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Information Science: Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Information technologies have become relevant enablers in knowledge management (KM) initiatives in academic institutions. A previous study by Anduvare (2015) revealed that the Marist International University College, Nairobi ...
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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, 2017)This dissertation reports on a study of the self-reported readiness of undergraduate first-year students at a very large distance teaching institution, the University of South Africa (Unisa). The Unisa library does not ...
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(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2017-06)This article reflects on the ethos of the contemporary knowledge worker and its relevance for the sciences of the spirit today as explored by Alan Liu in his book The laws of cool: knowledge work and the culture of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The amount of information available in the world is staggering and exciting. However, too much information can be a debilitating problem, and overwhelm people to such an extent that they cannot complete the tasks they set ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The future of any society lies with the unborn and young children of that generation: pregnant women are an important part of any society because the outcome of any pregnancy directly affects the hope and future of any ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This thesis reports on a study that investigated the role of public libraries in addressing the digital divide in South Africa. The study started in 2006. This study addressed the main research question: "How should a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This dissertation reports on an exploratory study of a self-directed learning framework for South African cataloguers (increasingly becoming known as metadata specialists) for facilitating their continuing education ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The constructive management of existing knowledge and the access to and development of new knowledge has become essential to organisations. Since tacit knowledge can often not be captured or documented, knowledge is often ...
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(De Gruyter, 2016-09)This exploration of the connection between the library and the broader socio-political sphere in which it functions is based on a keynote presentation originally given at the BOBCATSSS Conference in Lyons, January 2016. ...
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(Archlib Information Service, 2016-10)The status and the prestige of higher education institutions depend on the quality, visibility and accessibility of their research. Globally, research indicates that valuable research output originates from both ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Intelligence is not a new concept and dates back to over 5000 years of Chinese history. The concept of competitive intelligence is, however, still an evolving field and consists of three main streams, i.e. military ...
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(Sage, 2016)This article reviews the responses of librarians to crises in the ‘old’ and ‘new’ South Africa. It draws on primary and secondary sources to tell the stories of librarians during personal, political and professional crises. ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-12-02)‘Digitaal’ in die frase ‘om digitaal te wees’, is een van die treffrases van ons tyd, en bied ’n waarborg vir ’n beter, meer lofwaardige toekoms. Die probleem is dat digitaliteit op berekening gebaseer is. Baie mense wys ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This thesis is an in-depth micro study that adapts the participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) method to study the planning, establishment and post-establishment phases of a telecentre in a deep rural-agricultural ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)No abstract
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(University of Toronto Press, 2016-07)As traditional publishing becomes more digitized, the responsibilities of its professionals become increasingly distributed. This is especially true in situations where copy editors are required to work within a mark-up ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2017-04)The accessibility of project knowledge obtained from experiences is an important and crucial issue in enterprises. This information need about project knowledge can be different from one person to another depending on ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Library users are constantly expecting new services, which puts tremendous pressure on academic libraries to re-organise their work patterns and devise better ways of service delivery in order to remain relevant. Although ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)High school pupils operate in a macro (country-specific), meso (school-specific) and micro (personal) context and their information needs are always experienced in a context - sometimes as imposed school assignments or ...
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