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Open Access: Open Access Week @ Rhodes 21 - 27 October 2019

Resources and Information about the Open Access Movement

Open Access Week@Rhodes Library 21 - 27 October 2019

Open Access Week@Rhodes Library 21 - 27 October 2019

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RU Statement on Open Scholarship

As the World celebrates this year's "Open Access Week" (21-27 October 2019), the RU Library is pleased to articulate the road travelled and the road ahead in this initiative.  The theme for the 2019 International Open Access Week is: “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”.       Please find attached a statement defining and articulating the position of the library together with a presentation by Professor Ahmed Bawa of the USAF on the strategic direction of SA universities in this global scientific movement.

For more information, please feel free to contact Debbie Martindale (Librarian: Scholarly Communications) at d.martindale@ru.ac.za or Larshan Naicker (Head User & Research Support Services) at   l.naicker@ru.ac.za