• University of Pretoria in collaboration with UNISA Open Access Event 2024 

  Ngoepe, Mpho; Mkhwanazi, Sthembiso; Holmner, Marlene Amanda; Rummotloa, Modiehi; Smith, Ina; Bangani, Siviwe; Soyizwapi, Lindiwe; Nonkwelo, Carol; Mearns, Martie; Sibiya, Philangani; Molawa, Segametsi; Nkosi, Dudu; Van der Walt, Isak (UPDLS, 2024)

  The Department of Library Services (DLS), in collaboration with the University of South Africa (UNISA) Library and Information Services, hosted an Open Access (OA) event on October 22, 2024. This year’s theme, “Community ...
• UP Emerging Researchers and Postgraduate Workshop 

  Chaka, Rosemary Sizakele; Aphane, Katlego; Mapheto, Marriette; Mchunu, Lathola; Khanyile, Zama; Gozoya, Joseph; Ehlers, Gerda; Ramakgola, Rosina; Radebe, Khawulile; Stieger, Liesl; Mathiba, Tlou (2024-09)

  The department of Library Services hosted a workshop for postgraduates. This workshop focused on equipping postgraduate students and early-career researchers with essential research skills and networking opportunities to ...
• Banned Books exhibition launch 

  Simpson, Thulasiswe; Burger, Willie; Brown, Molly; Soyizwapi, Lindiwe; Mthiyane, Siphiwe (2024)

  In celebration of SA National Book Week (5 -11 September 2024), the Department of Library Services in launched its Banned Books exhibition in the Merensky 2 Library auditorium on 9 September 2024. The event was attended ...
• Copyright Compliance Awareness lunch hour sessions 

  Khanyile, Zamantungwa; Booi, Lubabalo; Warricker, Adrienne (UP Department of Library Services, 2021)

  The purpose is for lecturers to engage on copyright and the importance of complying with legislation. Lecturers will be made aware of the importance of using Library Reference Pages. Lecturers are encouraged to request ...
• Copyright compliance workshop 

  Nicholson, Denise R.; Radebe, Khawulile (UP Department of Library Services, 2023-03-30)

  The Department of Library Services (DLS) organized a hybrid workshop on Copyright rules and regulations in South Africa for all DLS client facing staff members, the invitation was also extended to faculties within UP. ...
• University of Pretoria's 2022 Open Access Colloquium 

  Hackmann, Heide; Maharaj, Sunil; Du Toit, Daan; Boulton, Geoffrey; Fourie, Willem; Tochterman, Klaus; Cooper, Danielle Miriam; Samuels, Jessika; Matizirofa, Lazarus (UPDLS, 2022)

  The UP 2022 Open Access Colloquium is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, Open Data - Open Science, to share what they’ve learned with ...
• Copyright compliance seminar : fair dealing and use of creative commons licenses in education and research 

  Whisgary, Rahiem; Mngoma, Monde; Nicolson, Denise R.; Okorie, Chijioke; Matizirofa, Lazarus (UPDLS, 2022)

  The Department of Library Services (DLS) at the University of Pretoria hosted a seminar on copyright compliance. The DLS is hosting this webinar as it has identified potential misuse such as posting learning material like ...
• UP's Open Access Colloquium: Open Science, Open Data, and Open Scholarship 

  Meijer, G.J.M.; Pepper, Michael Sean; Hachigonta, Sepo; Matizirofa, Lazarus; Soyizwapi, Lindiwe (UPDLS, 2021)

  The UP's Department of Library Services hosted Professor G.J.M. Meijer, the Director and Scientific Member at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany (since 2002), Prof Michael Pepper, Director, ...
• Open Access Colloquium 2021: Open Access Conversations with Leading Academic Publishers 

  Eva, Torie; Badenhorst, Melissa; Rouhi:, Sara; Tshetsha, Veliswa; Matizirofa, Lazarus (UPDLS, 2021)

