Information Literacy in Practice: engaging public library workers in rural South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorDe Jager, Karinen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNassimbeni, Maryen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-28T14:14:20Z
dc.date.available2014-10-28T14:14:20Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionThis is a post-print of the published version of a SAGE Journal article available on: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0340035207086057.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractMpumalanga 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. This paper reports the results of an information literacy intervention designed for public library workers in this province. The campaign, a first of its kind in Mpumalanga (and South Africa), gave public library workers the opportunity to develop their information literacy skills and to apply them in their libraries. This paper discusses the information and training needs that were identified, the campaigns that were constructed, their progress and the outcomes. From the outset, emphasis was placed on the importance of measuring and evaluating activities throughout their campaigns in order to be able to assess the impact of their interventions. The paper attempts to show what difference even small public libraries with unqualified library workers can make in tackling social exclusion in disadvantaged communities.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDe Jager, K., & Nassimbeni, M. (2007). Information Literacy in Practice: engaging public library workers in rural South Africa. <i>IFLA Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8900en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDe Jager, Karin, and Mary Nassimbeni "Information Literacy in Practice: engaging public library workers in rural South Africa." <i>IFLA Journal</i> (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8900en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDe Jager, K., Nassimbeni, M. 2007. Information Literacy in Practice: engaging public library workers in rural South Africa. IFLA Journal.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0340-0352en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - De Jager, Karin AU - Nassimbeni, Mary AB - 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. This paper reports the results of an information literacy intervention designed for public library workers in this province. The campaign, a first of its kind in Mpumalanga (and South Africa), gave public library workers the opportunity to develop their information literacy skills and to apply them in their libraries. This paper discusses the information and training needs that were identified, the campaigns that were constructed, their progress and the outcomes. From the outset, emphasis was placed on the importance of measuring and evaluating activities throughout their campaigns in order to be able to assess the impact of their interventions. The paper attempts to show what difference even small public libraries with unqualified library workers can make in tackling social exclusion in disadvantaged communities. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - IFLA Journal KW - information literacy KW - public libraries KW - public library staff KW - training KW - disadvantaged communities KW - Mpumulanga Provincial Library Services KW - South Africa LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 SM -  0340-0352 T1 - Information Literacy in Practice: engaging public library workers in rural South Africa TI - Information Literacy in Practice: engaging public library workers in rural South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8900 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8900
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDe Jager K, Nassimbeni M. Information Literacy in Practice: engaging public library workers in rural South Africa. IFLA Journal. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8900.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherSAGEen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Information Literacyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceIFLA Journalen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0340035207086057en_ZA
dc.subjectinformation literacyen_ZA
dc.subjectpublic librariesen_ZA
dc.subjectpublic library staffen_ZA
dc.subjecttrainingen_ZA
dc.subjectdisadvantaged communitiesen_ZA
dc.subjectMpumulanga Provincial Library Servicesen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.titleInformation Literacy in Practice: engaging public library workers in rural South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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