March 2012 graduation

Thanks to all who are working very hard in nominating students and uploading theses! Guidelines are available at http://library.sun.ac.za/English/howdoi/Pages/Submit-my-thesis-online.aspx

The last day for submission is 14 March 2012. Inquiries: Paulette Talliard E-mail: scholar@sun.ac.za Tel.: 021 808 9046

SUNScholar statistics

Please have a look at usage of individual items. The top 10 items at this stage:

SUNJournals

Journals hosted by SU are growing on a monthly basis. If you are interested in hosting your journal online with us, please visit http://library.sun.ac.za/English/search/Pages/sunjournals.aspx

Kind regards

Ina (on behalf of the SUNScholar Team)

If you are a researcher, please register and obtain your unique ResearcherID! www.researcherid.com

More than ever, research is a collaborative effort. You need to know what your colleagues are working on and of course, you want your work to be highly visible and accessible as well. ResearcherID is a new tool that promotes this vital communication and awareness among the global research community.

A unique identifier

When you register, you are assigned a unique ID number that expressly associates you with your published works, regardless of any possible nomenclature variations or institutional affiliation changes. Unique identifiers allow everyone who accesses ResearcherID to easily find a specific author’s work, avoiding the common problem of author misidentification.

A unique profile

What would you like others to know about you and your work? It’s up to you!  When you register on ResearcherID.com, you create and manage your own profile and publication list. This is the information others will see when they are seeking relevant citations, collaborators, speakers, reviewers, and more.

And unique metrics

Plus you can calculate personal metrics based on Web of Science items in your publication list.  And our exciting new “Labs” environment enables you to visually explore your collaboration and citation networks, and promote your work by linking directly to your ResearcherID profile from almost any online environment.

ResearcherID  is easy to use and can be accessed by the worldwide global community. But only registered members will have their information available for searching, linking, and tracking.

If you have any questions about the registration process, please contact the Thomson Reuters Scientific support team (http://science.thomsonreuters.com/support/). Please note that the sending email address cannot accept replies.

* Although ResearcherID.com is accessible from any computer, features integrated with ISI Web of Knowledge require you to be on an authenticated computer.

Welcome back, and we hope that all will have a very productive 2012!

The Library and Information Service is currently in the process to change to a new web page (currently available in beta mode), and the guidelines for the electronic submission of theses/dissertations are now available from the following address:

http://library.sun.ac.za/English/howdoi/Pages/Submit-my-thesis-online.aspx

Please take note of the following:

-          Please don’t let students add signatures to their documents.

-          This submission is only for students graduating during March 2012. Please do not nominate students that will only graduate during December 2012.

-          The last date for the electronic submission of the final document is: 14 March 2012.

-          The library does not require any printed copies.

-          If an embargo applies to a thesis/dissertation, please communicate it to you Faculty secretary, who will forward the requests to Senate for approval.

Please contact us in case you experience problems at any stage during this process. We are looking forward to work with you during this coming year!

SUNScholar

http://scholar.sun.ac.za

Central digital archive of all research output by members of SU. Provides open access to your research output, and is digitally preserved for the long term. Our focus is on getting hold of the post-print (via the author), and then submit it to SUNScholar. When submitting an article to open access SUNScholar, we are required to adhere to publishers’ policies. See SHERPA RoMEO.

SUNJournals

The University (Library) now hosts open access journals in some way affiliated with the University. See examples at http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/Pilot_Project

Open Access Journals

Browse according to subject. See DOAJ: http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=browse&uiLanguage=en

Copyright

Avoid signing away your copyright. Rather assign a cc license, or negotiate with the publisher to have the post-print of an article submitted to SUNScholar. You can also add an addendum and include in your agreement with the publisher.

SPARC Addendum
The Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine (SCAE)

List of journals that qualify for DoE  funding (DoE accredited journal titles)

Available at: http://www0.sun.ac.za/research/assets/forms/list%20of%20approved%20south%20african%20journals%20as%20maintained%20by%20the%20doe.pdf
Open Access Fund

If you want to publish in an OA journal, and requires funding support, please send your request with details on the journal, as well as a brief motivation to:

Reneé Reagon
E-mail: rraju@sun.ac.za

Tel.: +27 (0) 21 808 4641

Converting pdf to EPUB

Use Calibre http://calibre-ebook.com/

Libopedia

Create a personal profile on the wiki. Example – School of Public Leadership: http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/Faculty_of_Economic_and_Management_Sciences/School_of_Public_Leadership

All you need to do is to register an account, we will then approve it, and then you can start creating your wiki page.

