scholarly journals The design and development of a social science data warehouse: A case study of the Human Resources Development Data Warehouse Project of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 12-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Paterson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Data Warehouse ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Human Resources Development ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
Science Data ◽  
Development Data ◽  
Social Science Data

scholarly journals Paradigmas en progressie in die teologie: ’n Perspektief op die RGN-kongres van April 1988

1989 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Van der Merwe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Dimensional Reduction ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
The South ◽  
African Theology ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
The Press

Paradigms and progress in theology: A perspective on the HRSC conference of April 1988 The title refers to a conference believed to be the first interdisciplinary meeting on said theme in South Africa held under the auspices of the South African Human Sciences Research Council in Pretoria last year. Future developments in this field may prove it a major happening in South African theology and methodology yet. An anthology of selected papers read appeared from the press recently. This article contains a number of abstracts made from the book and brief discussions of papers thus abstracted. A basic hesitancy pertaining to the meaning and encompass of the concept ‘paradigm’ as well as a widespread uncertainty regarding theology’s accountability towards science are noted. Fears of dimensional reduction are expressed.

scholarly journals The International Information Consultant: A Primer on Avoiding Potholes, Perils, and Pitfalls

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-240
Author(s):  
Catherine Lemmer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Change Management ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
The Law ◽  
Problem Solvers ◽  
Law Library

Consultants are retained to assist libraries in identifying, designing, and implementing solutions to a wide variety of strategic, management, operational, and human resources issues. The goal of the library-consultant relationship is to improve the operations of the organization. Although often unrecognized as such, law librarians are natural consultants. Librarians are problem solvers, and as such develop and use many of the same skills as consultants in their everyday roles in the law library.For those versatile librarians skilled in change management and interested in pursuing these challenging professional opportunities, this article discusses best practices for library consultants and provides advice on how to avoid pitfalls in the context of an international case study. Part I of the article provides an introduction to professional consulting. Part II discusses the author's case study, a six-month fellowship with the Legal Resources Centre of South Africa. Part III then concludes the article with an articulation of the skills and talents exhibited by successful consultants to enable interested readers to better understand if consulting is an opportunity matched to their professional interests and skills.

scholarly journals A consideration of copyright for a national repository of humanities and social science data

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (121) ◽  
pp. 22-40
Author(s):  
Rebecca Grant ◽  
Marta Bustillo ◽  
Sharon Webb
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Stained Glass ◽  
Digital Repository ◽  
Science Data ◽  
Social Science Data ◽  
Trusted Digital Repository ◽  
Robust Framework ◽  
Cultural Data

In 2011 the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) began work on the development of an interactive national Trusted Digital Repository for contemporary and historical social and cultural data. Copyright and intellectual property rights were identified as essential areas which the DRI, as a content holder and data publisher, needed to investigate in order to develop workflows, policy and the Repository infrastructure. We established a Copyright and IP Task Force (CIPT) in January 2013 to capture and identify IP challenges from our stakeholder community and the DRI’s demonstrator collections. This report outlines the legislative context in which the CIPT worked, and how the CIPT addressed copyright challenges through the development of policies and a robust framework of legal documentation for the Repository. We also provide a case study on Orphan Works, detailing the process undertaken by the Clarke Stained Glass Studios Collection, one of DRI’s demonstrator projects, in preparing their content for online publication in the Repository.

Public opinion and the end of apartheid

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio F Carrión ◽  
Stuart J Kaufman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Racial Attitudes ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
National Party ◽  
Symbolic Politics ◽  
Threat Perceptions ◽  
Race Ideology

Why did whites in South Africa come to support the dismantling of the apartheid system that gave them a monopoly of political power? We use a reformulated version of symbolic politics to address this puzzle, showing that white attitudes toward political change were primarily driven by symbolic predispositions regarding race, ideology, party, and specific leaders, as well as various sorts of threat perceptions. Strong attachments to the National Party and de Klerk, low perceptions of threat, more tolerant racial attitudes, and more socially and politically liberal values increased the likelihood of whites supporting policies consistent with the ending of apartheid. We also find that assessments of the economy, both personal and national, have no influence on this attitude. We use South Africa’s Human Sciences Research Council data collected during the crucial 1991–1992 period.

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