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    2024-04-20 Phenotypic and genetic responses of wine-related yeast to the predacious Saccharomycopsis genus
    (2023-10-19) Smith, Jan Ryno; Bauer, Florian; Naidoo, Rene; Rossouw, Debra
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    2026-01-01 Environmental
    (2023) Matthews, Lisa; Swanepoel, Pieter Andreas; Strauss, Johann
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    2027-01-04 Optimise 2,4-D applications and investigate alternatives for calyx retention
    (2023-07-04) Mostert, Susan; Cronjé, Paul J.R.; Alférez, Fernando M.; du Plooy, Wilma
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    A2K : a critical reflection on access to knowledge for the growth of a knowledge society
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2010) Lor, Peter Johan; Britz, Johannes J.
    Paper presented at the Stellenbosch University Library 2010 Symposium / IFLA Presidential Meeting. Knowing is not enough: Engaging in the knowledge economy, 18 to 19 February 2010. In the hope of clarifying the role that libraries can play in serving humanity in a time of rapid innovation and change, this paper critically examines the notions of the "knowledge society" and "access to knowledge" to bring to the surface some assumptions underlying them. Whereas the term "knowledge economy" emphasizes the economic, strategic and competitive value of information and knowledge, the shift to "knowledge society" (or "knowledge societies") conceptualizes the phenomenon more holistically, as encompasssing dimensions such as the social and cultural dimensions. In analyzing the "knowledge society" and "access to knowledge" it is critical to be clear about what we understand by "knowledge". In this paper we borrow from constructivist learning theory and argue that it is helpful to see knowledge as a process rather than as an outcome or state. In discussions of access to knowledge much emphasis has been placed on the physical dimension of access (connectivity, bandwidth and the digital divide) and on the legal, economic and political dimensions that form the embattled terrain of the A2K movement (the A2K Treaty, the WIPO Development Agenda, etc.). However, if knowledge is conceptualized as a process, the concept of "access" has to be extended to the epistemological dimension which takes into account the construction of knowledge in the mind of the individual in interaction with the community. This has important implications for libraries. In spite of warnings that the role of libraries will be eroded through disintermediation, we argue for a deployment of reskilled and remotivated information intermediaries working in and around libraries to motivate, teach, interpret and facilitate "access" to knowledge.
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    Academic publishing : today and tomorrow
    (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-05-10) Roche, Tony
    Paper presented as part of the Research Seminar, hosted to celebrate the opening of the Research Commons at the JS Gericke Library, University of Stellenbosch.
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    The access to information divide : breaking down barriers
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2010) Savenije, Bas
    Paper presented at the Stellenbosch University Library 2010 Symposium / IFLA Presidential Meeting. Knowing is not enough: Engaging in the knowledge economy, 18 to 19 February 2010. The “access to information divide” between the developed countries and the developing countries is growing wider. This growing divide, due to barriers to access to information, stifles the growth and development of developing countries. Opening access to information and breaking down those access barriers become an absolute necessity. The presentation analyses the economic impact of Open Access, and describes scenarios to improve the accessibility of knowledge and the role libraries could play in this.
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    Access to information has no boundaries : Stellenbosch University engaging Open Access to information
    (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-11-10) Smith, Ina
    Paper presented at the Open Access Africa conference http://www.biomedcentral.com/developingcountries/openaccessafrica.
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    Access to knowledge and the economic crisis : a chance for libraries?
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2010) Lux, Claudia
    Paper presented at the Stellenbosch University Library 2010 Symposium / IFLA Presidential Meeting. Knowing is not enough: Engaging in the knowledge economy, 18 to 19 February 2010. From the World Summit of the Information Society to the development of a knowledge economy, libraries are changing their image to take place in the heart of the information society. Access to knowledge through libraries is a key element of the incredible development of libraries all around the world and explains the role of libraries in a modern society. But does it help during a time of economic crisis, when state budgets worldwide are used to finance economic development instead of libraries? There are some examples that this situation gives a chance to libraries with their potential of access to knowledge.
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    Alfabetiese lyste van proefskrifte van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 1929-1977
    (1977) Stellenbosch University
    Alphabetical lists of theses and dissertations from Stellenbosch University, 1929-1977.
