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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 →

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 →