  The Department of Library Services, UP hosted an Open Access Symposium. Leading publishers:- Clarivate, Elsevier, and PLOS, shared their journey in supporting Open Science and the institution's open access research agenda. ...
• SciVal Fest speed presentation 

  Steynberg, Sunette (2021-10-05)

  Two speed presentations were presented on two case studies done at the Dept of Library Services, University of Pretoria. The first one shows how an orginisational structure was created on SciVal in order to do faculty ...
• UP Research(er) Visibility and Impact Ecosystem at a Global Level 

  Matizirofa, Lazarus; Thuynsma, Heather; Mathiba, Tlou; Ramokgola, Rosina; Zikode, Noluthando; Tshetsha, Veliswa; Ebrahim, Nader Ale (UPDLS, 2021)

  This project aims to increase the impact of UP’s scholarly activities by exposing and promoting our researchers’ scientific and scholarly enquiry. Researchers are the best people to promote their own work and need to ...
• Transformative Open Access Agreements: a Response to Scholarly Publishing 

  Steenkamp, Vanessa; Mashamba‑Thompson, Tivani Phosa; Rouhi, Sara (UPDLS, 2021)

  Academic libraries and research institutions worldwide work with publishers for Open Access deals and this process has transformed scholarly publishing into an Open Access network that responds to the Open Access movement. ...
• Navigating UPSpace IR 

  Mathiba, Tlou (UPDLS, 2020)

  This presentation gives a general overview of the UPSpace repository including the processes of acquiring/uploading research articles and Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs.) The presentation also includes a ...
• Researcher profiles and the tools to enhance research impact 

  Steynberg, Sunette; Steynberg, Sunette (2020-10-23)

  This presentation illustrates a number of researcher profiles and discuss their benefits. The following will be included: - Google Scholar profile - Scopus Author ID - ORCID - ResearchGate - Academia.edu - LinkedIn - ...
• Bibliometrics: a comparison of open access publishing vs subscription based publishing 

  Steynberg, Sunette; Steynberg, Sunette (2020-10-19)

  This presentation will be a comparison and analysis of the impact of University of Pretoria articles published in paid-for journals vs. University of Pretoria articles published in open access journals over the past five ...
• Comparative analysis of young researchers 

  Steynberg, Sunette (2019-05-16)

  The presentation shows a case study where the research output of young researchers are compared by productivity and quality with other young researchers within the same subject field. Scopus and SciVal were used to create ...
• OA2020 - Initiative for the large-scale transformation to open access 

  Schimmer, Ralf (Max Planck Digital Library, 2018-05-10)

  In March 2016, the international initiative Open Access 2020 (OA2020, www.oa2020.org) was launched. This initiative for the large-scale transformation of the scholarly publishing system from a subscription to an open access ...
• Information searching seminar 

  Fourie, Ina; Bezuidenhout, Carin; Mathiba, Tlou; Steynberg, Sunette; Strydom, Lerisa; Nel, Marguerite Alice; Ingram, Annette; Maritz, Marinda; Grimbeek, Eleta; Muller, Leonie; Boeyens, Chrissie; De Waal, Martha; Kekana, Raesibe; Modiba, Josephine; Makhera, Pfano; Rathepe, Lungile (2017-09-14)

  Papers presented at the first seminar on information searching presented in the Merensky Library Auditorium, University of Pretoria, on 14 September 2017. The seminar was organised by the Department of Library Services’ ...
• BREXIT : implications for South Africa and the continent 

  Viegi, Nicola; Kotsopoulos, John; Macleod, Catherine (UP Library Services, 2016)
• Author ID’s: enhance visibility and accessibility: Workshop 2 

  Venter, Estelle Hildegard; Makhafola, Lesego; De Waal, Martha; Muller, Beulah; Buys, Matthew (2015-11-18)

  Follow up on the first workshop (Researcher ID Workshop), the aim of this workshop was to continue discussion on the information specialists' role in enhancing research visibility and accessibility. A large part of the ...

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