Page-Shipp, RJHammes, MMPPienaar, HReagon, FThomas, GVeldsman, SVan Deventer, Martha J2008-07-212008-07-212005-12Page-Shipp, RJ, Hammes, MMP, Pienaar, H et al. e-Research support services: responding to a challenge facing the South African research and information communities. South African Journal of Information Management, Vol. 7(4), pp 121560-683Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/2333Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of JohannesburgOpportunities for researchers to interact with their global counterparts have improved dramatically since the advent of the knowledge era. To ensure that South Africa continues to meet international standards, the South African national research and development strategy, published in 2002, invited role players to find ways of increasing economic growth and improve the quality of life of all South Africans. Many relatively small, disconnected information projects with various funding streams were initiated to meet this e-Research challenge. However, the authors see a threat to sustainability and the need for a coherent information and knowledge support system and therefore propose a 'Team South Africa' approach, with high-level participation and commitment, to overcome certain current disparities in e-Research support across the system and disciplines, that will be to the benefit of all researchers and research groups.ene-ResearchInformation communitySouth AfricaArticlePage-Shipp, R., Hammes, M., Pienaar, H., Reagon, F., Thomas, G., Veldsman, S., & Van Deventer, M. J. (2005). e-Research support services: responding to a challenge facing the South African research and information communities. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2333Page-Shipp, RJ, MMP Hammes, H Pienaar, F Reagon, G Thomas, S Veldsman, and Martha J Van Deventer "e-Research support services: responding to a challenge facing the South African research and information communities." (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2333Page-Shipp R, Hammes M, Pienaar H, Reagon F, Thomas G, Veldsman S, et al. e-Research support services: responding to a challenge facing the South African research and information communities. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2333.TY - Article AU - Page-Shipp, RJ AU - Hammes, MMP AU - Pienaar, H AU - Reagon, F AU - Thomas, G AU - Veldsman, S AU - Van Deventer, Martha J AB - Opportunities for researchers to interact with their global counterparts have improved dramatically since the advent of the knowledge era. To ensure that South Africa continues to meet international standards, the South African national research and development strategy, published in 2002, invited role players to find ways of increasing economic growth and improve the quality of life of all South Africans. Many relatively small, disconnected information projects with various funding streams were initiated to meet this e-Research challenge. However, the authors see a threat to sustainability and the need for a coherent information and knowledge support system and therefore propose a 'Team South Africa' approach, with high-level participation and commitment, to overcome certain current disparities in e-Research support across the system and disciplines, that will be to the benefit of all researchers and research groups. DA - 2005-12 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - e-Research KW - Information community KW - South Africa LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2005 SM - 1560-683X T1 - e-Research support services: responding to a challenge facing the South African research and information communities TI - e-Research support services: responding to a challenge facing the South African research and information communities UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2333 ER -