These books are available via interlibrary loan. See here for the full library records.
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Book tips in the Toolbox
With our new series on book tips in the Toolbox, we would like to draw attention to the holdings of the Specialised Information Service (FID) on African Studies and present new publications by African publishers.
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Green Open Access or Self-Archiving Rights (Part 1)
German copyright law allows authors under certain circumstances to make a copy of a scholarly work available online (/self-archiving) after having published it with a publisher. Many scholars are familiar with the experience: they just published a new article or they meet new colleagues at a conference when the question comes up where their work…
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Audiovisual research data
Reading tipp: A guide to managing digital media for anyone using it as an integral part of carrying out research
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Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPPS)
Do you want to support journals from the Global South but need reassurance about their quality? Check out the Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPPS) initiative!
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Transkribus
Are you transcribing historical documents? Try out Transkribus for Handwritten Text Recognition.
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New copyright law in Germany
As of 1st March 2018, a new copyright law comes into effect in Germany and will introduce new copyright rules for schools, universities, libraries and other educational institutions.
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Navigating research opportunities and sexual harassment
How do you navigate research opportunities when faced with sexual harassment?
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Gender Balance Assessment Tool
Would you like to find out how gender balanced your bibliography and / or syllabus is ? The Gender Balance Assessment Tool (GBAT) helps to automatically estimate of what percentage of the authors on a syllabus are women.
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Power dynamics of global knowledge production: citations
Work by Africa-based scholars is also cited less than work by other academics.
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