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    Authors rights - Comments from the open source community
    (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-09) Gibson, Hilton
    Todays postgraduate will probably become tomorrows researcher. Research that is published first makes the greatest impact for the researcher and the institution. Therefore we want to encourage todays postgraduate to publish as tomorrows researcher. So, how do we encourage todays postgraduate to become tomorrows researcher and publish soon and often. We provide a easy to use framework and legal means to do so.
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    Back at the range: the position of the individual author and journal
    (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-05-10) De Beer, A.S.
    Paper presented as part of the Research Seminar, hosted to celebrate the opening of the Research Commons at the JS Gericke Library, University of Stellenbosch.
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    Benefits of using OJS
    (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-04) Smith, Ina
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    Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities signed by the Stellenbosch University, 20 October 2010
    (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-10-20)
    See http://oa.mpg.de/lang/en-uk/berlin-prozess/berliner-erklarung/
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    Cultural heritage and the knowledge economy : the role and value of sound archives and sound archiving in developing countries
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2010) Watson, Elizabeth F.
    Paper presented at the Stellenbosch University Library 2010 Symposium / IFLA Presidential Meeting. Knowing is not enough: Engaging in the knowledge economy, 18 to 19 February 2010. At first glance the concepts of cultural heritage and the knowledge economy may appear to be divorced from each other. Indeed, the contrary is the case. According to UNESCO, cultural heritage “encompasses living expressions and the traditions that countless groups and communities worldwide have inherited from their ancestors and transmit to their descendants, in most cases orally.” The “in most cases orally” caveat signifies that whereas during colonization the peoples of the Caribbean and Africa were considered to be culture-less our societies and communities were in fact very rich and vibrant culturally. This created heritages that could successfully rival any from any other part of the world. However, the vast repertoire of heritage of the peoples of these areas does not often factor in general considerations of heritage. The perception that colonized communities were culture-less was nourished on the notion that because many of our cultural expressions and practices were not codified in printed books, music scores and other European means of communication and preservation – therefore there was no culture according to those measures. The knowledge economy is often narrowly defined by many as being that which is associated with/driven by ICT technologies. In reality, the knowledge economy is that which is based on the intellectual capital of a nation, community or individual. This more pragmatic concept of the knowledge economy would therefore, of necessity, include cultural creativity and expressions as two important factors of this mode of production, driver of growth, creator of wealth and provider of employment. According to Nurse “in economic terms, the cultural industries sector is one of the fastest growing sectors of the world economy”. Thus, in economic terms, culture and cultural heritage must be viewed as critical aspects of the knowledge economy, given that they depend on knowledge that is culturally-based as their mainstay and an intellectual capital whose means of production, distribution and preservation are often intangible. Music and song were two of the critical means of communicating culture and transmitting heritage from generation-to-generation within Africa and the Caribbean. And yet, the music and song of these spaces is often hard to find, is poorly documented and not well preserved/conserved in libraries throughout these regions. This presentation will examine the role and value of sound archives and sound archiving for both cultural heritage and the development and furtherance of the knowledge economy of African and Caribbean societies.
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    A day in the life of an open scholarship manager : Ina Smith
    (UKSG - United Kingdom Serials Group, 2014-03) Smith, Ina
    Making research openly accessible and marketing research are Ina’s passions. Since being trained as a secondary school teacher and librarian, she has come a long way and her career has steered her in a direction she never would have expected!
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    Did we captivate them? Perceptions of second-year students about the library's information literacy online tutorials
    (University of South Africa, Unisa Press, 2013) Visser, Naomi
    At Stellenbosch University the Department of Information Science is responsible for the mandatory Information Skills 172 and 174 programmes for fi rst-year students in four faculties. In 2009 the faculty librarians were asked to create screencast online tutorials on certain library skills, and in 2010 a focus-group discussion was conducted to determine what students’ perceptions were of the infl uence of these tutorials on their ability to fi nd information for assignments. The fi ndings indicate that the tutorials were not as successful as the library had hoped, and that the library should work at not only improving the tutorials, but also bringing them to the attention of the students.
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    Doctoral and post-doctoral research and training : a comparison of European and African graduate school models
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-11) Groenewald, Johan