This presentation was given at the Library Leaders Meeting at the University of Pretoria, Department of Library Services on 14 May 2012. The presentation provides an overview of the current role of the information specialist ...

Combining service offering of subject librarians, University of Pretoria, with skills and practicalities experienced in managing collections on UPSpace as information specialist.

Presented at the GAELIC Innovative Systems Focus Group Workshop, 5 July, 2007. Wits University, Johannesburg

Universities are regarded as research, knowledge and innovation hubs for solving global and societal problems. Universities are expected to be involved and contribute in different levels i.e. United Nations Sustainable ...

Open access provides an excellent opportunity for libaries to forge a new relationship with academe around the issues of scholarly communication and copyright. The presentation highlights a few reasons for slow uptake in ...

Information Literacy training is more effective when integrated with the curriculum. The Faculty of Health Sciences is presently using a problem-based method of training, which means that students must use a variety of ...

The University of Pretoria’ Library Services (UPLS) believes that the strength of its institution is its staff. It has been fortunate to have a staff complement that represents varying expertise, experience, specialisation ...

Paper presented as part of a workshop: "Lobbying and public relations. Concepts for public libraries". The workshop was hosted by the Goethe-Institut Südafrika, 28 - 30 July 2008.

The University library, in order to assist the Faculties with the management and archiving of research data and material, undertook a survey to capture and document research data management practices, and identify problems ...