Open Access in South Africa
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Open Access Repositories
- CSIR ResearchSpace - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
- Digital Knowledge - Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- DUT IR - Durban University of Technology
- Boloka Research Repository - North-West University
- Rhodes eResearch Repository - Rhodes University
- SUNeTD - Stellenbosch University
- UCT CS Archive - University of Cape Town
- UCT LawSpace - University of Cape Town
- UJDigiSpace - University of Johannesburg
- ResearchSpace@UKZN - University of KwaZulu-Natal
- UPSpace - University of Pretoria
- UPeTD - University of Pretoria
- UnisaETD - University of South Africa
- UNISA Institutional Repository - University of South Africa
- UFS ETD - University of the Free State
- UWC Theses and Dissertations - University of the Western Cape
- AHERO - University of the Western Cape
- UWC Research Repository - University of the Western Cape
- WITS Institutional Repository - University of the Witwatersrand
- University of Zululand Repository - University of Zululand
Open Access Organisations/Groups
"IRSpace" is an informal community of practice. Members consist of all interested in advancing the case of open access and institutional repositories in Africa and South Africa.
- Search African and South African repositories using our federated search engine, IRSpace
- Join our IRSpace mailing list by sending an e-mail to ina.smith@up.ac.za
Open Access Projects/Initiatives
SciELO The Scientific Electronic Library Online - SciELO South Africa is an electronic library covering a selected collection of South African scientific journals.
The library is an integral part of a project being developed by FAPESP - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, in partnership with BIREME - the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information. Since 2002, the Project is also supported by CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico.
The Project envisages the development of a common methodology for the preparation, storage, dissemination and evaluation of scientific literature in electronic format.
As the project develops, new journal titles are being added in the library collection.
Open Access Journals
Individual Titles
- African Journal on Conflict Resolution
- Continuing Medical Education
- Global Media Journal : African Edition
- Health SA Gesondheid
- HTS Theological Studies
- Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS
- Koedoe : African Protected Area Conservation and Science
- Marine Ornithology
- Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
- Phronimon
- Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
- Smithiana Bulletin
- South African Family Practice
- South African Journal of Animal Science
- South African Journal of Art History
- South African Journal of Education
- South African Journal of Human Resource Management
- South African Journal of Industrial Psychology
- South African Journal of Information Management
- South African Journal of Philosophy
- South African Journal of Science
- South African Medical Journal
- Southern African Business Review
- The Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology
- Verbum et Ecclesia
- Water SA
Open Access Publishers
- AJOL 60 open access titles only
- AOSIS
- Health and Medical Publications Group (HMPG)
- HSRC Press
- National Inquiry Services Centre (NISC)
- SciELO
Copyright
When archiving items on our institutional repositories, we strictly adhere to the "SA Copyright Act 98 of 1978". The copyright for any item submitted remains with the original copyright owner.
Useful links:
- Copyright & A2K Issues - Online Information Service on Copyright, Open Access and a host of other related topics.
- WITS Copyright Portal
- African Copyright & Access to Knowledge Project (ACA2K)
Also see:
- Publisher’s Association of SA Copyright Issues
- Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002
- DALRO (Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organization)
- Copyright Management for Scholarship (SURF)
- Creative Commons South Africa
Funding Policies
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Publishers and Open Access
We encourage South African publishers to publish their policies on self-archiving within institutional repositories on SHERPA RoMEO
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Copyright Services Librarian University of the Witwatersrand
Institutional Repository Manager University of Pretoria South Africa
Director: Scholarly Publishing Programme and Unit Academy of Science of South Africa
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