On 19 May, ASSAf hosted a lecture by Prof Jim Mann, Professor in Human Nutrition and Medicine. The lecture focused on “Nutrition in the prevention and treatment of diabetes: science and mythology”.  Mann has been a Professor in Human Nutrition and Medicine at the University of Otago and Consultant Physician (Endocrinology) in Dunedin Hospital for [...]

Susan Veldsman, Director of the Scholarly Publishing Unit,  Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and Monica Hammes, Deputy Director: Strategic  Projects, University of Pretoria Library,  visited Brazil and Chile in June. The aim of the visit was to investigate state-subsidised licensing schemes, as well as the possible expansion of the Open Journal Systems/SciELO system [...]