Browsing Research Articles (Information Science) by Author "Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel)"

Browsing Research Articles (Information Science) by Author "Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel)"

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  • Activating whole brain® innovation : a means of nourishing multiple intelligence in higher education 
    De Boer, Ann-Louise; Du Toit, Pieter Hertzog; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel) (Vaal Triangle Faculty of Northwest University in South Africa, 2015-11)
    The interconnectedness of the constructs ‘whole brain® thinking’ and ‘multiple intelligence’ forms the epicentre of this article. We depart from the premise that when whole brain® thinking is activated multiple intelligence ...
  • Alternate reality games (ARG) as innovative digital information sources 
    De Beer, K.J.W. (Koos); Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel) (Emerald, 2016)
    PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to present the gathering, integration and analysis of digital information sources for the creation of a conceptual framework for alternate reality games (ARGs). ARGs hold potential ...
  • The application of restructuring of knowledge in civil engineering 
    Verbeek, Thomas; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel) (South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 2019-03)
    In this paper, it is shown how knowledge theories and knowledge acquisition techniques are integrated by contextualisation to lead to the drawing of concept maps that can be used in civil engineering design, and to analyse ...
  • An assessment of the changing needs of information professionals in Zimbabwe 
    Chikonzo, Agnes Chitsidzo; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Kusekwa, Lovemore; Mushowani, Aston (Archlib Information Service, 2014)
    The study was an assessment of changing needs of information professionals in Zimbabwe. Results from this study were aimed at informing library and information science curricula of professional development initiatives ...
  • Building library leadership in Africa : a proposed education initiative 
    Britz, Johannes J.; Lor, Peter Johan; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel) (Elsevier, 2007-06)
    This article deals with a proposed initiative to train library managers on the African continent. It is argued that such an education initiative will contribute to the socio-economic development of Africa. Issues addressed ...
  • The capability of search tools to retrieve words with specific properties from large text collections 
    Ball, L.H. (Liezl Hilde); Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel) (University of Borås, 2020-12)
    INTRODUCTION: With the increase in the availability of digital text collections for humanities researchers, tools to enable enhanced retrieval are required. If words with very specific properties could be retrieved from ...
  • Constructing a comprehensive learning style flexibility model for the innovation of an information literacy module 
    De Boer, Ann-Louise; Du Toit, Pieter Hertzog; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Scheepers, M.D. (Maria Detken) (Walter de Gruyter, 2012-06)
    The Department of Information Science in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at the University of Pretoria is responsible for offering a semester module on Information Literacy to ...
  • Constructing an XML database of linguistics data 
    Kroeze, J.H. (Jan Hendrik); Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Matthee, Machdel C. (Vaal Triangle Faculty of Northwest University in South Africa, 2010-07)
    A language-oriented, multi-dimensional database of the linguistic characteristics of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament can enable researchers to do ad hoc queries. XML is a suitable technology to transform free text ...
  • Contextualised dictionary literacy, information literacy and information behaviour in the e-environment 
    Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Fourie, Ina (Emerald, 2024)
    PURPOSE : Needs for information literacy, disparities in society, bridging digital divides, richness of information sources in electronic (e-)environments and the value of dictionaries have often been propagated. To improve ...
  • Creating pseudo-tactile feedback in virtual reality using shared crossmodal properties of audio and tactile feedback 
    Bosman, Isak de Villiers; De Beer, Koos; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel) (South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 2021-07-12)
    Virtual reality has the potential to enhance a variety of real-world training and entertainment applications by creating the illusion that a user of virtual reality is physically present inside the digitally created ...
  • Design specifications of an online collaborative workspace 
    Bothma, P.; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Cronje, Johannes Christoffel (Unisa Press, 2008)
    This article reports on a pilot project which was developed to meet the needs of specific research groups for a collaborative workspace. Such a system was deemed necessary because of today’s global network of researchers ...
  • Differentiating between data-mining and text-mining terminology 
    Kroeze, J.H. (Jan Hendrik); Matthee, Machdel C.; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel) (Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of Johannesburg, 2004-12)
    When a new discipline emerges, it usually takes some time and a great deal of academic discussion before concepts and terms become standardized. Text mining is one such new discipline. In a groundbreaking article, Untangling ...
  • Direct user guidance in e-dictionaries for text production and text reception — the verbal relative in Sepedi as a case study 
    Prinsloo, Danie J. (Daniel Jacobus), 1953-; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Heid, Ulrich (Buro van die WAT, 2017)
    This article introduces a prototype of a writing (and learning) assistant for verbal relative clauses of the African language Sepedi, accessible from within a dictionary or from a word processor. It is an example of how a ...
  • e-Dictionaries in a network of information tools in the e-environment 
    Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Gouws, Rufus H. (Buro van die WAT, 2020)
    Traditional dictionaries offer curated data to users. Users should therefore be able to find the correct data to solve their information need. However, users don't necessarily know the exact scope of lexicographic information. ...
  • Enhancing information literacy through the application of whole brain in strategies 
    De Boer, Ann-Louise; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Du Toit, Pieter Hertzog (Walter de Gruyter, 2011-03)
    This article reports a research project in which the thinking preferences of a group of students enrolled for a module on information literacy at the University of Pretoria were determined. Annually about 7 000 first-year ...
  • Establishing evaluation criteria for e-dictionaries 
    Ball, L.H. (Liezl Hilde); Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel) (Emerald, 2018)
    PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to identify criteria according to which e-dictionaries can be evaluated. Information technology can be used to enhance e-dictionaries, but if not done carefully, information tools ...
  • Evaluating the usability of the information architecture of academic library websites 
    Silvis, Isabel Mariann; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); De Beer, K.J.W. (Koos) (Emerald, 2019-09)
    PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrated list of heuristics and an information architecture (IA) framework for the heuristic evaluation of the IA of academic library websites as well as an evaluation ...
  • Exercising library and information literacies through alternate reality gaming 
    Jerrett, Adam; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); De Beer, K.J.W. (Koos) (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 ...
  • From planning to practice : an action plan for the implementation of research data management services in resource-constrained institutions 
    Patterton, Louise; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Van Deventer, Martie J. (Library and Information Association of South Africa, 2018-12)
    Research data management (RDM) and its accompanying services and infrastructures are predominantly still in a state of infancy in many African countries and little is known about the RDM habits of the researchers from these ...
  • 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 ...