AFRICAN JOURNALS ONLINE (RF)

For over 25 years, African Journals Online (AJOL) has been increasing global access to research published in African journals with millions of African research articles downloaded from AJOL’s platform each month. As a Non-Profit Organisation (since 1998), AJOL supports and encourages Open Access and fee-free publication models, and provides access to a wide range of free resources to assist African researchers, authors, editors and journals. To increase their global and continental impact they’re seeking a trustworthy and versatile Finance & Admin officer with a minimum of 5 years Bookkeeping and Administrative experience. Someone with technical expertise and Superior knowledge of accounting and payroll software. As the Finance & Admin Officer, you will ensure that financial transactions are recorded fully, timeously and meticulously with scrupulous accuracy and that internationally acceptable book-keeping best practice is adhered to. To find out more about this exciting role and charity, doing incredible work for the academic visibility of the Global South, don't hesitate to get in touch! Email us at recruitment@charitycareersafrica.com to request a full person specification and job description. Find out more on our website: https://lnkd.in/dvqNGnP2

Join the AJOL team and Judith Barnsby from DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals tomorrow, 22 August 2024, at 3pm CAT/2PM WAT/4pm EAT for a webinar on DOAJ and how it interlinks with AJOL.

**GRANT CALL: STRENGTHENING NO-FEE OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING IN AFRICA** EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network) invite African organizations - legal entities that own open access (OA) journals that do not charge any fees for either authors or readers (often referred to as Diamond OA journals), and where editorial teams are based - to participate in this call for proposals. This is the first of two open calls for proposals that aim to enhance the quality and strengthen the sustainability of Diamond OA publishing in Africa, while maintaining its diversity. The calls are part of a three-year project launched in November 2023 with funding from Wellcome. Earlier this year, we shared two surveys asking the Diamond OA publishing community in Africa to respond to questions about their challenges and needs. Responses received have been used to guide us in developing this call and we would like to thank everyone who contributed. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Applications can only be submitted by African organizations - legal entities, e.g. universities, research institutes, learned/academic societies and other public non-profit institutions registered in Africa that own Diamond OA journals and where editorial teams are based, and / or manage platforms that host Diamond OA journals. An organization may submit a maximum of one application. Organizations can apply for support for a single Diamond OA journal or more than one Diamond OA journal they publish. We also invite applications from organizations hosting journal platforms that include Diamond OA journals. The deadline for applications is 23:59 GMT on June 17, 2024. For more information, please see the links below: - https://lnkd.in/dMAdhTcp - https://lnkd.in/dNifhtV8

The Society for Scholarly Publishing's Global Perspectives Task Force, a team of volunteers spanning different continents, has launched. The objectives of the GPTF are: - To analyze what global perspectives are absent or underrepresented in SSP, and understand the reasons for this; - To propose a set of recommendations outlining how SSP can engage more effectively with the global community. The survey linked below aims to gather ideas for the activities and initiatives that can improve the GPTF's collaboration with similar organizations across diverse regions and countries, especially in terms of specific challenges and aspirations that characterize scholarly publishing in our region. Please take the time to complete the survey below! https://lnkd.in/dvpcnCqY

The Open Access Journals Toolkit, developed by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA), is a useful and usable set of guidelines for Open Access Scholarly Journal publishing. Read more and find the toolkit at https://lnkd.in/dP_eJ-GA.