Welcome to OPAR Sandbox

OPAR Sandbox is a training environment operated by UbuntuNet Alliance to support practical learning, collaboration, and capacity building around repository management and open science workflows in Africa.

This sandbox is intended for guided exercises on DSpace, including community and collection management, metadata quality, submission workflows, discovery, and persistent identifier practice.

Participants are expected to use the environment fairly and professionally so that the platform remains reliable and useful for shared training sessions across institutions in the UbuntuNet Alliance community.

UbuntuNet Alliance advances research and education networking and promotes open science through regional collaboration, shared infrastructure, skills development, and access to trusted scholarly systems.

Communities in DSpace

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African Hub Conference Papers
Access conference papers and proceedings from the African Hub.
Archive - Faculty of Science Sample
Training structure for DSpace Part B exercise.
Archive - Faculty of Social Sciences Sample
Training structure for DSpace Part B exercise.
Audio, video, and multimedia materials
Audio, video, and multimedia materials
Bamboo University of Technology (BUoT)
An innovative university in Eastern Uganda
BERNET ENGINNERING FACULTY
Blue Economy University
A centre of excellence advancing education, research, innovation, and leadership for a sustainable blue economy.
BOMA INN UNIVERSITY
Boma University
The Boma University Institutional Repository preserves and provides open access to the University's scholarly and research outputs for teaching, learning, and global knowledge sharing.
Boma University
Find a Collection of all Academic and Non-Academic Works of our Institution

Recent Submissions

The Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yield in Ghana
(Kintampo Technical University, 2025) Mensa, Kofi A
Faculty of Business
(2025) Mensa, Kofi A
The aim of the training was to strengthen the capacity of librarians and repository managers in the management, promotion, and sustainability of Open Institutional Repositories (OIRs).
The Impact of Climate Change on Crop yield in Ghana.
(KTU, 2024-01-01) Kofi A. Mensah; J.M. Otieno; D. John;
This study look at how climate change affect crop production in Ghana. Data were collected from some farmers in the Northern Region and analysed. The result show that rainfall not stable and temperature is increase which affect yield. The paper suggest that farmers need to adapt to climate change.
Impact of training Lab technicians information literacy
(Hutano University, 2026-08-27)
Physics of Ultrasound – Course Outline
(ECUREI, 2024-02-13) Mensa, Kofi A
Introduction to Ultrasound Physics • History and development of ultrasound imaging • Nature and properties of sound waves: - Frequency - Wavelength - Amplitude - Propagation velocity - Energy • Interaction of ultrasound with tissues: