Browsing Research Articles (Information Science) by Title

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  • Herbetowering van ’n ont-towerde wêreld 
    De Beer, C.S. (Fanie) (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2014-06)
    In hierdie artikel word besin oor die begrip wêreld, die gebruik daarvan, die sin daarvan, die geldigheid en omvang daarvan. Die moontlike diepgaande aard daarvan word ondersoek, asook die aannames wat daaroor geld. 'n ...
  • Heuristic evaluation of e-dictionaries 
    Ball, L.H. (Liezl Hilde); Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel) (Emerald, 2018)
    PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to discuss the heuristic evaluations of five e-dictionaries according to the criteria developed by Ball and Bothma (2018). E-dictionaries are increasingly making use of modern information ...
  • How experiences reported on intermediary information seeking from inter-disciplinary contexts can inform a study on competitive intelligence professionals 
    Maungwa, Tumelo; Fourie, Ina (University of Borås, 2020)
    INTRODUCTION: Intermediary and proxy searching, where one person searches on behalf of another, are noted in information science, health sciences and library science (e.g., reference work and early day online searching), ...
  • ICT in Africa : enabling a better life for all 
    Ponelis, S.R. (Shana Rachel); Holmner, Marlene Amanda (Routledge, 2015-04)
    No abstract available.
  • ICT proficiency : perspectives of Tangaza University College librarians in Kenya 
    Agava, Stanislaus L.; Underwood, Peter G. (Emerald, 2020-08)
    PURPOSE : This study aims to assess the information and communications technology (ICT) proficiency of library and information science (LIS) professionals working in Tangaza University College (TUC) Library, Kenya. DESI ...
  • Idee van die Gees 
    De Beer, C.S. (Fanie) (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2011-12)
    We are currently experiencing, and have for some time now been subjected to, a degradation, or a neglect, or even a loss of an awareness of spirit and spirituality on a grand scale. In a time that measurement and calculation ...
  • The IFLA-UNESCO partnership 1947-2012 
    Lor, Peter Johan (SAGE, 2012)
    In 1947 IFLA signed a cooperation agreement with the newly created UNESCO. This article reviews the evolution of the relationship between IFLA and UNESCO since 1947, and evaluates what this relationship has contributed ...
  • IFLA: looking to the future 
    Lor, Peter Johan (Emerald, 2006)
    Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to describe the current status of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and outline the challenges it faces in the current environment. ...
  • The impact of policy changes in the education sector on the development of the book publishing industry in Kenya 
    Mbengei, Bernard N.; Galloway, Francis (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 ...
  • The impact of the Marrakesh Treaty on South African publishers 
    Cassells, Laetitia (Springer, 2021-03)
    The significant technological advances in reading and content provision technologies since the 1978 Copyright Act in South Africa have not been considered in the expanding exemptions to Copyright nationally. The 2017 version ...
  • The implementation of an innovative continuous assessment model for an Information Science undergraduate class : possible information ethical considerations 
    Holmner, Marlene Amanda; Penzhorn, Cecilia Elizabeth; Van Wyk, Werner (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2013-12)
    In order to stay relevant in the current technological environment together with the associated changing expectations and demands of students, new approaches in teaching, learning and assessment are needed. Traditional ...
  • In touch with reality 
    Motlana, L.M.; Sokudela, Funeka Brenda; Moraka, T.S.; Roos, J.L. (Johannes Louw); Snyman, M.E. (Martha Elizabeth) (In House Publications, 2004-11)
    Objective: A descriptive study in which the audience profile of patients suffering from schizophrenia, their families and caregivers was determined to establish whether information on schizophrenia is disseminated effectively. ...
  • Information behavior and expectations of veterinary researchers and their requirements for academic library services 
    Nel, Marguerite; Fourie, Ina (Elsevier, 2016-01)
    Increased pressure for quality research at South African universities, and limited research done on the information needs of veterinary science researchers and the role of veterinary libraries supporting them,motivated a ...
  • Information behaviour and information practices of academic librarians : a scoping review to guide studies on their learning in practice 
    Nel, Marguerite (University of Borås, 2020-12)
    INTRODUCTION : This paper reports on a scoping review of the literature on the information behaviour and information practices of academic librarians to determine how their information activities are linked to knowledge ...
  • Information behaviour of architecture students in creative design projects 
    Meyer, Anika; Fourie, Ina (Emerald, 2018)
    PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to report on an exploratory study of third-year architecture students’ information behaviour. It focusses on information activities, personal experience, resource usage, preferences ...
  • The information behaviour of consulting engineers in South Africa 
    Du Preez, Madely; Fourie, Ina (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 ...
  • Information ethics in Africa : curriculum design and implementation 
    Bester, Coetzee; Malan, Beverley (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2016-06)
    In 2007 a group of academics from different countries established a network known as the Africa Network on Information Ethics (ANIE). Aimed at addressing the under-representation of academics from Africa on information ethics ...
  • Information heroes 
    Dick, Archie L. (Sage, 2014)
    Through their brave actions, information heroes have assured access to information in times of social conflict, revolution, and war. They deserve to be recognized, and their achievements remembered.
  • Information histories, information geographies 
    Dick, Archie L. (SAGE, 2012-05)
    Information history, a promising new area of research, will benefit from a transnational perspective that makes it sensitive to the idea of place and that complicates issues of national information development ...
  • Information literacy and the material objects of the Kente-weaving landscape 
    Agyemang, Franklin Gyamfi; Wessels, Nicoline; Du Preez, Madely (Emerald, 2023-10)
    PURPOSE : This paper aims to examine the ways becoming information literate relates to the material objects in the Kente-weaving landscape. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH : An ethnographic research design was adopted wherein ...