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Research Articles (Information Science): Recent submissions
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(Unisa Press, 2017)Amid ongoing concerns about the reading decline, the lack of a “reading culture” and children not reading enough, a variety of solutions are put forward, largely in the form of reading promotion campaigns. These campaigns ...
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(Unisa Press, 2017)Global changes in the cataloguing environment, training needs of cataloguers, the professional profile of cataloguers, and concerns about the future of the cataloguing profession have been widely noted over many years. ...
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(Unisa Press, 2017)This article examines the main lessons learnt from other countries to aid in accelerating the development of library consortia in Zimbabwe. The study explored the development of library consortia in southern Africa, other ...
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(Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, 2017)In some situations, you need information in order to solve a problem that has occurred. In information science, user needs are often described through very specific examples rather than through a classification of situation ...
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(Emerald, 2017)PURPOSE : Teaching students/library patrons twenty-first century literacies (such as information and library literacies) is important within a library setting. As such, finding an appropriate manner to teach these skills ...
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(Professor T.D. Wilson, 2017-03)INTRODUCTION. Studies of information behaviour can inform the design of information systems, services and creative workspaces. Creative workspaces are associated with access to tools, expertise, guidance, innovation and ...
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Effective use of value-added features and services of proprietary databases in an academic context (Professor T.D. Wilson, 2017-03)INTRODUCTION. Many projects on information retrieval systems have been reported. This paper, however, reports on the use of value-added features and services available from proprietary databases for example, Researcher ID, ...
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(Routledge, 2018)The application of formative assessment principles in higher education has become increasingly important in South Africa. In this case study the researcher assesses the effectiveness of the application of an early warning ...
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(Sage, 2017-10)Academic libraries in universities store large volumes of research that can be used for development purposes to support teaching, learning, research, innovation, community outreach and partnerships. Library automation ...
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(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2017-06)This article reflects on the ethos of the contemporary knowledge worker and its relevance for the sciences of the spirit today as explored by Alan Liu in his book The laws of cool: knowledge work and the culture of ...
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(De Gruyter, 2016-09)This exploration of the connection between the library and the broader socio-political sphere in which it functions is based on a keynote presentation originally given at the BOBCATSSS Conference in Lyons, January 2016. ...
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(Archlib Information Service, 2016-10)The status and the prestige of higher education institutions depend on the quality, visibility and accessibility of their research. Globally, research indicates that valuable research output originates from both ...
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(Sage, 2016)This article reviews the responses of librarians to crises in the ‘old’ and ‘new’ South Africa. It draws on primary and secondary sources to tell the stories of librarians during personal, political and professional crises. ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-12-02)‘Digitaal’ in die frase ‘om digitaal te wees’, is een van die treffrases van ons tyd, en bied ’n waarborg vir ’n beter, meer lofwaardige toekoms. Die probleem is dat digitaliteit op berekening gebaseer is. Baie mense wys ...
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(University of Toronto Press, 2016-07)As traditional publishing becomes more digitized, the responsibilities of its professionals become increasingly distributed. This is especially true in situations where copy editors are required to work within a mark-up ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2017-04)The accessibility of project knowledge obtained from experiences is an important and crucial issue in enterprises. This information need about project knowledge can be different from one person to another depending on ...
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(CILIP, 2016)Libraries need peace. They originated in settled, peaceful societies; when peace is broken, libraries are threatened. In recent years we have unfortunately seen this demonstrated all too often. Librarians have long ...
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Introduction : redefining the role of libraries in the political process and in conflict situations (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016)For better or worse, libraries are part of the fabric of society. They cannot survive and thrive as alien bodies nor, to use the language of systems theory, as closed systems with impermeable boundaries. It should ...
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(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016)The deliberate burning of libraries is nothing new, but it seems surprising that such incidents have also occurred in peacetime in democracies. What does this say about community perceptions of libraries and the response ...
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(Sage, 2013)We live in an information society, and, resultantly, significant attention is devoted to ensure ‘‘information-based rights’’ are protected among other essential human rights. Fostering and protecting information-based ...
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