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How might we make the results of research from Africa known and promoted on Open Source platforms? #17

Open JustinyAhin opened 7 years ago

JustinyAhin commented 7 years ago

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Submission name: How might we make the results of research from Africa known and promoted on Open Source platforms?

Contact lead: justiny.ahinon@gmail.com

Issue area: #OpenAccess, #OpenData, #OpenResearch

Region: #Africa

Issue Type: #Challenge

Description

My challenge is to find ways to make more visible the results of scientific research / work done in Africa. This is to solve the problem of the absence of the African continent in the world of scientific research. And also to allow young African researchers to have more resources from their continent at their disposal.

How can others contribute You can contact me as part of this challenge on my email address mentioned above. Contributions as sources of data relating to African scientific research will be very welcome. And also testimonials from African researchers about their contribution to scientific documentation for the continent. I will work mainly with collaborative work tools like Google Docs. Here's the link of the Google Docs contribution page : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mhiVqV831P2SBcBFJ21Q61ZRlBJuCF1lGQhVY7I7vzs/edit?usp=sharing

Contributions can be in English or French. I won't be in person at the OpenCon Berlin. However, I will be available for discussions on Skype (user: Justin Ahinon) to contribute to the challenge.

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En un coup d'oeil

Nom de la soumission: Comment pourrions-nous faire connaître et promouvoir les résultats des recherches scientifiques en Afrique sur les plateformes Open Source?

Contact principal: justiny.ahinon@gmail.com

Thématiques : #OpenAccess, #OpenData, #OpenResearch

Région: Afrique

Type de problème: #Challenge

La description Mon défi est de trouver des moyens pour rendre plus visibles les résultats de recherche scientifique ainsi que les travaux scientifiques effectués en Afrique. Cela afin de résoudre le problème de l'absence du continent africain dans le monde de la recherche scientifique. Et aussi pour permettre aux jeunes chercheurs africains d'avoir à leur disposition plus de ressources scientifiques provenant du continent africain.

Comment pouvez-vous contribuer ?

Vous pouvez me contacter dans le cadre de ce défi sur mon adresse e-mail mentionnée ci-dessus. Les contributions comme des sources de données relatives à la recherche scientifique africaine (Résultats de recherche, thèses, publications, etc... ) seront les bienvenues. Et aussi des témoignages de chercheurs africains sur leur contribution à la documentation scientifique pour le continent. Je travaillerai principalement avec des outils de travail collaboratif comme Google Docs. Voici le lien de la page de contribution Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mhiVqV831P2SBcBFJ21Q61ZRlBJuCF1lGQhVY7I7vzs/edit?usp=sharing

Les contributions peuvent être en anglais ou en français. Je ne serai pas en personne à l'OpenCon Berlin. Cependant, je serai disponible pour des discussions sur Skype (utilisateur: Justin Ahinon) pour contribuer au défi.

char-siuu-bao commented 7 years ago

Thanks so much for submitting your challenge @JustinyAhin! Excited to see where this goes. You might be interested in connecting with @thomasmboa, who is working on a Pan-African Institutional Repository: https://f1000research.com/posters/6-452

thomasmboa commented 7 years ago

Yeah Lorraine, I am already connected with Justin who is also one of the product of Projet SOHA and OCSDnet.

pkraker commented 7 years ago

Hi @JustinyAhin, love your challenge! Would it be ok, if we facilitated it with an in-person session in Berlin? We could dial you in via Skype. Let me know!

JustinyAhin commented 7 years ago

Hi @pkraker, happy of your interest for my challenge. Yes, I'm ok for an in-person in Berlin. Here is my Skype ID: Justin Ahinon.

pkraker commented 7 years ago

Cool! I am going to get in touch with you tomorrow. The first doathon session starts at 10:45am CET.

pkraker commented 7 years ago

Would you be available for that?

JustinyAhin commented 7 years ago

Yes, I'll be free.

pkraker commented 7 years ago

Excellent, talk tomorrow then!

JustinyAhin commented 7 years ago

Good.

pkraker commented 7 years ago

For everyone who wants to join from remote, please find me on Skype. My Skype ID is peter_kraker. For everyone who's at OpenCon wants to join in person, I will post the location that we meet in here.

thomasmboa commented 7 years ago

Peter

Where is the location?

2017-11-13 10:48 GMT+01:00 Peter Kraker notifications@github.com:

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pkraker commented 7 years ago

We are in room Goethe right at the back

pkraker commented 7 years ago

@JustinyAhin The Google doc is view only, can you please make it editable?

JustinyAhin commented 7 years ago

Already done @pkraker . Every one can now edit the Google Docs

pkraker commented 7 years ago

@JustinyAhin Excellent thanks, I just added my notes to the doc.

JustinyAhin commented 7 years ago

👍👍 Thanks. I'm adding some things and comments on it.

JustinyAhin commented 7 years ago

Is it possible to have an OpenCon poster for the challenge? So I can share it.

pkraker commented 7 years ago

I am not entirely sure what you mean by that but pinging @lorrainechu3n who may be able to help.

JustinyAhin commented 7 years ago

OK, thanks.

JustinyAhin commented 6 years ago

Session Notes (@pkraker) Sources, documents from Africa in repositories Collection of sources

Main reasons for research to be invisible? Documents not online People don’t know open science platforms to make them visible

Boils down to: Lack of knowledge Lack of resources Researchers will publish in Western journals to get recognition: problem of culture Missing Repositories

Online journals are not recognized

Lack of knowledge: train them, educate them Lack of resources: put these things on Githubs

After bachelor, students not put their theses online