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It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity. The theme proposed this year is based on the draft UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.  It embraces Open Science and the importance of equity of knowledge and the fair participation for … Continue reading →

International Open Access Week is an annual scholarly communication event which focuses on Open Access and related topics and takes place every year in the last week of October. The theme for this year’s Open Access week is “Open with … Continue reading →

The Open Repositories Steering Committee is now accepting applications for fellowships to attend OR2020 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The fellowship programme allows a limited number of qualified librarians, repository managers, developers, or researchers in digital libraries or related fields to participate … Continue reading →

The 15th International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2020, will be held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, from 1-4 June 2020. The organisers are pleased to invite you to contribute to the program. This year’s conference theme is: Open for all In today’s … Continue reading →

International Open Access week is celebrated every year globally during the last week of October. The theme this year is “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”. In celebration of Open Access week the Academy Science of South Africa in … Continue reading →

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 →