A JSTOR awareness and training workshop will be held at the University of Zambia, Lusaka on May 26th, 2010. Participants are expected from among librarians, research and teaching staff as well as postgraduate students from the University of Zambia and other JSTOR participating institutions in Lusaka. The workshop will be hosted by University of Zambia Library and conducted by Rahim Rajan, Content Development Manager, and Siro Masinde, Regional Coordinator for Africa, who will be in Lusaka to attend the eLearning Africa 2010 Conference, May 26-28, 2010.The workshop is part of JSTOR’s efforts to increase awareness and enhance usage of JSTOR resources in Africa. The African Access Initiative was launched in 2006 by waiving participation fees for African non-profit and academic institutions.

 JSTOR has a long history of capacity building through education and outreach on the African continent, including previous stops in

• Ibadan (University of Ibadan) and Kano (Bayero University), Nigeria
• Nairobi, Kenya (for both a symposium and a GIS workshop)
• Dakar, Senegal (for eLearning 2009 Conference related workshops at Cheikh Anta Diop University)
• Tunisia and Egypt (training workshops at IHEC and Tunis El-Minar Universities, Cairo and Ain Shams University)
• Accra, Ghana (for eLearning 2008 and training workshop at the University of Ghana, Legon)