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Browsing Research Articles (Information Science) by Type "Postprint Article"
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(Routledge, 2010-08)The acquisition of effective teamwork skills is crucial in all disciplines. Using an interpretive approach, this study investigates collaboration and co-operation in teams of software engineering students. Teams whose ...
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(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 ...
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(Unisa Press and Taylor & Francis, 2007)This paper describes the situation of a humanised future for Africa, against all the negative commentaries regarding the continent, and against all forms of dehumanisation, which would mean a situation of drastic humanisation. ...
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(SAGE, 2013-11)The two African Library Summits are reviewed. Sources for the review are analyses of plenary presentations and discussions, formal feedback from the drill-down session coordinators, and personal observation.
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(Emerald, 2013)PURPOSE – The purpose of this contribution is to set the scenario for pursuing options to find a balance between information communication technology (ICT), information retrieval systems (IRS)such as databases, library ...
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(Emerald, 2016)PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to present the gathering, integration and analysis of digital information sources for the creation of a conceptual framework for alternate reality games (ARGs). ARGs hold potential ...
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(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 ...
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(Routledge, 2014)This article investigates author profiles and writing in South Africa’s history, with a special focus on changes that have occurred from the apartheid period to the present day. South Africa has gone through significant ...
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(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 ...
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(Brill Academic Publishers, 2019-08)This paper investigates the history of the De Burger-Leeskring and the impact it had on Afrikaans literature and cultural development. It places the development of Nasionale Pers and the Afrikaans language within the context ...
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(Emerald, 2012)PURPOSE – When confronted with a problem where the solution is not clear or obvious, a first step would be to search for more information, trying to make sense of the problem. The intention of this contribution is to ...
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(Elsevier, 2010-05)The term ‘information ethics’ (IE) is rapidly diversifying as new technologies enter the milieu and add to already existing ‘entanglements’. Unsurprisingly, the term lacks a universally accepted definition, although there ...
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(Blackwell, 2007-09)In the context of the follow-up work arising from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), this paper attempts to answer the questions: Why should librarians and information workers be involved in international ...
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(Sage, 2014-05)A charter cannot transform library and information services without political champions, public pressure, norms and standards, legislation, and a transformed mind-set.
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(Emerald, 2012)This paper aims to explore the potential of personal information management (PIM) and reference management. The contribution focuses on collaboration: the issues that need to be addressed in planning, the human component ...
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(Emerald, 2015)PURPOSE - To explore the value of utilising a holistic ergonomic approach, covering engineering, cognitive, and social perspectives, to cultivate beneficial and productive CIS systems and environments, specifically ...
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(Wiley, 2022-10)An exploratory study investigated the factors affecting digital literacy training offered by local community organizations, such as public libraries. Theory based on the educational assessment and information literacy ...
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A comparative knowledge map of priority environmental issues and doctoral research in South Africa (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 ...
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(Emerald, 2014)PURPOSE – This paper aims to investigate the electronic short books phenomenon from the USA and the UK which has spilled over to South Africa. By looking at the benefits these short books have for readers and authors, ...
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(Emerald, 2018)PURPOSE : Competitive intelligence failures have devastating effects in marketplaces. They are attributed to various factors but seldom explicitly to information behaviour. This paper addresses causes of competitive ...
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