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Academic librarian's transition to blended librarianship: a phenomenology of selected academic librarians in Zimbabwe

Author: Dabengwa, Israel Mbekezeli ; Raju, Jaya ; Matingwina, Thomas Date: 13 May 2019 This paper explores the shared experiences of practices of blended librarianship among Zimbabwean academic librarians to identify how adequately they comply with their dynamic roles and functions. The paper relies on the theoretical constructs ... Read more c b n d
Analysis of the approaches of senior management teams towards adoption of next generation library management systems: case study of Cape Library Consortium Institutions

Author: Mfengu, Andiswa Yolanda Date: 2014 Sophistication of technology has resulted in libraries having to manage print, digital and electronic resources. Managing all resource types and formats with traditional integrated library systems is ineffective as the systems were designed ... Read more
Competency requirements of academic librarians in providing research data management services: the case of two university libraries

Author: Badenhorst, Patricia Date: 2022 The objective of this study was to identify, using the Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) libraries as case studies, the competency requirements of academic librarians in providing research ... Read more
Diversity, inclusion, and social justice in the information context: global south perspectives

Author: Raju, Jaya Date: 2020 This is an editorial of the special issue of the International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion 4(3/4), 2020 authored by the guest editor (Jaya Raju). Read more c b n d
Future LIS education and evolving global competency requirements for the digital information environment: an epistemological overview

Author: Raju, Jaya Date: 2020 In the context of an evolving digitally-oriented library and/or information science (LIS) discipline and framed by Andrew Abbott’s (2001) Chaos of Disciplines theory, this paper presents an epistemological overview of evolving competency ... Read more
Health information dissemination among undergraduate students in Zimbabwe with particular reference to the National University of Science and Technology : a study in developing an integrated framework for health information dissemination

Author: Matingwina, Thomas Date: 2015 University students in Zimbabwe lack immediate access to accurate health information. There is lack of explicit and integrated structures for disseminating health information to students in Zimbabwe. This inductive study proposes a needs-based, ... Read more
Impact of the digital divide on information literacy training in a higher education context

Author: Naidoo, Segarani ; Raju, Jaya Date: 2012 This paper reports on a master's study undertaken to investigate the impact of the digital divide on information literacy (IL) training of Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) students at the Durban University of Technology (DUT). Since 1994 ... Read more c b
Knowledge and Skills Competencies for Humanities Librarians Supporting Postgraduate Students

Author: Johnson, Glynnis ; Raju, Jaya Date: 2018 This paper reports on an aspect of a 2016 masters study which addresses the research question: what knowledge and skills do humanities librarians require to effectively provide support to postgraduate students in the digital age? The study ... Read more
Knowledge and skills for the digital era academic library

Author: Raju, Jaya Date: 2014 Technology has altered the traditional academic library beyond recognition. These dramatic changes have impacted significantly on the knowledge and skills requirements for LIS professionals practising in this environment. While there have ... Read more c b n d
Knowledge and skills requirements of National University of Lesotho librarians in meeting information needs of humanities undergraduate students in the digital age

Author: Nkuebe, Mantoetse Pontso Alice Date: 2017 This study attempted to ascertain what knowledge and skills are required for NUL librarians to meet the information needs of humanities undergraduate students in the digital era academic library environment. To address the objective of this ... Read more
The knowledge, skills and competency requirements for music librarians in academic music libraries in the Western Cape, South Africa

Author: Adams, Brandon Date: 2017 The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge, skills and competencies required for music librarians in academic music libraries in the Western Cape of South Africa, in order for these libraries to effectively serve their scholarly ... Read more
Levels of research evidence in health policy assessment in Malawi

Author: Mapulanga, Patrick ; Raju, Jaya ; Matingwina, Thomas Date: 2019 Purpose – The paper examines levels of health research evidence in health policies in Malawi. Design/Methodology/Approach – The study selected a typology of health policies in Malawi from 2002 to 2017. The study adopted the SPIRIT conceptual ... Read more
LIS Education in the Digital Age for an African Agenda

Author: Raju, Jaya Date: 2015 To provide an exposé of digital-age library and information science (LIS) education for an African agenda, this paper adopts an emergent qualitative research design by drawing on the literature on LIS education in Africa. It also draws on ... Read more
The shape and form of the 21st century academic library in South Africa : the case of the University of Cape Town libraries

Author: Pietersen, Jeremiah Date: 2015 This study sought to ascertain the shape and form of the 21st century academic library in South Africa, using the case of UCT Libraries. The objective was supported by sub-objectives, namely: to ascertain, via a rigorous review of literature, ... Read more
A study of the knowledge and skills requirements for the humanities librarian in supporting postgraduate students

Author: Johnson, Glynnis Date: 2016 This study sought to develop a knowledge and skills framework for humanities librarians supporting postgraduate students against which such librarians may 'measure' their current knowledge and skills; as well as ascertain areas for new skills ... Read more
To teach or not to teach? The question of the academic librarian’s pedagogical competencies in the digital age

Author: Raju, Jaya Date: 2017 This paper revisits the issue of ‘librarian as teacher’ in the literature and draws empirical evidence on the question of the pedagogical knowledge and skills requirements of academic librarians. A pragmativist paradigm and both quantitative ... Read more c b n d
The transition to open: a metrics analysis of discoverability and accessibility of LIS scholarship

Author: Raju, Jaya ; Mfengu, Andiswa ; Kahn, Michelle ; Raju, Reggie Date: 2019 Metrics analysis of journal content has become an important point for debate and discussion in research and in higher education. The South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science (SAJLIS), a premier journal in the library and ... Read more c b