Read more about the The 2023 South African Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators Report: www0.sun.ac.za/scistip/news/i… @dsigovza National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) #CREST #SciSTIP #STI #Innovation

4/16 It is important to note that our critique of ranking regards all university rankings, not just that of THE. They are all severely lacking, as shown by research from the INORS INORMS Research Evaluation Group work on rethinking rankings inorms.net/rethinking-glo… doi.org/10.29024/sar.31

10 AI Apps to Accelerate Your Academic Research (updated, alphabetical order) [Bookmark 🔖 for later reference] 1⃣Consensus Consensus ✅Find insights in research papers with evidence-based Answers 2⃣Elicit Elicit ✅Find articles & concepts and analyse papers

Chris Brink about the meaninglessness of academic rankings... Academic rankings: The tide begins to turn universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

Read about copyright issues and AI... blog.lboro.ac.uk/rdm/

*Another* international call for more critical approaches to the University rankings. The tide is turning…

Congratulations to Stellenbosch University Library for their outstanding achievement, winning a silver award MACE for their innovative TikTok campaigns! 🥈🎉Well done on this well-deserved recognition! #MACEAwards2023 #StellenboschUniversityLibrary #LibraryExcellence

Big, big news from Sorbonne University (Sorbonne Université )! They have decided to switch to OpenAlex for their publication database and bibliometric analytics, abandoning the use of proprietary products! sorbonne-universite.fr/en/news/sorbon…

Damning critique of the validity of the World University Rankings methods from Jeroen Bosman aka @[email protected] INORMS Research Evaluation Group #MoreThanOurRank Spotlight Session

So important - Please read: "The SDGs aren’t an opportunity to LOOK good, they are an opportunity to DO good". blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

Today, CWTS | Leiden University announced the Open Leiden Ranking, the first fully transparent university ranking, using OpenAlex data!

The only AI linked tool I currently pay for out of my own pocket! Invaluable for a methodologist who knows almost all papers in my field but can't remember which specific papers discuss which issues.

📚 Exciting News! 🎉Introducing Xabiso Xesi, Manager of Research Data Services, and Sakhile Mngomezulu, Manager of Scholarly Communications & Open Access. Let's give them a warm welcome! #LibraryLife #ResearchSupport #ScholarlyCommunication

Too funny not to share :-)

“If we shouldn’t use Impact Factors, what should we use instead?” Today, DORA is releasing new guidance on research indicators, including Journal Impact Factor, citations, h-index, altmetrics, and more. 🧵1/3 bit.ly/DORAindicators

Level up your research game! Dive into Library Research Week, May 13-17, 2024, and let's strive for excellence together! Program and registration available here: library.sun.ac.za/en-za/Research… #reseachweek

Level up your research game with our dynamic sessions for tomorrow,15 May! #ResearchExcellence #SunDMP #scopingreviews #mixedmethods #researchweek Register here: bit.ly/4byUfBy

My poster "Mapping skills and tools needed for researcher impact reports to the Competencies Model for Bibliometric Work" was presented this week at the BRIC Conference in Vancouver. Unfortunately, I could not attend, but they allowed me to send the poster. Thank you colleagues!

Thank you to Monica for a summary of the BRIC conference and for mentioning my poster :-)

Join the ORCID webinar Ask Me Anything – Librarians Leading ORCID Adoption on 11 June! 🎤 Ms Ellen Tise & Marié Roux will share insights from Stellenbosch University. 🔗 Info: bit.ly/3XezUuA 📝 Register: bit.ly/3XnFo9Z #ORCID #SU_Library #OpenResearch