PROGRAMME

8:30 – 8:40

Welcome

Mr Robert Moropa
Director, Department of Library Services, UP

8:40 – 9:00

Opening remarks

Prof Stephanie Burton
Vice-Principal: Research and Postgraduate Education, UP

Session 1:
Developments in the scholarly publishing landscape

Session chair:
Dr Rakeshnie Ramoutar-Prieschl
Head: Research Capacity Development, UP

9:00 – 9:20

Overview of scholarly publishing

Prof Robin Crewe
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, UP

9:20 – 9:35

Open Access: Increasing visibility and enhancing impact

Mr Lazarus Matizirofa
Deputy Director, Department of Library Services, UP

9:35 – 9:50

Publishing patterns in SA and at UP
 

Ms Sunette Steynberg Research Commons Coordinator,
Department of Library Services, UP

9:50 – 10:05

What UP pays to publish and to read

Ms Lindiwe Soyizwapi
Deputy Director, Department of Library Services, UP

10:05 – 10:20

APCs and scholars from the South

Prof Brenda Wingfield
Professor of Genetics; A-rated scientists, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UP

10:20 – 10:30

Q & A

10:30 – 11:00

Tea / coffee and refreshments

Session 2a:
Pay to publish, so that all can read:
International lessons

Mr Lazarus Matizirofa
Deputy Director, Department of Library Services, UP

11:00 – 11:30

Max Planck Society lessons
 

Ms Colleen Campbell
OA2020 Partner Development at the Max Planck Digital Library
(remote presentation)

11:30 – 11:40

Q & A

11:40 – 11:55

University of California lessons

Ms Marguerite Nel
Acting Deputy Director, Department of Library Services, UP

11:55 – 12:15

Lessons from SPARC

Ms Heather Joseph
Executive Director, SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
(remote presentation)

12:15 – 12:20

Q & A

Session 2b:
Pay to publish, so that all can read:
South Africa

Session chair: Ms Marguerite Nel
Acting Deputy Director, Department of Library Services, UP

12:20 – 12:40

Making South African Research count:
raising the visibility, quality and indexability of research output

Ms Susan Veldsman
Director, Scholarly Publication Unit –
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)

12:40 – 13:00

Road to a National Licence and Open Access Project
 

Mr Glenn Truran
Director, South African National Libraries and information Consortium (SANLiC)

13:00 – 13:10

Q & A

13:10 – 14:00

LUNCH

Session 3:
The road ahead

Session chair: Ms Lindiwe Soyizwapi
Deputy Director, Department of Library Services, UP

14:00 – 14:45

Keynote address:
The South African agenda of providing access to academic information, democratization of knowledge, publicly funded universities and public benefit

Prof Ahmed Bawa
Chief Executive Officer , Universities SA (USAf)

14:45 – 15:45

The road ahead for South Africa and UP

Prof Stephanie Burton
Mr Robert Moropa

15:45 – 16:00

Closure and words of thanks

Ms Lindiwe Soyizwapi