Addis Ababa University and the Training Centre in Communication collaborated to host a blended workshop that brought together 50 Librarians from 40 Universities in Ethiopia. The one-on-one session during the workshop were pivotal as they provided personalized guidance to each librarian. This individualized approach ensured that the librarians not only understood how to access and use open access solutions but also tailored their knowledge to the specific needs of their academic communities. These sessions empowered the librarians to become effective leaders in improving research practices and scholarly communication within their universities.

Wilson de Souza from Knowledge Unlatched introduced the Open Research Library, as a user-friendly platform that enhances the discovery of worldwide open-access publications covering different disciplines.

From TCC Africa, Nicholas Outa led a demonstration on how to access and utilize the citation database, Dimensions, in exploring research grants, publications, citations, clinical trials, patents, and policy documents in one place. He also introduced the community to Scholarcy, an AI online summarization tool that can quickly identify the key points and arguments of research papers as well as more easily critically analyze papers to understand how the research builds on or differs from prior studies and effectively interpret large collections of articles.

Speakers in the session:

Joy Owango- Executive Director, TCC Africa

Nicholas Outa- TCC Africa trainer

Open-Access AI tools covered:

Scholarcy is an online summarizing tool that can quickly identify the key points and arguments of research papers as well as more easily critically analyze papers to understand how the research builds on or differs from prior studies and effectively interpret large collections of articles.

The Open Research Library, by Knowledge Unlatched, is a user-friendly platform that enhances the discovery of worldwide open-access publications covering different disciplines.

Dimensions, by Digital Science, is a citation database that can be used to explore research grants, publications, citations, clinical trials, patents, and policy documents in one place.

RECORDING OF THE SESSION

About the Organizers

Knowledge Unlatched is an organization that offers an opportunity for libraries and publishers from around the world to work together to create a sustainable route to Open Access to scholarly books and journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine.

Website: https://knowledgeunlatched.org/

Scholarcy is a London-based Edtech applying machine learning to extract structured data and knowledge summaries from scholarly content. Scholarcy is available as a web-based platform and can be used on various devices. It is recommended for students, researchers, and professionals who want to keep on top of the latest research in their field and prepare literature reviews in a more systematic way.

Learn more about Scholarcy at https://www.scholarcy.com/

The Training Centre in Communication(TCC Africa), is the first African-based training centre to teach effective communication skills to scientists. TCC Africa is an award-winning Trust, established as a non-profit entity in 2006 and is registered in Kenya. TCC Africa provides capacity support in improving researchers’ output and visibility through training in scholarly and science communication.

Website: https://www.tcc-africa.org/

Addis Ababa University (AAU), which was established in 1950 as the University College of Addis Ababa (UCAA), is the oldest and the largest higher learning and research institution in Ethiopia. Since its inception, the University has been the leading center in teaching-learning, research and community services.
Addis Ababa University webpage: http://www.aau.edu.et/about/aau-at-glance/