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Access barriers : an investigation into the availability and accessibility of high-demand materials in the Short Loan Centre of an academic library

Author: Leibbrandt, Shirley Date: 1996 Academic libraries in South Africa are facing the challenge of tighter budgets, increasing student enrolments, greater diversity in students' backgrounds and library experience, and a call for greater accountability to all the stakeholders. ... Read more
An evaluation of the information architecture of the UCT Library web site

Author: Mvungi, Susan Haikaeli Date: 2008 Web users are becoming more critical of the web sites they use. This dissertation evaluates the information architecture of the academic library web site at the University of Cape Town. The evaluation of the information architecture of an ... Read more
An exploration of the current status of information literacy tuition in South African tertiary institutions and proposals for curriculum design

Author: De Jager, Karin ; Nassimbeni, Mary Date: 2003 An investigation was launched at the University of Cape Town (UCT) with the aim of determining measurable competencies in students' information literacy at tertiary level educational institutions. It is increasingly clear that students need ... Read more
An analysis of school library use in Government Aided Community Junior Secondary Schools in Gaborone city and the Southern district in Botswana

Author: Sehuhula-Mooketsi, Bojelo Date: 2002 School libraries can have a significant impact on students' academic performance and the quality of learning. This thesis explores the factors surrounding school library use or non-use of school libraries in Government Aided Community Junior ... Read more
Archiving social survey data in Africa : an overview of African microdata curation and the role of survey data archives in data management in Africa

Author: Woolfrey, Lynn Date: 2009 This study examines current practice in the curation of social survey data in African countries and makes suggestions for future improvements in this regard. Curation of data refers to its preservation and management for reuse. Utilising ... Read more
Building biodiversity data infrastructure for science and decision-making: information needs and information-seeking patterns in South Africa

Author: Daly, Brenda Date: 2020 Biodiversity information is critical to inform science-based policy development as well as to support responsible and accountable land-use planning and decision-making practices. The uptake of available information for these uses is, however, ... Read more
Data archiving, management initiatives and expertise in the Biological Sciences Department, University of Cape Town

Author: Koopman, Margaret Marie Date: 2015 Researchers produce large amounts of data during their research investigations and have a variety of interventions for the management of these data. It has not been the responsibility of academic institutions to manage research data, this ... Read more
Developing Internet research skills among criminology honours students and researchers in the Institute of Criminology, University of Cape Town : an evaluation of the methods and materials used for this purpose

Author: Atkins, Elaine Date: 2002 In order to assist honours students and researchers in the Criminology Department at theUniversity of Cape Town to fully utilise resources available through the Internet and other online databases, an online electronic research skills tutorial ... Read more
Evaluation of an information literacy intervention of nursing students at four Universities of Technology in South Africa

Author: Borephe, Sello Date: 2013 The delivery of high quality patient care and the preparation for lifelong learning requires that nursing students be afforded the opportunity to develop their information literacy (IL) skills. This study explored the IL skills offered to ... Read more
An evaluation of information literacy of postgraduate students of the National University of Lesotho (NUL)

Author: Mariti, Lineo Mary Date: 2006 In this global information age many technological advances have changed approaches to education and the way libraries are managed. The massive increase of unfiltered information has resulted in high demands for information literacy programmes. ... Read more
An evaluation of the attitudes of public library staff to the use of information and communication technologies

Author: Thornton, Rian Date: 2007 This thesis explores the attitudes of public library staff of the Cape Town Administration library Service in 2005 to information and communication technologies (ICTs). This inquiry was appropriate because free Internet access was in the ... Read more
Exploring the impact of library instruction on the Human Sciences Research Council staff, in support of achieving their research and academic goals

Author: Pillai, Viveka Date: 2020 This study explored the impact of library instruction (LI) on the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) staff, in support of achieving their research and academic goals. The study used a mixed methods sequential explanatory design, which ... Read more
Faculty of Humanities: handbook on citation and related matters

Author: De Jager, Karin Date: Mar 2010 This document can be used as a reference guide for students and staff when facing questions around referencing and citations. Students are often unsure of exactly what plagiarism is and how it affects them. Especially these days with the ease ... Read more c b a
Information Literacy in Practice: engaging public library workers in rural South Africa

Author: De Jager, Karin ; Nassimbeni, Mary Date: 2007 Mpumalanga Provincial Library Services, South Africa, offers public library services in a largely rural 'new' province created in 1996. Many of the libraries are in isolated areas and have to meet the very diverse needs of their communities. ... Read more
Information technology and deskilling of professional cataloguers with special reference to academic libraries in the Western Cape

Author: Lephoto, 'Mapasane Date: 1996 An investigation was undertaken to establish whether it was possible to assume that information technology has had an influence of the skills levels in the jobs of cataloguers. The research was conducted in two parts: the literature survey ... Read more
An investigation into the theoretical foundations of library cataloguing and a critical analysis of the cataloguing of the South African national bibliography, 1981-1983

Author: De Jager, Karin Date: 1984 This thesis proposes that the foundations of the library catalogue are not rooted in a coherent, encompassing and comprehensive theoretical structure. Instead, it shows that it rests upon a number of principles that evolved during the nineteenth ... Read more
Opening the library catalogue up to the Web: a view from South Africa

Author: De Jager, Karin Date: 2007 While libraries still spend much time and money on building and maintaining catalogues according to accepted international standards, there is considerable evidence that users are inclined to bypass libraries and their catalogues in their ... Read more
Place matters: undergraduate perceptions of the value of the library

Author: De Jager, Karin Date: 2015 Purpose: The purpose of this article is to explore from a number of points of view the perceptions of mainly undergraduate students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) about the value they derive from visiting the physical library. ... Read more
The role played by academic libraries in the enhancement of information literacy : a study of Fort Hare library

Author: Somi, Ntombizodwa Getrude Date: 2004 Many technological challenges today require libraries and various stakeholders to embark on student learning and empower students with the necessary information skills to function efficiently and effectively in the global information age. The ... Read more
Statistics for electronic resources

Author: Dean, Caroline Elizabeth Date: 2008 Electronic resources represent a large portion of many libraries' information resources in the current climate of hybrid libraries where print and electronic formats coexist. Since the dramatic uptake of electronic resources in libraries ... Read more

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