Author Archives: scholar

South African Journal of Higher Education has just published its latest issue at https://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajhe. We invite you to visit our web site to read articles and items of interest. Thanks for the continuing interest in our work, SAJHE Support Team … Continue reading →

African Journal of Business Ethics has just published its latest issue at http://ajobe.journals.ac.za/pub. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest.     African Journal … Continue reading →

Invitation: Presentation celebrating International Open Access Week You are cordially invited to the following film screening and panel discussion to celebrate International Open Access Week. Documentary film: “Paywall: the business of scholarship” Date: Friday 26 October 2018 Time: 12:00-13:30 Venue: … Continue reading →

The Open Repositories Steering Committee and Stellenbosch University is delighted to announce that the 15th Open Repositories Conference will be held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, from 1-4 June 2020. The conference will be organised by Stellenbosch University Library and Information … Continue reading →

The Journal of Emerging African Scholarship (JEAS) is the first and currently only peer-reviewed journal based on the African continent publishing original scholarship written by undergraduate and honours students. Focused on publishing M.I.T (Multi-, Inter-, Transdisciplinary) research aimed at the … Continue reading →

A precious collection of the original botanical illustrations prepared for printing between 1912 and 1932 in Rudolf Marloth’s Flora of South Africa, has now been digitalised by the Stellenbosch University Library. The collection of 176 plates contains the original illustrations by … Continue reading →

The Library’s digital heritage repository, SUNDigital Collections, which currently hosts 12 861 individual items in 30 collections, recently underwent an essential system upgrade. This upgrade resulted in a new look and feel for the repository, as well as enhanced features … Continue reading →

The Department of Higher Education & Training (DHET) has recently issued a follow-up statement regarding predatory journals. Some of the journals indicated as “possibly predatory” are not predatory. The list of journals now labelled “not predatory” are as follows: Title ISSN … Continue reading →

The Department of Higher Education & Training (DHET) recently highlighted the issue of predatory journals with regards to the recognition of research articles in accredited journals. The DHET has now taken matters a step further and identified a list of … Continue reading →

In case you missed it… The Library and Information Service invited Dr John Measey, senior researcher at the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, to talk about Open Access as part of International Open Access week 2017 in October. … Continue reading →