End-of-Year Call for Interest

BookHub Discovery and Distribution Pilot

Open Access Books Capacity Building National Discovery

As we close the year, the BookHub project invites expressions of interest in the BookHub Discovery and Distribution Pilot. This learning-oriented initiative supports Nigerian-authored Open Access (OA) books to achieve national and global visibility, while building practical capacity across the scholarly publishing community.

Building on books already authored within the BookHub project, the Pilot focuses on how OA books are discovered, described, and sustained, connecting local publishing practice to national infrastructure and global Open Access networks.

This initiative is part of Fostering Academic Self-Reliance in Nigeria through Open Access Books.

Who This Is For

This call is intended for:

Authors

Authors whose books are already part of the BookHub project

Librarians & APC Teams

Librarians and Academic Publishing Centre (APC) teams

University Presses

University presses and scholarly communications staff

Repository Teams

Institutional Open Access and repository teams

Project Team Members

Members of the BookHub project team, participating as co-learners

Pilot Details & Benefits

What the Pilot Involves

Participation centres on hands-on learning, including:

  • Understanding Open Access licensing, attribution, and reuse
  • Practical metadata and discovery workflows
  • Exposure to national and global discovery infrastructures, including:
  • Peer exchange and documentation of lessons learned
No Book Processing Charges: There are no Book Processing Charges associated with participation.

Why Express Interest

By expressing interest, you help to:

  • Inform the design and prioritisation of future BookHub discovery and capacity-building activities
  • Provide data that supports national coordination and planning
  • Highlight areas of skills and support demand across institutions
Engaged participants may benefit from improved visibility for OA books and early involvement in Nigeria's evolving OA book ecosystem.

Due to limited operational capacity, we may not be able to respond individually to all submissions. All expressions of interest will, however, be recorded and used to guide programme planning and future opportunities.

How to Express Interest

Please complete the short expression-of-interest form:

Submit Interest

Thank you for being part of the growing community advancing Open Access books, shared infrastructure, and academic self-reliance in Nigeria. We look forward to continuing this work together in the new year.