Author:Van der Merwe, Adèle; Kroeze, JHDate:Oct 2008Parallel to the Open Source Software movement, there is an increased demand and need for free, open access to information resources. The Open Access initiative is characterized by two strategies: namely the promotion of self-archiving or, ...Read more
Author:Van der Merwe, AdèleDate:Apr 2008Parallel to the Open Source Software movement, there is an increased demand and need for free, open access to information resources. The Open Access initiative is characterized by two strategies: namely the promotion of self-archiving or, ...Read more
Author:Van Zyl, TL; Parbhoo, C; Moodley, D; Cwela, B; Umuhoza, D; Shabangu, P; Vahed, AnwarDate:May 2009The paper focuses on the information technology infrastructure required for the evaluation and monitoring of risk relating to floods in South Africa. It may be argued that in the context of developing countries, flood preparedness is more ...Read more
Author:Muswelanto, S; Van Deventer, Martha J; Van der Merwe, AdèleDate:Jul 2009With the establishment of an Institutional Repository (IR) one of the first questions the organisation should ask is: ‘How could we promote Open Access (OA) and still adhere to the restrictions of copyright? The Council for Scientific and ...Read more
Author:Ramorulane, DaveDate:Jun 2012Open Access (OA) refers to electronic scholarly articles, books, monographs and other grey literature that is freely available. Various electronic platforms limit access to their content due to subscription costs, firewalls, and other access ...Read more