Digital scholarship & the role of the university library

Loading...
Thumbnail Image

Authors

Pienaar, Heila

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Ninth Southern African Online Information Meeting

Abstract

Digital Scholarship and the role of the university library/ Heila Pienaar, University of Pretoria. The influence of modern information technology (IT) and fundamental changes in education and research beliefs and practices have resulted in what is called digital or e-Scholarship. The e-Information strategy of the Library of the University of Pretoria (UP) is in the process of making an impact on the Library, UP and national / international e-Endeavors as it is progressing to enable digita or e-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. Practical examples of each focus area will be discussed during the presentation. 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 or e-Scholarship at the University of Pretoria http://www.saoug.org.za/abstract_pienaar.htm

Description

Keywords

Digital scholarhsip, University library, e-Research, e-Learning, e-Resources, Open scholarship, Digitisation, Web / Library 2, Repositories, Library web, Higher education

Sustainable Development Goals

Citation