Senior Management
Dr. Tiyani Mabunda
Director Open Scholarship
+27 (0)18 389 2118
Malose Langa
Manager Research Services
+27 (0)16 910 3043
Ms Maphefo Maake
Manager Open Scholarship Services
+27 (0)18 389 2322
Research Support
CONTACTS
Josias (Kgwadi) Mamabolo
Mahikeng
Research Support
+27 (0)18 389 2110
Nontobeko Mahlalela
Potchefstroom
Research Support
+27 (0)18 285 2524
Lindi Mabuya
Vanderbijlpark
Research & Scholarly Communication
+27 (0)16 910 3142
Cynthia Mpofu
+27 (0)18 285 2525
Helpdesk: Research Commons Potchefstroom
Services
- EndNote
- How to manage sources used during your research.
- How to create a Reference list using a specific bibliographic style.
- Using the EndNote templates.
- MS Word Postgraduate template
- How to install and use the template when writing your Dissertation or Thesis.
- Research Impact
- How to measure the impact of your research with JCR, Altmetrics, Bibliometrics and H-index.
- Choosing a journal for publication
- How to decide in which journal to publish.
- Creating an ORCID
- How to manage your research with one unique ID.
- DaYta Ya Rona (figshare)
- How to save your data on DaYta Ya Rona.
- Research Tools
- How to use the DMPTool and other data analysis tools.
- How to promote your research on Social Media
- Presenting - best practices
- Tips on presenting papers at conferences.
- How to create a web-based questionnaire using Google Forms.
- Information regarding Open Access Transformative Agreements.
Open Scholarship and Digitisation Centre
CONTACTS
Sakhile Mngomezulu
Senior Librarian
+27 (0)18 389 2110
Molifi Seleke
Digitasation
+27 (0)18 285 2507
Yvonne Engelbrecht
Digitasation
+27 (0)16 910 3175
Services
- Boloka - Institutional Repository
- Boloka is the open-access Institutional Repository of the North West University (NWU-IR). This digital archive collects, preserves and distributes research material created by members of the NWU. The NWU-IR aims to increase the visibility, availability, and impact of the research output of the North-West University through Open Access, search engine indexing, and harvesting by several initiatives.
- OJS - Open Journal Systems
- OJS (Open Journal Systems) is an open-source software application for managing and publishing scholarly journals. It is a comprehensive tool for managing submissions, editorial workflow, and publishing articles and issues online.
- Training videos
- Digitisation Centre
- This involves digitising books, theses and dissertations by scanning the documents and converting information into a digital (i.e., computer-readable) format. Digitisation is crucial to data processing, storage, and transmission.
