Research Support (your research support partner @Rhodes, Systematic reviews)
Open Education Resources (OERs)
Rhodes Digital Commons (Repository) for research articles
Rhodes Digital Commons (Research Data)
Rhodes Digital Commons (These & Dissertations)
Rhodes Digital Commons (Rhodes Hosted Journals)
Open Access Policy @Rhodes
Research Data Management (including Research data & LifeCycles, Data Management Plans, RDM Repositories)
Digital Evidence
The Digital Scholarship Unit was created in February 2021
The structure of the Unit is directly defined by the Library’s e-Strategy Plan
The Unit reports directly to our Library Director
The purpose of the Unit.
Focus on Research Data Management (policies, infrastructure, tools, implementation, training and marketing)
Contribute to the overall postgraduate and researcher experience in the library by facilitating research support frameworks to enhance the research journey throughout the research life cycle and the research data lifecycle
Ensure the accessibility and visibility of the institutional research output, and the ethical use thereof
Advocate Open Access practices
Raise the awareness of scholarly communications.
Manage Rhodes Digital Commons
Debbie Martindale 
Principal Librarian: Digital Scholarship
d.martindale@ru.ac.za
Tel: 046 6037307
Nandi Fumbatha 
Scholarly Communication
n.fumbatha@ru.ac.za
Tel: 046 6038690
