• Balancing cultural, literary and financial capital in trade publishing : a case study of Tafelberg Publishers, South Africa 

  Klingenberg, Jana; Le Roux, Elizabeth (Brill Academic Publishers, 2024-09)

  This article is an historical analysis of the changing editorial strategy of Tafelberg, a South African publisher. It aims to shed light on the culture-commerce divide in South African publishing, the changing cultural and ...
• A review : the bibliometric analysis of emerging node localization in wireless sensor network 

  Aroba, Oluwasegun Julius; Naicker, Nalindren; Adeliyi, Timothy; Gupthar, Avintha; Karodia, Khadija (MIR Labs, 2023-07)

  As research in Node localization in WSN becomes ubiquitous, there is a dire need to interpret and map the increasing scientific knowledge and evolutionary trends so that a firm foundation can be laid for identifying knowledge ...
• Editorial : Open science in Africa 

  Pienaar, Heila (Frontiers Media, 2023-06-14)

  No abstract available.
• Access and impact barriers to academic publications : a global study of thesis and dissertation embargo policies 

  Rasuli, Behrooz; Schoepfel, Joachim; Boock, Michael; Van Wyk, Brenda (Emerald, 2023-10)

  PURPOSE : Many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) allow students or their advisors to restrict access to theses/dissertations (TDs) by applying embargoes. This study aims to identify why Higher Education Institutions ...
• Published sources and themes for the historiography of IFLA 

  Lor, Peter Johan (Sage, 2024)

  The centenary of IFLA is approaching. IFLA’s Library History Special Interest Group has embarked on various projects to prepare for the event, including the compilation of an edited volume of scholarly chapters on IFLA’s ...
• Librarianship and bibliography in the international arena : the Subcommittee for Bibliography of the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation, 1922-1930 

  Lor, Peter Johan (Sage, 2024)

  In 1922, the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation was established to serve as an advisory organ of the League of Nations in respect of science, arts and education. It took an interest in promoting international ...
• Mapping the landscape of citizen science in Africa : assessing its potential contributions to sustainable development goals 6 and 11 on access to clean water and sanitation and sustainable cities 

  Elias, Peter; Shonowo, Adenike; De Sherbinin, Alex; Hultquist, Carolynne; Danielsen, Finn; Cooper, Caren; Mondardini, Maria; Faustman, Elaine; Browser, Anne; Minster, Jean-Bernard Minster; Van Deventer, Martha Johanna; Popescu, Ioana (Ubiquity Press, 2023-07-27)

  Data are vital for and creating knowledge-based solutions to development challenges facing Africa. As a result of gaps in government-funded data collection, and in the interest of promoting community engagement, there ...
• The experience of using virtual reality for interactive spatial visualisation of environmental data 

  Bosman, Isak de Villiers; Smith, Annique Elizabeth; Ka, Kwan Sui Dave; De Beer, Koos; Maritz, J.A. (Jan) (CEUR-WS, 2023)

  Virtual reality possesses various properties that have the potential to be beneficial for the visualisation of spatial data, including intuitive gestural affordances for looking around and interacting with data and the ...
• New kids on the block? Exploring technological preferences of a new generation 

  Van Wyk, Brenda (North American Business Press, 2023-02)

  Over the past decades, reported research have continuously alluded to the impact of “digital natives,” “millennials,” and a range of reported “generations,” and warned about the need to adapt across all spheres, including ...
• The use of theories in competitive intelligence : a systematic literature review 

  Maungwa, Tumelo; Laughton, Paul (Halmstad University, 2023)

  The field of competitive intelligence is growing as organisations are looking to increase their competitive advantage in a global society. As this field grows, so does the research and academic literature on this practice. ...
• Contextualised dictionary literacy, information literacy and information behaviour in the e-environment 

  Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Fourie, Ina (Emerald, 2024)

  PURPOSE : Needs for information literacy, disparities in society, bridging digital divides, richness of information sources in electronic (e-)environments and the value of dictionaries have often been propagated. To improve ...
• Information literacy and the material objects of the Kente-weaving landscape 

  Agyemang, Franklin Gyamfi; Wessels, Nicoline; Du Preez, Madely (Emerald, 2023-10)

  PURPOSE : This paper aims to examine the ways becoming information literate relates to the material objects in the Kente-weaving landscape. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH : An ethnographic research design was adopted wherein ...
• A comparative knowledge map of priority environmental issues and doctoral research in South Africa 

  Van den Berg, Unine; Mearns, Martie (Routledge, 2023)

  Researchers not only respond to a strategic direction; their discovery of emerging issues also make them accountable to guide policy reform. The alignment of environmental doctoral research with environmental-related ...
• The effect of audio on the experience in virtual reality : a scoping review 

  Bosman, Isak de Villiers; Buruk, Oguz Oz; Jorgensen, Kristine; Hamari, Juho (Taylor and Francis, 2024)

  The use of virtual reality (VR) has seen significant recent growth and presents opportunities for usein many domain areas. The use of head-mounted displays (HMDs) also presents uniqueopportunities for the implementation ...
• Library and information services’ reflections on emergency remote support and crisis-driven innovations during pandemic conditions 

  Van Wyk, Brenda (Sage, 2023-10)

  Crisis-driven innovation is needed to manage a scarcity in resources. The recent COVID-19 crisis exacerbated the prevailing digital exclusion in the education sector in particular. Sudden changes in otherwise stable higher ...
• Scholarly publishing and peer review in the Global South : the role of the reviewer 

  Lor, Peter Johan (Universita di Firenze, Dipartimento di Storia, Archeologia, Geografia, Arte e Spettacolo, 2023-01-15)

  Peer review is an integral part of contemporary scholarly publishing, especially journal publishing. Work submitted by scholars from all parts of the world is subjected to it. This includes submissions by ...
• Information needs and contextualization in the consultation process of dictionaries that are linked to e-texts 

  Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Gouws, Rufus H. (Buro van die WAT, 2022)

  This article focuses on various aspects regarding contextualization when e-texts are linked to integrated dictionaries. The article responds to a twofold problem statement: (1) Dictionaries linked to e-texts do not ...
• Investigating the extent to which words or phrases with specific attributes can be retrieved from digital text collections 

  Ball, L.H. (Liezl Hilde); Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel) (University of Borås, 2022-03)

  INTRODUCTION : Digital text collections are increasingly being used. Various tools have been developed to allow researchers to explore such collections. Enhanced retrieval will be possible if texts are encoded with granular ...
• Everyday information behavior of marginalized communities in the Global South : informal transportation as example 

  Fourie, Ina; Agarwal, Naresh K.; Sonnenwald, Diane H.; Julien, Heidi; Rorissa, Abebe; Detlor, Brian (Wiley, 2022)

  Information science is increasingly focused on giving voice to marginalized communities, improving their daily lives, and contributing to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). ...
• Teaching and its discontents : how academic librarians are negotiating a complicated role 

  Julien, Heidi; Gross, Melissa; Latham, Don (CILIP Information Literacy Group, 2022-12)

  Teaching is a core role for librarians in academic contexts, although most librarians are not formally prepared to teach and encounter significant challenges in the role, including complex relationships with campus colleagues. ...

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