Author:Baker, KimDate:2015Adapting the Model for Information Literacy and Cultural Heritage in Cape Town: investigating user attitudes and perceptions in libraries, museums and archives, by Kim Baker, investigates the attitudes and perceptions of general public adult ...Read more
Author:Shaw, Anita JanisDate:2000The primary objectives and scope of this research are to examine the library usage behaviour of adolescents, specifically those attending a high school in Grassy Park and those using Grassy Park Library. A central aspect of this research was ...Read more
Author:Nassimbeni, Mary; May, BevDate:2006This paper reports on the findings of a research investigation into the role of South African public libraries in adult education3. A questionnaire was distributed to 1295 public libraries for the collection of statistical and qualitative ...Read more
Author:Nassimbeni, Mary; Tandwa, NobubeleDate:2008This paper reports the findings of research (Tandwa 2007) into adult literacy programmes offered by two public libraries in Cape Town with a focus on their use of literacy materials. The study is a contribution to the documenting and analysis ...Read more
Author:Karelse, Cathy-MaeDate:1995This study examines the contribution made by two alternative service or non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to the provision and delivery of information in South Africa. A brief analysis of the role of information in impacting on and/or ...Read more
Author:De Jager, Karin; Nassimbeni, MaryDate:2003An 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
Author:Skarzynski, JanuszDate:2018The purpose of these case studies was to explore the impact of a public library’s print collection on the community using the library. The motivation for this research is driven by three factors in the South African public library environment. ...Read more
Author:Nassimbeni, Mary; Desmond, SnoeksDate:2011The purpose of the research project was to investigate the effects of the provision of story books in twenty disadvantaged primary schools in rural South Africa. The recipients of the donation were children in deprived areas, growing up in ...Read more
Author:Mnkeni, Nampombe PearsonDate:2007In 2002, a pilot project established school libraries in eleven primary schools in Melani, Fort Beaufort District. The role players in this initiative were South African Partners (an American Non Governmental Organization), the Eastern Cape ...Read more
Author:Borephe, SelloDate:2013The 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
Author:Mariti, Lineo MaryDate:2006In 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
Author:Fako, SiphoDate:2017The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the Harare Public Library, Khayelitsha, in empowering Early Childhood Development Centres (crèches and nursery schools) in its community. The researcher focused on the relationships the ...Read more
Author:Hart, Genevieve; Nassimbeni, MaryDate:2013In this article we consider the configuration of the South African library and information services (LIS) sector, and analyse the extent to which its structuring facilitates or hinders optimum service to the children and youth of South Africa. ...Read morecb
Author:Darries, FatimaDate:2002Internet access has become an indicator of a country's socio-economic status in the Information society. Libraries of higher education institutions support the parent institutions' objective to produce graduates able to function in this ...Read more
Author:De Jager, Karin; Nassimbeni, MaryDate:2007Mpumalanga 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
Author:Mugabe, Mover MDate:2003One of the fundamental challenges of the information era is how to ensure that the majority of the members of a given society are information literate in order to deal with problems of inequitable access to and use of information as an ...Read more
Author:Tandwa, Nobubele LindelaDate:2007The paper deals with the role of literacy materials in adult education in two Cape Town public libraries, namely Bellville South and Milnerton public libraries. Adult education is education that is provided to adult who lack basic education. ...Read more
Author:Lithebe, Matsie TheresaDate:2006Information plays a crucial role in people's lives. Members of Parliament (MPs) as decision makers therefore need to be equipped with information so that they can be able to make sound decisions based on facts. They need to have access to ...Read more
Author:Hart, Genevieve; Nassimbeni, MaryDate:2016The rhetoric of public librarianship includes many ringing claims for the role of libraries in democracy; and, on the twenty-first anniversary of democracy in South Africa, it is an opportune moment to examine the rather confusing fortunes ...Read more
Author:Cuthbertson, Mary-LynnDate:1992This dissertation examines the role of university libraries in academic support and development programmes in South Africa. It focuses on how libraries and librarians can assist under-prepared students whose educational backgrounds under ...Read more