1. Dr Olawale E. Olayide, Data Initiatives in Africa 2017
Building a Sustainable Open Metadata Repository in African Universities: UI-NADA, University of Ibadan, NIGERIA
Olawale Emmanuel Olayide, PhD Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Development University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

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Outline
Introduction
Metadata in Africa: Open Access, Challenges, and Opportunities
What it takes to build UI-NADA
Measuring progress and impacts of UI-NADA
What would be needed to sustain UI-NADA
Conclusion
Recommendations
Acknowledgements

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Introduction
Universities are knowledge management centres
The “universe” of culture, practices and theories
African historical knowledge of oral tradition (tales, Forklores, etc) predates
Progress in African literature and documentation (written tradition) have been made
Development of libraries & archives are early comers
Transformation to open source wares and internet-based applications, including cloud and distributed computing are new and emerging trends in Africa

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Introduction…2
Adequate data is required for effective knowledge management.
Dataset can be conceived as a commodity (commercialization, copyrighted or free source or creative commons)
Knowledge management of metadata could lend itself to the following:
Reuse
Reduce
Recycle
Re-invent
Reposition
Reproducible

5. Metadata in Africa: Open Access
Dr Olawale E. Olayide, Data Initiatives in Africa 2017
Metadata in Africa: Open Access
Open Access is a global trend, a movement that is already more 20 years old
Open access to data means free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself - Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI)

6. Metadata in Africa: Challenges
Dr Olawale E. Olayide, Data Initiatives in Africa 2017
Metadata in Africa: Challenges
The constraints on reproduction and distribution, and the only role for copyright in this domain, should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited
It has become more pressing because of the numerous opportunities provided by the internet in developing repositories (archives) – band wagon effect or left behind
Limited e-infrastructure in Africa (Internet penetration and electricity)

7. Metadata in Africa: Opportunities
Dr Olawale E. Olayide, Data Initiatives in Africa 2017
Metadata in Africa: Opportunities
Promote research, teaching & learning
Less digitizing of hardcopies
Expensive but cost saving and cost sharing
It can help to harvest data from very distributed or dispersed sources and make data much more discoverable
Effective, impactful and ‘massive’
Many outlets are now available and accessible: ResearchGate, Google Scholar Citations, Scopus, ScienceDirect, DSpace, Dropbox, Nesstar Publisher, NADA, etc

8. Data as Increasingly FAIR Digital Objects
Dr Olawale E. Olayide, Data Initiatives in Africa 2017
Data as Increasingly FAIR Digital Objects

9. Building an Institutional Metadata Repository: UI-NADA
Dr Olawale E. Olayide, Data Initiatives in Africa 2017
Building an Institutional Metadata Repository: UI-NADA
A formidable team “building”
Arranging the “bricks”?

10. University of Ibadan Data Archive
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University of Ibadan Data Archive
Source:

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The Purpose
The purpose of the University of Ibadan Data Archive and Documentation Platform (UI-DADP) is to curate data and provide open access for survey data users for evidence-based policy formulation and sustainable development planning and to serve as a model for the Nigerian University system
It is also intended to complement macro-data archiving and documentation in the Nigerian Statistical System (NSA)

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The Progress
The UI-NADA has recorded phenomenal web hits since it was launched in April 2015.
For instance, the total number of views increased from 995 in June 2015 to 11,295 in May 2016, and 25,997 in March 2017.
Similarly, the number of downloads increased from 211 in June 2015 to 5,988 in in May 2016, and 8723 in March 2017 (see Figures 1 and 2).

13. Some Trends and Impacts
Dr Olawale E. Olayide, Data Initiatives in Africa 2017
Some Trends and Impacts

14. Some Trends and Impacts…2
Dr Olawale E. Olayide, Data Initiatives in Africa 2017
Some Trends and Impacts…2

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Quick Wins
The UI-DADP is potentially a veritable teaching and research platform for tracking usability of research data and area of interests on development issues
It offers opportunity for innovative research and feedbacks
It also underscores the potentials for development of workable policy framework on data archiving and documentation in Nigerian (Africa) University System

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Some Benefits
Visibility: In sight on website
Archiving: storage and retrieval
Research: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, Re-invent, Reposition, and Reproducible
Impact: Making a difference
Ranking: Global competitiveness

17. Ranking Web of Universities – Africa (2016)
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Ranking Web of Universities – Africa (2016)
Source:

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Webometrics Ranking

19. Sustainability Outlook: Partnerships
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Sustainability Outlook: Partnerships

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22. Future activities & collaboration
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Future activities & collaboration
Upload additional metadata on the repository
Link the publications and DOIs to ORCID (DataCite)
Data analysis with R, STATA, SPSS, MYSQL (front-end or back-end)
Cloning of OAR on NADA: Create a NADA website that exposes the datasets through the Invenio REST API (oar.ui.edu.ng)
See more collaborations and opportunities for capacity development

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Conclusion
Africa knowledge management system has transited from oral tradition to documentation and archiving using the internet resources with the universities playing significant roles
Institutional and internationalisation policy frameworks are drivers of change in data initiatives Africa
Impacts are being generated through visibility and recognition

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Recommendations
Most of the universities in Africa want to be world-class. Hence, catching-up would be required in order to compete favourably in the global space.
Uniqueness and relevance should be more important in the competitive space that seeks to promote FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data
There is need for networking of the institutions (south-south & north-south) while maintaining individual identity and mandate.
Deployment resources and enhancement of partnerships are required for sustainable metadata repository in Africa

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Acknowledgments
Sponsored by:
Supported by:
ADP/PARIS21
Accelerated Data Program