Digital scholarship and the role of the university library

Abstract

The influence of modern information technology (IT) and fundamental changes in education and research beliefs and practices have resulted in what is called digital scholarship. The e-Information strategy of the Library of the University of Pretoria is in the process of making a huge impact on the Library, UP and national / international endeavors as it is progressing to enable digital scholarship. The key focus areas of the e-Information strategy are: e-Research, e-Learning, e-Resources, Open Scholarship, Digitisation, Web / Library 2, Repositories and the Library Web. The governance of the e-Strategy is also discussed and the conclusion is that the Library is moving in the right direction to enable Digital Scholarship at the University of Pretoria.