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Copyright – South Africa

Copyright – Globally

Artificial Intelligence (AI) (incl. Copyright)

Retractions and Predatory Publishing Practices

Open Access, A2K, Libraries and Scholarly Communication

Webinars – 2025

Scholarly Horizons Webinars  (For more information or to arrange webinars/workshops, please email Denise.Nicholson@scholarlyhorizons.com, or complete form at https://scholarlyhorizons.co.za/webinars-workshops/

A – “Unmasking Deception: Promoting Integrity in Scholarly Communication”

B – “Beyond Words:  Upholding Research Integrity with Honest Writing”

C – “POPI Act Demystified:  Safeguarding Privacy in the Digital Age”

D – Webinars/workshops that can be tailored to your needs. Topics include copyright, plagiarism, improving writing skills, publishing, deceptive publishing practices, use of Gen AI in a learning, study and research environment, OA, library issues, and others

Conference Alerts – 2025