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In the international arena the Open Access Movement has made significant strides with leading universities and research institutions committing to openly sharing its research output. Stellenbosch University has also joined this international cohort of open access advocates and has signed … Continue reading →

Tuesday 4 October 2011 14:00-16:30 Session 3: Parallel Session C: Open Access Chair: Dr Gavin Davis 14:00-14:20 Are we there yet?: open access at Stellenbosch University Raju, R.,Talliard, P. and Ras, Y 14:25-14:45 Going for gold, achieving ‘platinum’ – opportunities … Continue reading →

http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2011/09/20/stellenbosch-university-funds-open-access/

In the annual QS Report that announced the top 700 universities world-wide out of 2 000 institutions last week, Stellenbosch University is described as a “new entry…that leap frogged past the Universities of Pretoria and KwaZulu-Natal … and the third-highest … Continue reading →

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Please scroll down for English Kollegas Tesisse/Proefskrifte Desember 2011 Soos voorheen genoem is die stelsel oop, en kan almal voortgaan om studente te nomineer om hul tesisse/proefskrifte op te laai met die oog op die Des. 2011 gradeplegtigheid. Indien die … Continue reading →

During the past 5 years, there was a significant growth in libraries implementing institutional repositories, and it is still growing (http://www.opendoar.org ). Institutional repositories have been implemented to digitally preserve and archive the research assets of individual institutions, but also … Continue reading →

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SUNScholar almost made the biggest jump forward, according to an analysis conducted by @mire. Thanks to all who work on and promote SUNScholar on a daily basis. Visit the top institutional repositories, or view a comparison of SA repositories. Analysis … Continue reading →

The Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme in collaboration with OpenUCT and the UCT Research Office invite you to a seminar and discussion with Dr Leslie Chan of the University of Toronto, a leading global specialist in open access publishing. The … Continue reading →