Name: Diamond Open Access Day
Start: 2026-03-24T08:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-24T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Banjul ICC

Diamond Open Access Day

Tuesday, 24 March 2026 - 08:30

Monday, 23 March 2026
Tuesday, 24 March 2026

08:30 Arrival & Registration
Arrival & Registration
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Thematic Room 2
09:00 Opening Remarks - Omo Oaiya (WACREN)
Opening Remarks
- Omo Oaiya (WACREN)
09:00 - 09:10
Room: Thematic Room 2 How journals, books, persistent identifiers (PIDs), and capacity building align within Diamond Open Access and WACREN’s coordinating role in Africa.
09:10 Session 1 - Journals: Session 1 - Journals
Session 1 - Journals
09:10 - 10:30
Room: Thematic Room 2
Contributions

09:10 Collaboration for Sustainable Open Access Publishing in Africa

09:30 Quality & Visibility of African Diamond OA Journals

09:50 Interactive Discussion & Practical Pathways Forward

10:25 Session Wrap-up
10:30 Coffee Breeak
Coffee Breeak
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Thematic Room 2
11:00 Session 2 – Books: Session 2 – Books
Session 2 – Books
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Thematic Room 2
Contributions

11:00 Community-Led Open Access Book Publishing: The BookHub Pilot and Diamond OA - Fatimah Abduldayan (Federal University of Technology Minna Niger State)

11:20 Building Global Trust in Open Access Books: The Role of the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

11:35 Strengthening OA Book Discoverability through Open Metadata Workflow

11:50 Interactive Discussion & Practical Pathways Forward

12:20 Regional Call to Action - Omo Oaiya (WACREN)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Thematic Room 2
13:30 Session 3 – Building a Coherent PID Ecosystem for Diamond Open Access in Africa
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Thematic Room 2
Contributions

13:30 ORCID for African Researchers

13:45 ORCID- WACA update

14:00 Crossref: Strengthening Metadata Integrity and Discoverability in African Diamond OA

14:15 Institutional Stewardship in a Multi-PID Ecosystem - Omo Oaiya (WACREN)

14:30 PIDsLink: Operationalising Multi-PID Integration in Institutional Workflows - Donald Seanedzu (WACREN)

14:45 Discussion & Q&A
15:00 Break
Break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Thematic Room 2
15:30 Session 4 – Capacity Building & User Communities: Session 4 – Capacity Building & User Communities
Session 4 – Capacity Building & User Communities
15:30 - 17:00
Room: Thematic Room 2
Contributions

15:30 Communities of Practice as a Core Component of Diamond OA

15:50 Interactive Discussion

16:20 Session Wrap-up - Femi Arogundade (WACREN)