These workshops are aimed at postgraduate students, emerging researchers and academic staff and the focus will be on the research process. The sessions vary in length depending on the subject matter, but cover a wide range of subjects related to the postgraduate research journey. |
| How to conduct a literature review
In this webinar, participants will learn what a literature review is and the different types of literature reviews. They will learn best practices for conducting a literature review by working with their topic, structuring the literature review and how to critically analyse literature. Date: 12 April 2023 @ 11:00 – 13:00 |
| Principles of Data Visualisation
This workshop will cover the key principles to keep in mind when you are planning your visualisations, from choosing the best visualisation type for your data to the effective use of colour, narrative, etc. Date: 13 April 2023 @ 11:00 – 12:30 |
| Mendeley for reference management
Managing your references can be a daunting task. This workshop will introduce you to Mendeley, a free tool focusing mainly on reference management. Mendeley offers various services, including reference management, organising and annotation of PDF documents and collaboration. Date: 18 April 2023 @ 11:00 – 13:00 |
| Enhancing the visibility of your research output through self-archiving
Stellenbosch University’s institutional policy on the self-archiving of research output is curated by the Library and Information Service. Complying with this policy, which asks researchers to deposit copies of their research output in SUNScholar, our institutional repository, can greatly increase the visibility and impact of research output. This workshop will teach participants more about the policy and how to comply with the policy in order to improve access to and visibility of their research outputs. Date: 19 April 2023 @ 11:00 |
| Introduction to Tableau Public and RawGraphs for data visualisation
This workshop will be an introductory course to visualise your data with Tableau Public and RAWGraphs. Both are free tools and fairly user friendly. Date: 20 April 2023 @ 11:00 – 13:00 |
Month: March 2023
The Library is excited to announce the opening of two Virtual Meeting Rooms in Stellenbosch University Library!
The two Virtual Meeting Rooms are located in the Learning Commons (next to the ramp on the upper level of the SU Library) and the Research Commons, which is on the lower level of the Library next to the staircase. While the Virtual Meeting Room in the Learning Commons is available for booking by all clients irrespective of year level, the one in the Research Commons is restricted to master’s and doctoral students as well as researchers and academic staff.
Pictures showing a Virtual Meeting Room, a seminar room in the RC and a discussion room in the LC
The rooms be booked on our online bookings page.
To accommodate as many clients as possible, the rooms will be bookable up to a maximum of two hours per client a day. Clients are to bring their own devices to attend or facilitate meetings and own headphones are a requirement. Please note that the rooms are only available for bookings by individuals, not groups. For groups, clients can continue making use of the Seminar Rooms in the Research Commons and Discussion Rooms in the Learning Commons per the normal booking procedure.
We are pleased to announce that the Library Research Week will be held online this year from 15 to 19 May 2023 with the following theme: “Power-up your research pathway”. The final programme will be made available at a later date.
Enquiries: Kirchner van Deventer, tel: 021 808 2623 or Siviwe Bangani, tel: 021 808 4641