NISC (Pty) Ltd

01/10/2025

NISC is attending the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) conference in Gqeberha.
Visit our exhibition stand in the main hall and engage with us regarding your library subscription packages, database and book requirements.

01/10/2025

NISC are attending the annual LIASA conference.

10/09/2025

NISC are attending the Southern African Marine Science Symposium (SAMSS 2025). Visit us at our exhibition stand where we are displaying our products, and engage with us.
Taylor & Francis Africa

07/07/2025

The African Journal of AIDS Research (AJAR) will publish a special issue addressing the impact of HIV/AIDS funding cuts on research and interventions. It invites articles from African researchers on how they are sustaining HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) research despite financial challenges, including strategies to maintain ongoing and future research efforts.
Read more: bit.ly/3Gc8Bhr
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30/06/2025

Please note that for much of the afternoon of Monday 30 June and all of Tuesday 1 July NISC email addresses will be going through a downtime period. We are migrating our domain host during which time our email server will be down.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused over this period. Please contact our office at 046 622 9698 for any urgent queries.

26/06/2025

Ostrich – Journal of African Ornithology will be publishing a special issue in December 2025, focusing on the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Ornithology. This special issue aims to showcase innovative research that applies AI to advance our understanding of bird species, conservation challenges, and biodiversity in Africa and beyond. The deadline for submissions has been extended to 15 September 2025. Read more: http://bit.ly/3ZPTUaf
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09/06/2025

Identifying and naming every plant and animal in nature is a challenging endeavour. Zoologist, Fortunate Phaka has taken on this task by leading the first in-depth study of how frogs and reptiles are named and classified across nine South African languages.

The paper, titled “Naming South African frogs and reptiles in nine Indigenous languages” features in Volume 74, Issue 1 of African Journal of Herpetology and documents 136 frog species and 407 reptile species, all of which have been scientifically recognized.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3HLyu7P
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Photograph: Fortunate Phaka (not for reuse).

28/05/2025

A Powerhouse of the Spirit: The Life and Art of Sister Margaret Watson of Grahamstown tells the story of a remarkable woman, Margaret Watson, who left her conventionally middle-class home in England to join an Anglican sisterhood in Grahamstown (now known as Makhanda). Watch more about this book and how to get a copy here:

Recently, author of A Powerhouse of the Spirit, William Barham, launched his book at Amazwi South African Museum of Literature in Makhanda. The book tells th...

26/05/2025

A call for papers has been issued for a special issue titled "The Enduring Contemporary Relevance of Maurice Merleau-Ponty" which will be published in the Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology. Read more: https://bit.ly/4mwKES7
Taylor & Francis Africa

23/05/2025

The South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 38, Issue one, includes an article titled "Paving the way to detect adult malnourished patients in resource-limited settings: the first step to the right to nutritional care". Read more about this article here: bit.ly/44RXV1c

14/05/2025

In Ghana the White-necked Rockfowl was thought extinct for over 40 years until its rediscovery in 2003, which led to efforts to locate additional populations. A study is featured in Volume 96, issue 1, Ostrich: African Journal of Ornithology titled "Trends and population size of White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus within the Nyamibe Bepo Forest Reserve in Ghana".

Read more: https://rb.gy/k1xsxn

Photograph: Samuel Zhang
Taylor & Francis Africa

03/05/2025

In association with SANLiC Taylor & Francis Africa Peer Reviewer Training provides detailed online training covering all aspects of how to be a peer reviewer. Join the webinar on Tuesday 6 May to learn more. Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5859894945611386459