Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities signed November 17, 2011
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During Open Access Week (24-30 October 2011) the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities was signed at three South African universities. This Declaration is an international statement on open access to knowledge. (more…)
Open-access journal publishing August 31, 2011
Posted by Louise in : Open Access Scholarly Publishing , add a commentThe Academy of Science of South Africa and UNESCO hosted a two-day workshop on open-access journal publishing at the Academy of Science of South Africa in Pretoria on 18 and 19 August 2011.
National Scholarly Book Publishers’ Forum meets June 20, 2011
Posted by Louise in : Events , add a commentThe National Scholarly Book Publisher’s Forum met on the 27th May 2011 at the Human Sciences Research Council’s offices in Cape Town. The meeting was attended by representatives of nine publishing institutions.
The vision and mission of the National Scholarly Book Publishers’ Forum is to make the Forum a significant new stakeholder in the South African national innovation system (NSI), with a voice that helps shape policy and promotes excellence and high visibility of the country’s research activities through the promotion and proper resourcing of scholarly book publishing in and from the country.
The objectives of the National Scholarly Book Publishers’ Forum will be generally to support and promote high-quality scholarly book publishing in South Africa, and especially to assist in the efforts of the Academy bringing about the following: (more…)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE OF SAJS Vol 107, No 5/6 (2011) June 14, 2011
Posted by Louise in : Publications, SAJS , add a commentSOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE Vol 107, No 5/6 (2011)
Brazilian mammal-like fossil find suggests link to South Africa
The discovery of a 260-million-year-old Tiarajudens eccentricus in Brazil that was announced to the world in March this year may for the first time suggest that anomodonts roamed both continents in the Permian period. (more…)
SciELO SA goes live! August 13, 2009
Posted by Susan in : Open Access Scholarly Publishing , add a commentASSAf’s Open Scholarly Publishing team has been involved in the launch of a pilot site for SciELO SA, initially on the ScieELO Brazil site, has been established using their existing hardware, software, and mark-up processes. (more…)
