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Matizirofa, Lazarus
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Soyizwapi, Lindiwe
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Siwela, Anna
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Khosie, Modisa
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2021-09-08T15:06:00Z |
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2021 |
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The South African Higher Education Institution (HEI) sector had to move to ‘emergency’ online learning during the covid-19 pandemic, and they embraced a humanistic approach underpinned by the need to complete the academic year in 2020 and support all students. Because this emergency online learning accelerated the digital shift, evidence of pre-existing disparities and inequalities have been magnified, such as the digital divide, infrastructure, connectivity, access to data, digital literacies, vastly different learning environments, software and hardware tools, and others.
The Department of Library Services (DLS) is aligned to the University of Pretoria’s shift to online learning and to reimaging its service offerings and innovation readiness. It deliberately adopted a responsive engagement strategy for students, staff, senior management and service providers. Therefore, the DLS now offers a mix of services and programmes, with more reliance on virtual services to support and sustain the academic agenda.
This paper provides real-life case study experiences of student engagement during the covid-19 pandemic, with reference to the relevant student engagement with literature. It also reflects on how the DLS previously applied attributes of service innovation, such as ‘employing’ a client-service robot at an HEI library in Africa, this being in keeping with the UP’s innovation culture. |
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Information Science |
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2022-09-06 |
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hj2021 |
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https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/racl20 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Lazarus Matizirofa, Lindiwe Soyizwapi, Anna Siwela & Modisa Khosie
(2021): Maintaining student engagement: the digital shift during the coronavirus pandemic a
case of the library at the University of Pretoria, New Review of Academic Librarianship, 27(3): 364-379, DOI:
10.1080/13614533.2021.1976234. |
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1361-4533 (print) |
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1740-7834 (online) |
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10.1080/13614533.2021.1976234 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/81737 |
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en |
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Routledge |
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dc.rights |
© Olaf Eigenbrodt and Karen Latimer. Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an electronic version of an article published in New Review of Academic Librarianship, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 364-379, 2021. doi : 10.1080/13614533.2021.1976234. New Review of Academic Librarianship is available online at : https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/racl20. |
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dc.subject |
Student engagement |
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Digital shift |
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COVID-19 pandemic |
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) |
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South African academic libraries |
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Academic libraries |
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Library service innovation |
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Virtual services |
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Study spaces |
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Collections |
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Department of Library Services (DLS) |
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Engineering, built environment and information technology articles SDG-04 |
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SDG-04: Quality education |
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Engineering, built environment and information technology articles SDG-09 |
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SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure |
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dc.title |
Maintaining student engagement : the digital shift during the coronavirus pandemic a case of the library at the University of Pretoria |
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dc.type |
Postprint Article |
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