Researchers’ ID’s using ORCID

http://orcid.org/about

Open Researcher and Contributor ID. A non-profit organization dedicated to solving the name ambiguity problem in scholarly research and brings together the leaders of the most influential universities, funding organizations, societies, publishers and corporations from around the globe. The ideal solution is to establish a registry that is adopted and embraced as the de facto standard by the whole of the community. A resolution to the systemic name ambiguity problem, by means of assigning unique identifiers linkable to an individual’s research output, will enhance the scientific discovery process and improve the efficiency of funding and collaboration.

This just a reminder that the last date for electronic submission of final copies of theses & dissertations for the March graduation ceremony, is 14 March 2012 (See Almanac 2012). If an embargo of more than two years applies, it has to be approved via Senate. Please contact your Faculty Secretary in this regard.

Guidelines for supervisors/promoters and students: http://library.sun.ac.za/etd/index.htm

Share your support for Open Access by collecting your Open Access doorhanger from the SUNScholar Office, JS Gericke Library, Office 1071. Thanks to @mire for this sponsorship!

The development of an experimental Conscientiousness measurement instrument within the SAPI project/ Janse van Rensburg, Charnelle

The development of an experimental integrity instrument for various cultural groups as conceptualised form the South African personality inventory (SAPI) project/ Lotter, Megon

http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2011/10/11/us-pryk-nou-ook-op-times-higher-education-ranglys/

Stellenbosch University (SU) has broken into the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Of the 400 leading universities in the world, the University falls within positions 251-275. The news follows closely on the recent announcement of the QS World University Rankings. Here, the University is placed among the top 450 universities in the world.

Stevan Harnad: “On Designing Open Access Mandates for Universities and Research Funders“ – 24 Oct. 2011 http://oa.sun.ac.za/?page_id=126

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 the Berlin Declaration confirming its commitment to openly sharing its research output. During the past year the University has made considerable progress in terms of opening access to information. The University is also actively preserving its research output (research articles, theses, dissertations, etc.) via its institutional repository, SUNScholar, with 14 100 records listed to date. The University commitment has grown in leaps and bounds culminating in ‘publishing’ journal titles in open access forums using open source software.  The year 2011 has been exceptional for Stellenbosch University in terms of showcasing its commitment to open access and the concomitant showcasing of its research output. Therefore the University has pleasure in inviting you to the launch of fourteen journal titles (of which nine are DoE accredited) that will be published using the open source software, Open Journal Systems (OJS).

Date: 24 October 2011

Time: 14:00-17:30 (UTC+2), Africa/Johannesburg Timezone

Physical venue: JS Gericke Library Auditorium, Stellenbosch University, Western Cape, South Africa (Directions to University – Campus Map)

Virtual space: http://www.sun.ac.za/streaming

Twitter: #usscholar or @usscholar

This event forms part of activities worldwide in support of open access to information, celebrated during Open Access Week 24 – 28 October 2011. The programme for the day will focus on publishing in open access journals, and the Library and Information Service is fortunate enough to have international experts on open access, Professors Stevan Harnad and Peter Suber. Prof Stevan Harnad will do a virtual interactive presentation on Open Access. Dr Eve Gray (Open Access Activist, UCT) and Prof Arrie de Beer (iMasa, Ecquid Novi)  will join Profs Harnad and Suber in a panel discussion to debate issues such as  publishing in open access journals, copyright, intellectual property, authors’ rights, the quality of the peer-review process, and many more. You are invited to celebrate the above achievements with us, and to join us for the social event afterwards. We are looking forward to you attending this seminar!

Kindly RSVP on or before 18 October 2011 – please register by completing the online form (please use Firefox or Chrome, and not Internet Explorer), also if you plan to follow the event via live streaming.