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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Separate from the different and varying opinions about proprietary vs OS software/open standards – the following also impacts ranking, among other variables:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Age of the IR – older IRs have a better chance of having more items, having an impact over a longer period (therefore Size being a criteria)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>IRs in Africa are growing. When new IRs are added, the existing once will be moved up/down.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Ina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:0pt'> Lazarus Matizirofa [mailto:lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 28, 2016 1:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> Wynand Van Der Walt <W.VanDerWalt@ru.ac.za>; Ina Smith <Ina@assaf.org.za><br><b>Cc:</b> Hilton Gibson <hilton.gibson@gmail.com>; irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [IRTalk] SUNScholar/Ranking - Libopedia - July 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'>Lets take it if item handles were not changed, the repository position would have not been so affected by the new domain name. If new handles were assigned then the current ranking position is understandable. My problem for the changes will be if new handles were assigned how do you resolve item links on staff webpages, citations, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'>Lazarus<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'>Sent from Samsung tablet<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:left'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Wynand Van Der Walt <<a href="mailto:W.VanDerWalt@ru.ac.za">W.VanDerWalt@ru.ac.za</a>> <br>Date:28/07/2016 12:17 (GMT+02:00) <br>To: Ina Smith <<a href="mailto:Ina@assaf.org.za">Ina@assaf.org.za</a>> <br>Cc: Lazarus Matizirofa <<a href="mailto:lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za">lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za</a>>, Hilton Gibson <<a href="mailto:hilton.gibson@gmail.com">hilton.gibson@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za">irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a> <br>Subject: Re: [IRTalk] SUNScholar/Ranking - Libopedia - July 2016 <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:left'><span lang=EN-ZA style='letter-spacing:0pt'>Dear Colleagues,<br><br>Congratulations to those institutions who feature on the list.<br><br>I do, however, feel compelled to respond to previous e-mails in order <br>to ensure that possible incorrect information do not create <br>unjustified impressions. I do not agree with the impact being assigned <br>to a change in repository software as the current repository software <br>used by UJ (and others) is fully open standards compliant in terms of <br>accessing information (harvesting protocols etc.). There are a <br>considerable number of sites on the ranking that can testify to the <br>fact that the specific application is compliant in terms of open <br>access (OA).<br><br>I would imagine that one of the possible reasons for a fall in the <br>ranking might be due to a change in a the domain name which would most <br>definitely impact on back-links etc. as per MajesticSEO and ahrefs <br>(the two databases feeding information to determine the visibility of <br>sites - a process which in itself takes time), as well as <br>re-harvesting on Google & Google Scholar (extraction processes). <br>During a change-over process a drop in ranking can be expected, but I <br>am more than certain that the January edition of the rankings will be <br>indicative of the true impact of repositories irrespective of software <br>applications used.<br><br>Regards<br><br>Wynand<br><br><br>Quoting Ina Smith <<a href="mailto:Ina@assaf.org.za">Ina@assaf.org.za</a>>:<br><br>> Dear Lazarus<br>><br>> One can definitely see the impact of not using open standards/open <br>> sources software, which is part of the philosophy of open access. It <br>> had a huge impact on the UJ repository, which is unfortunate.<br>><br>> Kind regards<br>> Ina<br>><br>> From: Lazarus Matizirofa [<a href="mailto:lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za">mailto:lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za</a>]<br>> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 11:00 AM<br>> To: Ina Smith <<a href="mailto:Ina@assaf.org.za">Ina@assaf.org.za</a>>; Hilton Gibson <br>> <<a href="mailto:hilton.gibson@gmail.com">hilton.gibson@gmail.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za">irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a><br>> Cc: <a href="mailto:barries@uj.ac.za">barries@uj.ac.za</a><br>> Subject: Re: [IRTalk] SUNScholar/Ranking - Libopedia - July 2016<br>><br>> Dear Colleagues<br>><br>> Congratulations to SA's OA frontrunners, well done Hilton. I <br>> acknowledged your team's work at the NRF's Centres of Excellence <br>> Managers' Forum which was hosted at Stellenbosch yesterday.<br>><br>> Something to note, UJ was number 6 or 7 last ranking. Its repository <br>> moved to another commercial OA platform suddenly it slipped to the <br>> 50s in the African repository rankings!