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Research Articles (Information Science): Recent submissions
Now showing items 261-280 of 319
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(Library & Information Association of South Africa, 2009)When we think of information science as an inter-science, and when the philosophy of information is reflected upon in acritical terms, what emerges is a formidable and extremely exciting subject field filled with dynamic ...
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(Unisa Press, 2009)Works on the history of South African children's literature written in English focus either on bibliography (Davies 1992; Heale 1995, 1996), themes (Jenkins 1993, 2002) or even aspects such as character (Jenkins 2006). ...
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(Unisa Press, 2009)The Central Cancer Library (The Netherlands Cancer Institute) and the Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria conducted a cross-country exploratory study to evaluate the current awareness service (CAS) ...
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(Unisa Press, 2009)This article explores the impact of policy changes in the education sector on the development of the book publishing sector in Kenya. The article begins by detailing the current status of the book publishing sector in ...
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(Unisa Press, 2009)Consulting engineers are professionals who are either self-employed or work for a consulting engineering company. They do not all necessarily have formally organised information services, such as libraries, available in ...
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(Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging, 2008-09)The Afrikaans trade (also referred to as “general”) book industry suffered a severe setback over the millennium change owing to sharply reduced purchases by educational authorities, public libraries and the largest general ...
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(Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging, 2008-09)This article provides an overview of theoretical and methodological concepts that can be utilised for empirical research into the book publishing industry. Publishing research is positioned within the broader field of book ...
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(Library & Information Association of South Africa, 2008)Over millennia librarians have striven for universality: complete control of all recorded knowledge, if not through ownership then through bibliographic organisation and systems for universal availability and access. Modern ...
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(Journal of Contemporary Management, 2009)Services is not only the fastest growing sector of the global economy, it in many cases constitutes the major source of revenue for many institutions within business and industry across the world, including South Africa. ...
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(Vaal Triangle Faculty of Northwest University in South Africa, 2007)In this article, I would like to argue that interdisciplinarity belongs to the very nature of knowledges in their diverse manifestations and any disregard for this idea would mean a distortion of knowledge while creating ...
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(Unisa Press, 2008)Over several decades various monographs have appeared that include the words “international librarianship” in their titles, but most of these are compilations of chapters by various authors, describing library conditions ...
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(Unisa Press, 2008)The complexities, as well as seemingly simplicities of book indexing are considered against conceptualisation and determining what an entity is about. This is done by considering an academic, theoretical perspective as ...
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(Unisa Press, 2008)This article reports on a pilot project which was developed to meet the needs of specific research groups for a collaborative workspace. Such a system was deemed necessary because of today’s global network of researchers ...
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(Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of Johannesburg, 2008-09)Tangible assets have always been a critical prerequisite for the competitiveness and the subsequent continued existence of companies. However, the long-term competitiveness of companies increasingly depends on its ability ...
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(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2009-03)Human beings want to be free and that freedom finds expression in freedom of thought, freedom of speech, and freedom of action. This is a unique and predominantly important feature of humans. Other unique features like ...
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(Unisa Press, 2008)The aim of this article is to explore the nature and the reasons behind the self-publishing of academic textbooks in the higher education environment of South Africa. Through the collection of secondary data the authors ...
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(Elsevier, 2008-12)With the development of new information and communication technologies, the right to communicate assumes new dimensions, since it is almost impossible to fully participate in the globalized world without access to modern ...
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(Journal of Contemporary Management, 2008)South African business institutions function within what may best be described as a dual manufacturing and services economy, inherently integrated within a larger global economy that is characterised as highly competitive ...
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(Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of Johannesburg, 2008-03)The first section of the article focuses on the need for development in Africa and the specific challenges of development operations. It describes the need for a holistic and integrated information management model as ...
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(South African Academy for Science and Arts, 2008-09)In die vorige artikel is beklemtoon tot watter mate taal in sy volheid die moontlikhede vir ’n toekoms oopmaak. Op hierdie stadium is dit belangrik om te waarsku dat die stroping van taal die mens van ’n toekoms beroof. ...
Now showing items 261-280 of 319