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  • 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 ...
  • 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; 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 ...
  • 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.