This relevant resource is an AfLIA course that was created in partnership with OER Africa of Saide. It serves as a good introduction to the concept of openness. Importantly, the course has a facilitator’s guide which makes it easier for CPD coordinators to teach the course. Alternatively, academic libraries could partner with AfLIA to facilitate the course for librarians and interested user communities. The content and activities could also be sent to University libraries that wish to have it on their websites or database.

The useful resource clearly explains how knowledge can be classified as a public good. The resource would serve as an appropriate takeoff point for understanding why knowledge should be openly accessible and available to all.

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Librarians could use the resource independently or it could be repurposed by the CPD personnel.

The resource is a downloadable book that is designed like a course with units and activities. It is specifically written for teaching librarians about open access.

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It can be used personally to understand the history and developments of   Open Access or as an integral part of the scholarly communication process and the role of librarians as stakeholders in the knowledge sector.

This resource is an introduction to Open Science. It also lists the goals, benefits and measurable effects of Open Science.

This is a toolkit made up of four lessons that leads one into an understanding of how open data and open access coalesce into open knowledge. The resource is relevant and practically useful for librarians who wish to learn more about the entire openness spectrum. It could be engaged with individually or as a group.

This resource links up the different aspects of open knowledge as it has chapters on open access, open science, open data, open education and OER as well as case studies of how libraries are driving these concepts in different disciplines.

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It can be used as a study material for a CPD course on Open knowledge and how the concept can be rightly applied from different perspectives.

This resource lists characteristics of open knowledge works irrespective of the discipline. It could be engaged with individually by librarians. CPD coordinators would also find it useful.

The resource highlights the five pathways for getting started in Open Science.

This resource is a part of the Harvard Open Access project and can serve as a guide for those in the academia who wish to publish Open Access. Librarians can use the resource to update their knowledge about how Open Access works from the publishing perspective as well as the different options available for doing that. 

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The material could also be adapted by the CPD personnel to become a library guide specifically targeted at lecturers and researchers in various field within the institution who may be considering going the Open Access route.

This resource is a guide on how to practice publishing open textbooks.

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Librarians can use it for themselves as well as adapt parts of the book as a library guide for faculty members and other library users who may want to publish open textbooks. The material has a checklist of the process, tools that one may need for publishing open textbooks and case studies of how libraries work with users on such projects.

This material is a compilation of articles that provide ideas on the adoption of the openness. It is a useful resource for African librarians who may wish to understand the prospects and challenges of adopting open. The CP coordinator could also use the material as an assignment - by asking librarians to add more articles to the compilation.

This resource categorises open repositories into subject areas, provides a list (with links) of publishers’ policies as well as the differences between preprints and post-prints. 

Ideas for CPD Interventions

The CPD coordinator could break down the information in this resource into library guides for the different Open Repositories listed or develop a composite on OA guide for each faculty from it.

This material introduces repositories, the different types and how to access and use them. The content you might find in a repository includes journal articles (preprints and published), books, book chapters, theses, conference proceedings, working papers, reports, datasets, audio-visual items and other research material.

This resource includes a list with links to known repositories within the African continent in different countries. Nevertheless, not all the repositories listed are Open. The CPD coordinator can use the determination of which repositories are open in this site as an assignment.

This resource is the Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) site. Librarians can study it to see how to capture news, comments and track progress on open access and research. 

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The site runs on free software which can be adapted. Also, libraries can decide to teach students, lecturers and researchers how to upload the information about their open access initiatives to the site.

This resource provides pathways for institutions to be Open Knowledge Institutions (OKI).

This resource is from the UNESCO Open Science Toolkit. It sets out guidelines on strategies for developing open science policies.

This resource is a guideline on what an OER policy should address. It can serve as background material for librarians who wish to know what to consider in advocating and creating policies that support open knowledge. 

The resource which is a chapter in a book will assist librarians to have a deep understanding of how licensing for digital resources works. Apply copyright and licensing developments in the knowledge universe including the application of such to contemporary knowledge formats.

This material which is a suite of resources that address copyright issues including licenses, IP rights and use of copyrighted materials.