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  • Researcher ID Workshop 
    De Wee, Janice A.; Steynberg, Sunette; Van Wyk, Johann; Badenhorst, Melissa; Schoombee, Lucia; Adriaanse, Leslie; Peu, Ephenia; Stieger, Liesl; Van den Berg, Helmien; Coetsee, Tertia; Pillai, Viveka; Lourens, Antoinette (2015-08-11)
    The workshop aimed to share ideas and knowledge on author visibility within the research industry. Presentations, discussions and training sessions focussed on the different IDs such as ORCID, Researcher ID, Scopus Author ...
  • The budget 2015/16 
    Roodt, Dawie (2015-03-02)
    Dawie Roodt, the chief economist and a director at Efficient Group, a listed financial services company, analyses the 2015/16 budget.
  • On political births and rebirths: remembering André P. Brink's contribution to socio-political awakenings 
    Pieterse, Henning Jonathan, 1960- (2015-02-13)
    Prof Henning Pieterse's contribution at the André P Brink tribute event organized jointly by the Department of Library Services and Afrikaans, Friday 13 February 2015 at 10:30–11:30 held in the Auditorium of the Merensky ...
  • What is my role in recycling: Evolvement of waste, recycling and resource recovery International and in South Africa 
    Van Niekerk, Dirk (2015-02-05)
    Dirk van Niekerk of The Wastegroup, addressed participants on managing waste for a friendlier environment. Dirk touched on the following topics: The evolvement of waste, recycling and resource recovery internationally and ...
  • Proudly South African cuisine 
    Viljoen, Annemarie T.; Fisher, Hendrik Johannes (Hennie) (2014-09-15)
    Dr Annemarie Viljoen and Hennie Fisher from the Department of Consumer Science presented the different external influences on South African cuisine, including Dutch, French, Indian and Malay. Dr Viljoen's presentation was ...
  • Hornless rhinos: dreams and realities 
    Steenkamp, Gerhardus (2014-07-30)
    Dr Gerhard Steenkamp from the University of Pretoria focused on dealing with prognostication and treatment of rhinos surviving a poaching event.
  • Managing rhino, even in the absence of poaching 
    Hendricks, Howard H. (2014-07-30)
    Dr Howard Hendricks (Acting Managing Executive for Conservation in South African National Parks) discussed the management of rhinos in the national parks - even in the absence of poaching.
  • Kruger's elephants 
    Van Aarde, Rudi J. (2014-07-30)
    Prof Rudi van Aarde, Full Professor and Chair of Conservation Biology at the University of Pretoria, delivered this presentation at the Conserving our heritage seminar organized by the Department of Library Services and ...
  • The budget: DDD - deficit, dissaving, depreciation 
    Roodt, Dawie (Efficient Group, 2014-03-03)
    Dawie Roodt, the chief economist and a director at Efficient Group, a listed financial services company, presents how the budget's dissaving is squeezing the Rand.
  • Digitisation with the aim to long-term preservation 
    Groenewald, M.E. (2014-02-26)
  • The role of Digitisation in Records Management 
    Groenewald, M.E. (2013-12-02)
  • How to write great papers: from title to references, from submission to acceptance 
    Lamine, Monique (Elsevier, 2013-08-06)
    This presentation guides young and novice researchers in writing great research papers and the following topics are covered: How to get your article published before you start; How can I ensure I am using proper manuscript ...
  • Guide to getting published - the Emerald way 
    Zondi, Sibu (2012-09-03)
    This presentation will guide new authors to find out exactly what editors are looking for in scholarly research articles, greatly increasing their chances of getting published. It deals with the following topics: Overview ...
  • Open Access workshop 
    Olivier, Elsabé (2012-02-24)
    Presentations at an Open Access workshop with the following themes: - What is Open access? An African perspective; - Implementation and advocacy at the University of Pretoria; 3 and Copyright and Open access.
  • South African publishers & South African scholarship 
    Olivier, Elsabé; Muller, Nicky (2012-03-08)
    An overview of Open access implementation in South Africa is given and the major hurdles to providing Open access to publicly funded research is discussed. Possible recommendations to achieve green and gold Open access ...
  • Embedded Librarianship Seminar 
    Marsh, Susan; Lourens, Antoinette; Gilmore, Shirley; Nel, Marguerite Alice; Steynberg, Sunette; Grobler, Estelle; Coetsee, Tertia; Lee, Magriet; Scheepers, Susan; Matatiele, Refilwe; Van den Berg, Helmien; Malan, Danie; Stieger, Liesl; Maropane, Maggie; Moropa, Robert; Soyizwapi, Lindiwe (2013-03-20)
    Librarianship is changing, and has to change. Librarians need to master new technologies for managing and delivering information; engage with knowledge and information and moving beyond one-shot instruction. It is essential ...
  • Open Access policy development @ the University of Pretoria (South Africa) : why, what and how? 
    Olivier, Elsabé (2013-03-14)
    This presentation gives an overview of the development and implementation of the two Open Access policies at the University of Pretoria.
  • Opening access to research@UP: the role of UPSpace 
    Groenewald, Hettie (2012-10-25)
  • Kindle finding its way in the UP Library Services 
    Matatiele, Refilwe; Du Toit, Jana (2012-09-13)
  • What you should know about Google scholar 
    Matatiele, Refilwe (2012-05-08)