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  • Public libraries addressing social inclusion : how we may think ... 
    Fourie, Ina (2007-09-25)
    The paper addresses the concepts of social exclusion and social inclusion, as well as a selection of issues on which public librarians could reflect. These include the urgency to ensure social inclusion, its complexity, ...
  • Bibliographic control in South Africa 
    Fourie, Ina; Burger, Marlene, 1947- (2007-09-25)
    The history of bibliographic control in South Africa is covered with regard to the legislation regulating legal deposits and a national agency for bibliographic control, as well as the various role players such as interest ...
  • Collaboration amongst LIS schools in South Africa 
    Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Britz, Johannes J. (2007-09-25)
  • Western privacy and/or Ubuntu? Some critical comments on the influences in the forthcoming data privacy bill in South Africa 
    Olinger, Hanno N.; Britz, Johannes J.; Olivier, Martin S. (Elsevier, 2007-03)
    There is a worldwide concern growing regarding the increasing potential threats to the personal privacy of individuals caused by technologies and governments. The international response of governments has been to draught ...
  • The utilisation of an intranet as a knowledge management tool in academic libraries 
    Mphidi, M.H.; Snyman, M.M.M. (Maria Magdalena Margaretha); Snyman, Retha (Emerald, 2004)
    The intranet has emerged as one of today's most effective tools for knowledge management. This article reports on the extent to which three South African academic libraries, selected by means of the purposive sampling ...
  • World-class knowledge management : a proposed framework 
    Tobin, Peter K.J.; Snyman, M.M.M. (Maria Magdalena Margaretha) (Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of Johannesburg, 2004-09)
    The concept of world-class performance is explored as it applies to the field of knowledge management. The authors propose a framework of elements that can be used to measure world-class performance - each element is ...
  • Teaching Information Economics to undergraduate Information Science students at the University of Pretoria 
    Ponelis, S.R. (Shana Rachel); Britz, Johannes J. (Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of Johannesburg, 2004-12)
    Information economics forms part of the discipline of Economics. Often information science curricula also include Information Economics as a separate course or as a component of an Information Science course. Although ...
  • Differentiating between data-mining and text-mining terminology 
    Kroeze, J.H. (Jan Hendrik); Matthee, Machdel C.; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel) (Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of Johannesburg, 2004-12)
    When a new discipline emerges, it usually takes some time and a great deal of academic discussion before concepts and terms become standardized. Text mining is one such new discipline. In a groundbreaking article, Untangling ...
  • Knowledge management in three financial organisations : a case study 
    Squier, M.M.; Snyman, M.M.M. (Maria Magdalena Margaretha); Snyman, Retha (Emerald, 2004)
    The article is a report of an investigation of the current state of knowledge management implementation in three South African financial organisations. Two data collection methods were used, namely a questionnaire and ...
  • Computer-mediated communication and knowledge sharing in a South African context 
    Van Deventer, P.J.; Snyman, M.M.M. (Maria Magdalena Margaretha); Snyman, Retha (Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of Johannesburg, 2004-03)
    This article covers research conducted on communication, knowledge sharing and computer-mediated knowledge sharing, relating to organizations functioning in the South African environment. Research data was collected using ...
  • Competitiveness of the water utility consulting industry on the Internet in South Africa 
    Rademeyer, P.; Snyman, M.M.M. (Maria Magdalena Margaretha); Snyman, Retha (Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of Johannesburg, 2004-09)
    An adapted version of Michael E. Porter's five competitive forces model was used to determine the competitiveness of the water utility consulting industry on the Internet, in South Africa. This was done by analysing the ...
  • Building library leadership in Africa : a proposed education initiative 
    Britz, Johannes J.; Lor, Peter Johan; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel) (Elsevier, 2007-06)
    This article deals with a proposed initiative to train library managers on the African continent. It is argued that such an education initiative will contribute to the socio-economic development of Africa. Issues addressed ...
  • Kuberetiek en die soeke na 'n morele gemene deler 
    Britz, Johannes J. (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2005-06)
    This article focuses on three of the main ethical questions facing the cyber era, namely privacy, information poverty and the relationship between the right of access to information and the right of ownership thereof. The ...
  • In touch with reality 
    Motlana, L.M.; Sokudela, Funeka Brenda; Moraka, T.S.; Roos, J.L. (Johannes Louw); Snyman, M.E. (Martha Elizabeth) (In House Publications, 2004-11)
    Objective: A descriptive study in which the audience profile of patients suffering from schizophrenia, their families and caregivers was determined to establish whether information on schizophrenia is disseminated effectively. ...
  • Using the printed medium to disseminate information about psychiatric disorders 
    Snyman, M.E. (Martha Elizabeth) (In House Publications, 2004-11)
    Objective: The printed medium is a popular method to disseminate health information to the South African public. Reader-focused research indicates, however, that most printed health messages do not transfer information ...
  • Kuberwêreld 
    De Beer, C.S. (Fanie) (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2005-06)
    The controversy about the existence of the world is the point of departure of this article. That there is a world and that this world exists and that many meanings are allocated to this term are all equally true. Their ...
  • Building a nation of readers? Women's organizations and the politics of reading in South Africa, 1900-1914 
    Dick, Archie L. (Historical Association of South Africa, 2004-11)
    Women and women's organizations exploited available opportunities and spaces to assert themselves in South African public life in the early-twentieth century. Their educational interventions combined a special concern with ...
  • Preserving African digital resources : is there a role for repository libraries? 
    Lor, Peter Johan (Emerald, 2005)
    Purpose – To determine whether repository libraries in developed countries have a role to play in the preservation of the digital resources of developing countries. Design/methodology/approach – Literature-based conceptual ...
  • Demokrasie of demodinamiek - die internet en demokrasie 
    De Beer, C.S. (Fanie) (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2006-06)
    This article explores the possibility of an alternative demo-dynamic focus of human socio-politico-cultural activities supported and energised by information and communication technologies, more specifically by the internet. ...
  • Trends, challenges and opportunities for LIS education and training in Eastern and Southern Africa 
    Ocholla, Dennis N.; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel) (Emerald, 2007)
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the status, trends and challenges of library and information education and training in Eastern and Southern Africa. It notes that library and information education and ...