<br>><br>> Regards,<br>> Lazarus Matizirofa<br>> Knowledge Management Corporate<br>> National Research Foundation<br>><br>><br>><br>> Sent from Samsung tablet<br>><br>> [<a href="cid:image001.jpg@01D1E8BF.88C7D450">cid:image001.jpg@01D1E8BF.88C7D450</a>]<br>> Meiring Naude Road<br>> Brummeria<br>> PO Box 2600<br>> Pretoria, 0001<br>> South Africa<br>> <a href="http://www.nrf.ac.za%3chttp:/www.nrf.ac.za/">http://www.nrf.ac.za<http://www.nrf.ac.za/</a>><br>><br>><br>> Lazarus Matizirofa<br>> Team Leader: DCCM<br>> Knowledge Management Corporate (KMC)<br>> Tel: +27 12 481 4016<br>> Email: <a href="mailto:lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za%3cmailto:lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za">lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za<mailto:lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za</a>><br>><br>><br>> <a href="http://www.nrf.ac.za/email-legal-notice.php">http://www.nrf.ac.za/email-legal-notice.php</a><br>> -------- Original message --------<br>> From: Ina Smith <<a href="mailto:Ina@assaf.org.za%3cmailto:Ina@assaf.org.za">Ina@assaf.org.za<mailto:Ina@assaf.org.za</a>>><br>> Date:27/07/2016 21:34 (GMT+02:00)<br>> To: Hilton Gibson <br>> <<a href="mailto:hilton.gibson@gmail.com%3cmailto:hilton.gibson@gmail.com">hilton.gibson@gmail.com<mailto:hilton.gibson@gmail.com</a>>>, <br>> <a href="mailto:irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za%3cmailto:irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za">irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za<mailto:irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a>><br>> Subject: Re: [IRTalk] SUNScholar/Ranking - Libopedia - July 2016<br>> Dear Hilton<br>><br>> Thank you so much for continuing to document the rankings so that it <br>> can be monitored. This helps quite a bit. Hopefully we can also do <br>> this for repositories all over Africa. It is of great help when <br>> trying to monitor own IR progress made, and to influence <br>> institutional strategy and policy. The visibility of research via <br>> the IR in the end contributes to the overall visibility of an <br>> individual university.<br>><br>> Congratulations to Stellenbosch University – 85 is the highest rank <br>> an African repository achieved this far. This is out of a total <br>> number of 2 271 internationally. The number of African repositories <br>> have grown quite a bit, and more and more they appear among the SA <br>> repositories, which is great. Slowly but surely Africa’s lost <br>> science is shared with the world, and is starting to have an impact, <br>> for others to benefit.<br>><br>> Kind regards<br>> Ina<br>><br>><br>> From: IRTalk [<a href="mailto:irtalk-bounces@lists.lib.sun.ac.za">mailto:irtalk-bounces@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a>] On Behalf <br>> Of Hilton Gibson<br>> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 4:16 PM<br>> To: <a href="mailto:irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za%3cmailto:irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za">irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za<mailto:irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a>>; <br>> <a href="mailto:fabteam@lists.lib.sun.ac.za%3cmailto:fabteam@lists.lib.sun.ac.za">fabteam@lists.lib.sun.ac.za<mailto:fabteam@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a>><br>> Subject: [IRTalk] SUNScholar/Ranking - Libopedia - July 2016<br>><br>> <br>> Hi All,<br>><br>> The July 2016 Webometrics ratings have been released.<br>> See: <a href="http://repositories.webometrics.info/en/Ranking_africa">http://repositories.webometrics.info/en/Ranking_africa</a><br>> And:<br>> <br>> <a href="http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Ranking">http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Ranking</a><br>><br>> Well done to those who achieved or improved their ranking!<br>><br>> Cheers<br>><br>> hg<br><br><br><br>Wynand van der Walt<br>Rhodes University Library<br>Head Librarian: Technical Services<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA><img border=0 width=211 height=73 style='width:2.1979in;height:.7604in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D1E8D4.44A882A0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=137 valign=top style='width:103.1pt;border:solid white 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'>Meiring Naude Road</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:0pt'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'>Brummeria</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:0pt'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'>PO Box 2600</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:0pt'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'>Pretoria, 0001</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:0pt'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'>South Africa</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:0pt'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'><a href="http://www.nrf.ac.za/">http://www.nrf.ac.za</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td><td width=272 valign=top style='width:204.3pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:0pt'>Lazarus Matizirofa</span></strong><span style='font-size:7.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt'><br>Team Leader: DCCM<br>Knowledge Management Corporate (KMC)<br>Tel: +27 12 481 4016 <br>Email: <a href="mailto:lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za">lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><a href="http://www.nrf.ac.za/email-legal-notice.php">http://www.nrf.ac.za/email-legal-notice.php</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>