Information Session Announcement: CDiA 2025 Conference

Date: 🗓️ May 13, 2025

Time: ⏱️ 15:30 SAST

To join our upcoming information session register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/95wjsG1RRLGq_h47lm4C2A#/registration

For more information about the call, please visit the site here: http://librariescd.itoca.org/

Evidence Synthesis Training for African Librarians 2025

Course duration: The course is 4.5 hours each day delivered over 4 days on Zoom (5 to 8 May 2025)

Cost: USD 75 / ZAR 1400

For more information about the course, please Read More. To express interest in attending the course Register Here

Online Training Course for Supervisors of Doctoral Candidates 2025

Course dates:🗓️ 26 May - 22 June 2025

Course duration: The course is 30 hours long delivered over 4 weeks. Please Read More.

Newly appointed and more experienced doctoral supervisors in all major disciplines from African Universities can Register Here

The Collection Development in Africa (CDiA) Series 2025

For more information about the call, please visit the site here: http://librariescd.itoca.org/index.html

Register now to secure your spot here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CDiA25Reg

Group discount for PhD Supervision Course 2024

For more information about the course, please Read More.

To express interest in attending the course in groups Register Here

Evidence Synthesis Training for African Librarians

Cost: USD 75 / ZAR 1400

For more information about the course, please Read More. To express interest in attending the course Register Here

Online Training Course for Supervisors of Doctoral Candidates

Course dates:🗓️ 09 September - 13 October 2024

Course duration: The course is 30 hours long delivered over 4 weeks. Please Read More.

Newly appointed and more experienced doctoral supervisors in all major disciplines from African Universities can Register Here

Evidence Synthesis Training for African Librarians

Course duration: The course is 4.5 hours each day delivered over 4 days on Zoom (13 to 16 May 2024)

Cost: USD 75 / ZAR 1400

For more information about the course, please Read More. To express interest in attending the course Register Here

Dr. Gracian Chimwaza's Podcast Interview with TCC Africa

Be sure to have a listen to Season 2, Episode 4 of the Mazingumzo Scholarly Conversations Podcast by Training Centre in

Communication (TCC Africa) featuring our founder Dr. Gracian Chimwaza. Catch this insightful episode in navigating the

ever-changing landscape of information and knowledge exchange.

Evidence Synthesis Training for African Librarians

Course duration: The course is 4.5 hours each day delivered over 4 days on Zoom (20 to 23 November 2023)

Cost: USD75 / ZAR 1400

For more information about the course, please Read More.. To express interest in attending the course Register Here

TCC Africa & ITOCA Partnership Announcement

We are happy to announce that Information Training & Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA) and

Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) have joined forces to form a partnership aimed at

empowering and building the capacities of librarians across the African continent in Data Management

and Open Scholarly Infrastructure.

The partnership will encompass a multi-faceted approach to address critical challenges faced by librarians,

ensuring they are equipped with the tools and knowledge required to effectively navigate the evolving data-driven

research and open scholarly practices. Both organizations will work together to develop a robust pipeline of initiatives

that cater to the diverse needs of librarians strengthening their capacities in a bid to harness the full potential of digital

technologies in advancing research and innovation in their respective institutions. The organizations will also leverage on

their existing networks in securing sustainable funding to support these initiatives. To learn more about this click here.

Announcement of ORCID GPF 2nd round recipients

ITOCA is grateful to be one of the recipients of the second round of ORCID's Global Participation Fund.

ITOCA will be publicizing and promoting ORCID across Sub-Saharan Africa & South-East Asia through

outreach and promotional services. To read more about the winning projects visit https://bit.ly/3P1DqXI

For more information about the course, please Read More.

Newly appointed and more experienced doctoral supervisors in all major disciplines from African Universities can Register Here

and the authorization form can be Downloadable Here.

ITOCA-DAAD E-Resources Training 2022_ August Virtual Workshops

The ITOCA team have concluded the practical component by hosting 13 virtual classes for the ITOCA DAAD E-resources Training, and as a team we are proud to say we had an excellent time training and interacting with all the groups of scholars. All thanks to the scholars for taking part in the training and congratulations to them. We mark the ITOCA DAAD E-resources Training 2022 as successfully completed.

Virtual Workshop: Class 13 Participants, 29 - 31 August 2022

ITOCA-DAAD E-Resources Training 2022_ July Virtual Workshops

ITOCA is conducting a blended learning training programs for The German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - DAAD) scholarship holders in selected African countries. The learning program aims to train students on how to effectively access and utilize available electronic library resources to enhance the quality of their research studies. Since the beginning of July, the ITOCA team has conducted 9 virtual classes and still have four classes coming up for the month of August.

Virtual Workshop: Class 6 Participants, 27 - 29 July 2022

Executive Director of ITOCA, Dr. Gracian Chimwaza is the new Chair of Research4Life Executive Council

Changing of the guard at Research4Life, July 2022: After 2 years as Chair of the Research4Life Executive Council, Ylann Schemm hands the ceremonial partnership bell to the new Chair, Gracian Chimwaza, Executive Director of ITOCA, Read More.

ORCID Partners with ITOCA to bring awareness to the unique persistant digital identifier (an ORCID iD) to Africa

ORCID

is a not-for-profit organization that enables transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their contributions, and affiliations by providing an identifier for individuals to use with their name as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities.

ORCID's work is open, transparent, and non-proprietary. They are guided by the principles of privacy and researcher control, and the vision of identifier-enabled research information infrastructure.