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Research Articles (Information Science): Recent submissions
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(Unisa Press, 2011)Please read abstract in article.
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(Walter de Gruyter, 2013-12)Since 2005 at least fifteen community and public libraries have been deliberately set alight in South African townships and informal settlements, reportedly by individuals or groups from the communities which these ...
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(Library & Information Association of South Africa, 2013)For the past twenty years phrases such as “stable information needs”, “unstable information needs” or “information needs changing over time” are found in many contributions to information science. At first view these ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-10-11)Hierdie artikel fokus op die rol wat skryfopleiding gedurende die tydperk 1995–2012 in die groter Afrikaanse literêre sisteem vervul het, met spesifieke verwysing na skryfopleiding as nagraadse kwalifikasie. Ondersoek ...
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(Elsevier, 2014-04)The economic success of a country depends on its capacity to apply activities which create a compet-itive advantage. The business environment is highly complex in South Africa and the purpose of thisarticle is to examine ...
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(Emerald, 2014-01)PURPOSE – This article is intended to stimulate theoretical reflection in international comparative studies in library and information science (comparative LIS). DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH – The need for theory is ...
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(SAGE, 2013-08)Emotions in research remain largely unaddressed. One reason is that we are beholden to a narrow social scientific conception of LIS (library and information science). By teaching young researchers where and how emotions ...
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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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(Sage, 2013-05)Comments posted on the website of the Library and Information Association of South Africa regarding the destruction of a library in Timbuktu are analyzed to reveal how we talk about the preservation and destruction of ...
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(Emerald, 2013)PURPOSE – To cope with changes in user information behaviour and needs, libraries and information services (LIS) must find manageable ways for ongoing research and improvement. The purpose of this paper is to report on ...
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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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(SAGE, 2012)In 1947 IFLA signed a cooperation agreement with the newly created UNESCO. This article reviews the evolution of the relationship between IFLA and UNESCO since 1947, and evaluates what this relationship has contributed ...
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Twenty-first century librarians : time for zones of intervention and zones of proximal development? (Emerald, 2013)PURPOSE – The purpose of this contribution is to encourage library and information (LIS) professionals to draw on the initiatives by Carol Kuhlthau to align information seeking with learning theories and new roles for ...
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(Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, 2013-04)While XML-based single source publishing is a powerful tool for streamlining the book publishing industry, it may not be the right one for every sector of the industry. For an industry that is part cultural and part ...
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(Emerald, 2013)PURPOSE – The purpose of this contribution is to focus on an essential issue in all workplace settings where the emphasis is on productivity, time management and creativity: getting innovative, high quality work completed ...
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(Library & Information Association of South Africa, 2012-07-05)Library leaders may not be fully equipped to deal with the demands and rigours of the digital age and its consumers. The advent of the internet, search engines and social media require a paradigm shift in the development ...
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(Emerald, 2012)Purpose – The paper utilizes Whitley’s (1984; 2000) theory of the intellectual and social organization of the sciences and builds on research carried on by (Aarek et. al, 1992; Vakkari, 1996; Rochester and Vakkari, 2004 ...
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(SAGE, 2012)Social media can test how firmly entrenched Internet freedom is in established democracies through a comparison with countries with an authoritarian track record. The method is to evaluate the use of social media in ...
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(The Charleston Company (United States), 2013-04)This review critically examines the African Electronic Journals (SA ePublications) database which was developed by Sabinet <http://www.sabinet.co.za> with the intention to provide easy access to fulltext articles published ...
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Using the balanced scorecard to facilitate strategic management at an academic information service (Walter de Gruyter, 2000)This article reports on the implementation of the Balanced Scorecard model for facilitating strategic management at the Academic Information Service (academic library) of the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Robert ...
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