thursdays at 10:00 GMT from 10 February to 24 March. The webinars are being held in English and French.

Schedule of future webinars:

• 3 March - Open access journals best practices 
• 10 - March - Journal indexing, other publishing platforms and related issues
• 17 March - Addressing predatory publishing issues
• 24 March - New ways to assess the quality of science and scientists and the role of African open access journals