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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Information Science) by Type "Mini Dissertation"
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This study aimed at assessing access and use of PERii electronic journal resources by postgraduate students in the School of Education at the University of Dar es Salaam. Specific objectives for this study were to examine ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The basic aim of this mini-dissertation was to explore the prospects of digitisation at the University of Ghana Library System (UGLS). The research followed a qualitative approach and a case study research design was ...
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Assessing the use of journals and formats preferred by postgraduate students of Makerere University (University of Pretoria, 2015)Academic libraries are focused towards effective information provision that is necessary for teaching, learning and research. Makerere University Library (Maklib) is no exception as it has strategies towards effective ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)ABSTRACT Information literacy skills training should be utilised by libraries as a strategy for transforming non-library users into constant users by teaching them appropriate skills that can impact on their knowledge and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Institutional repositories (IRs) have become an important element in scholarly communication reform. IRs are seen, by higher education institutions, as an adequate response to the serials crisis and a major academic leap ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Librarians have to ensure that they are kept abreast of the changes in their discipline and are continuously trained to handle new technologies and systems. The changes in the ICT and the impact on the LIS sector should ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Knowledge management (KM) is increasingly becoming important for organisations to enhance their competitive advantage, performance and to become more effective. Academic institutions and academic libraries, in particular, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The focus of this study was to develop a strategy for sustainable digitisation of the Buganda kingdom special collections at Makerere University Library, Uganda. A number of questions were formulated to guide the researcher ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The current global and data intensive outlook of research provides new opportunities and challenges for HEIs including effective and sustainable RDM. As a growing area of interest in the global research arena, experiences ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The use of electronic resources at university library has become exponential in the last decade which can be credited to Information and Communication Technological innovations. University libraries have on their part ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)When making use of information retrieval systems (IRSs), specifically proprietary databases, individual users often do not know or have limited knowledge about the value-added features and services provided, and how these ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Research Data Management (RDM) has received a lot of attention recently. In South Africa, the importance of RDM has amplified since the release of the National Research Foundation‟s (NRF) open access statement. According ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)The adoption of Integrated Library Systems (ILS) helps library staff to automate libraries’ routine operations. While some libraries are coping well with automation, others most especially in Sub Saharan Africa face ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)eResearch, a term used in the international academic community since the early 2000s facilitates scholarly collaborative and interactive research by providing access to shared data, institutional repositories, research ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014-07-31)This mini-dissertation reports on the guidelines for digitisation that were developed for the University of Zimbabwe Library. A literature study and an empirical investigation were done in order to come up with the guidelines. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Current trends in libraries especially in the academic library require remote and boundary less access to library services. Mobile technology has been recognised as the single most embraced technology in the world. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)In the past decade, the maker or Do-It-Yourself (DIY) movement has been booming worldwide as the latest re-imagination of creative spaces, especially for STEAM education (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Ever-evolving information technology influences the information behaviour of users. This enforces both academic libraries and other libraries to try by all means to cope with the accelerating rate of information technology. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)This study examined the information seeking behaviour of faculty and use of the Internet at Gulu University Library. The purpose of the study was to answer the following research questions: What has been reported in the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The purpose of this study was to investigate how users of a special collection library of an academic institution in South Africa sought information and how social media could play a role in library service provision. Data ...
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