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Library anxiety and the academic library: an investigation into student library experiences at the University of Cape Town

Author: Smith, Julia Ann Date: 2022 Research across Asia and the United States has investigated library anxiety among undergraduate students from tertiary institutions; however, a gap exists in research conducted in Southern Africa. The purpose of this study was to investigate ... Read more
Measuring the impact of research outputs from the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) on the scholarly domain and in social media, 1995-2015

Author: Kerchhoff, Gillian Date: 2017 Scholarly communication has changed with the growth in technology, particularly the internet and the social web. The changes include a broader definition of the scholarly communication format, and the role of social media in the research ... Read more
Overcoming the digital divide? : Africa and the information society with special reference to Lesotho

Author: Struthers, Margaret Alynn Date: 2000 This thesis investigates whether the Internet is reducing or eliminating poverty and whether the Internet is the provider of fast-based information for development. It explores the concept of the information society, the information revolution, ... Read more
Place, space and time: adult education experiences of learners and librarians in South African public libraries

Author: Nassimbeni, Mary ; May, Bev Date: 2009 Drawing on results of a national survey, this article examines adult education in South African public libraries from the perspective of adult learners and librarians. Quantitative data from 589 libraries from the total sample of 1295 libraries ... Read more
Project work as a vehicle for information literacy education in disadvantaged schools : an ethnographic field study of grade seven project work in a primary school in Cape Town

Author: Hart, Genevieve Claire Date: 1999 This is a qualitative interpretive case study of project work (independent enquiry learning, also labeled topic work or theme work) in a disadvantaged South African primary school. The underlying problem was to examine the potential role of ... Read more
Recreational reading : a case study of recreational reading habits of some primary school pupils and the role of the teacher-librarian in intervention strategies

Author: Palmer, Gillian Date: 1995 An interest in the topic of recreational reading was prompted by the observations and experience of the researcher. The study that followed was intended to confirm or refute the theory of the decline of reading. A perceived decline in reading ... Read more
The role and value of fieldwork in education for library and information science

Author: Nassimbeni, Mary Date: 1988 An investigation was undertaken into the role and value of fieldwork in professional education for library and information science. Following a literature search, the researcher undertook a philosophical investigation of the educational ... Read more
The role of the public library in HIV and AIDS information dissemination in Swaziland : an exploratory study in the Manzini region

Author: Shabangu, Joy Maziya Date: 2010 The purpose of this study was to assess the utilisation of HIV and AIDS information in Manzini Public Library (MPL). The main objectives included to assess the availability of HIV and AIDS information sources in the Manzini region, to identify ... Read more
The role of the school library in teaching and learning: a case study of a public basic school in Accra, Ghana

Author: Omenyo, Rosekel Date: 2016 This study examined the role of school library in teaching and learning and sought to establish the relationship between the use of school library resources and teaching and learning in basic schools in Ghana. The study was conducted in ... Read more
The information-seeking process of blind and visually impaired Grade 12 learners in selected South African schools for the blind

Author: Hendrikz, Francois Date: 2020 All people seek information for various reasons sometime during their lifetime. How this process has been researched and documented by various researchers is covered in this thesis, showing how the insights and lessons from various Information ... Read more
Towards measuring the performance of public libraries

Author: De Jager, Karin ; Nassimbeni, Mary Date: 2005 Following the publication of the report of the Public and Community Libraries Inventory of South Africa (Paclisa), an issue for further investigation was raised given the difficulties that many libraries had experienced in completing the ... Read more
Two societies: duality contradictions and integration: a progress report on South Africa

Author: Nassimbeni, Mary ; Underwood, Peter G Date: 2007 This paper examines the extent to which the South African Library and Information Science (LIS) agenda maps to the national agenda for the reconstruction and development of the country, which is geared to the elimination of poverty and ... Read more
The use of academic libraries in turbulent times: student library behaviour and academic performance at the University of Cape Town

Author: de Jager, Karin ; Nassimbeni, Mary ; Daniels, William ; D’Angelo, Alexander Date: 2018 Purpose This article explores how an innovation in the University Management Information System was leveraged to incorporate library data by an initially sceptical strategic management team. The rationale was to extract evidence of correlations ... Read more
User preferences in the use of Law Library collections : a case study of the Brand van Zyl Law Library of the University of Cape Town

Author: Masango, Charles Akwe Date: 1997 Law libraries are specialised libraries consisting primarily of printed and electronic legal literature which assist their patrons in legal research and the teaching of law. The use of the law library by the entire university often causes ... Read more