Transition time for HSS
There have been a number of recent developments around HSS research communication – particularly around monograph publishing and open access (OA). The importance of…
August/September 2015
Repository revolution
Once upon a time, the institutional repository (IR) was quite a different beast. Originally set up by universities to manage and disseminate manuscripts created…
From documents to data
In a world where thousands, millions, or even billions of documents may be returned in response to a simple keyword search, new tools are…
Global challenges, local knowledge
In recent months, environmental scientists and policymakers in Kenya have been sharing expertise on climate change in light of the recent Kenya Climate Change…
Female researchers
Gloria Sakwari researches occupational health and occupational hygiene in Tanzania. Her research looks at occupational respiratory disease and its disease burden and occupational exposure…
African pride
At NISC, we are proudly conscious of our African base and focus.Publishing African research from Africa is significant, given the extractive nature of the…
Online resource enhances Botswana research
The Botswana Libraries Consortium (BLC) is an organisation of all types of libraries, information resource centres, documentation centres and archives. It was officially registered…
All hail the pop up library
When refugees from the Congo rioted over drastically reduced food rations at Burundi’s Kavumu refugee camp earlier this year, they left one barrack unharmed…