Legon, Accra, 19 August 2026 – University Librarians Ghana (ULG) took part in this year’s Open Science Week hosted by the University of Ghana, using the platform to advance two priorities close to the Association’s work: preparing academic libraries for artificial intelligence, and widening access to open educational resources across the country’s universities.
The Association’s Chairman, Dr Christopher M. Owusu-Ansah, presented a seminar on the theme “AI Strategic Planning for Academic Libraries in Ghana.” His session looked at how libraries can move beyond ad hoc experimentation with AI tools toward deliberate, institution-wide planning. He set out why academic libraries need clear strategies covering staff skills, service design, data and ethics, and equitable access, and argued that Ghanaian libraries are well placed to shape how these technologies are adopted rather than simply respond to them.
A major highlight of ULG’s participation was the inauguration of an Open Educational Resources (OER) Working Group, a ULG initiative aimed at coordinating OER advocacy, capacity building, and adoption among member libraries.
The Working Group was launched on the back of a keynote address by Mrs Evelyn E. O. Tetteh, Acting University Librarian of the Methodist University Ghana and a recognised expert in open educational resources. Her address made the case for OER as a practical response to the high cost of learning materials, pointing to the difference that openly licensed content can make for students and lecturers when it is well curated and properly supported by libraries.
The new group will serve as a focal point for open education work across Ghana’s public universities, from awareness raising to building the skills librarians need to guide OER adoption on their campuses. Librarians and colleagues interested in the effort can join by completing the Working Group’s Expression of Interest form (forms.gle/8kfzsaTn3AvM5KuS6) or by writing to info.ulghana@gmail.com.
ULG’s presence at Open Science Week reflects its continued commitment to open science and open access in Ghana’s higher education, and to positioning academic libraries at the centre of the country’s move toward more open, affordable, and technologically capable scholarship.
University Librarians Ghana (ULG) is the professional body bringing together the university librarians of Ghana’s public universities. It works to strengthen library services, scholarly communication, and open access across the higher education sector.