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Purpose – This paper reports on research into the skills and services required to ensure the sustainability of citizen science as a service in university libraries.
Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative research ...
In the last half century, oral history has emerged as a historical approach that is being
considered by archivists involved with the collection and accessibility of archival collections for researchers and interested ...
The National Archives are an important part of South African society because
they serve as memory institutions. Fulfilling this mandate requires archivists
to encourage societal engagement with the archives. This article ...
Purpose – Social media sites contribute significantly to nature conservation in, that they enlighten and educate those members of the public who would ordinarily not be in a position, or would not be fortunate enough to ...
The struggle of public access to information in Africa has been repeatedly addressed through various forums such as conferences and seminars, yet it remains a persistent troubling matter. Despite over 20 countries in Africa ...
Boloka, Mamotshabo Johanna; Jiyane, Glenrose Velile; Mojapelo, Samuel Maredi(LIASA, 2021)
Provision of resources, such as libraries, to communities continues to be a priority for development and public libraries continue with their efforts to serve their users’ diverse information needs. This paper describes ...
Nwagwu, We; Dubale, FF; Schellnack-Kelly, IS(Library Philosophy and Practice, 2021-06)
The study was undertaken to investigate the utilisation of electronic information resources of the UNECA library in Addis Ababa Ethiopia and the challenges faced by the different users. A quantitative research method with ...
South Africa is one of the few countries in Africa that has a running oral history association. In some countries, especially in southern Africa, these oral history associations have arisen and then died a natural death. ...
Information access and protection of privacy (IAPP) laws sound like a contradiction in terms. However, both are internationally and constitutionally recognised rights as neither is accorded greater importance than the ...
The purpose of the study was to explore how public libraries in Meru County, Kenya, address the information needs of small-scale business enterprises (SBEs) in the region. It was carried out from 2013 to 2015. A quantitative ...
Gichohi, Paul Maku; Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire; Dulle, Frankwell Wilson(Mousaion, 2017)
This study explored the business information services offered to small-scale business enterprises (SBEs) by public libraries in Meru County, Kenya. Public libraries are community information centres, hence well-placed to ...
South African universities produce fewer graduates than the number specified in the National Development Plan (NDP). According to the NDP, South Africa needs more than 5 000 doctoral graduates annually, against the 1 420 ...
The African National Congress (ANC) liberation archives were created in countries all over the world. These liberation archives form part of the national archival heritage of South Africa as they bridge the gap of undocumented ...
Mtega, Wulystan Pius; Ngoepe, Mpho(Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2020)
For improved rice production, farmers need access to timely and relevant knowledge at each stage of the rice-cropping calendar. To understand how farmers involve themselves in acquiring and sharing agricultural knowledge, ...
In the public sector in South Africa, health records are not integrated into a single system
and a new file is opened every time a patient consults in a different hospital. This compromises the quality of the medical ...
Archival institutions in South Africa are faced with a number of challenges, including preservation, meeting standards, giving access to their holdings and reaching diverse users. The fact that archives are managed in order ...
Saurombe, Nampombe; Ngoepe, Mpho(Education for Information, 2021)
Educators and archivists in Africa have repeatedly raised the need for redeveloping university curricula to reflect local and global best practice. An African education curriculum case study by the InterPARES project ...
Tsabedze, Vusi; Ngoepe, Mpho(Education for Information, 2020)
Literature review reveals that in sub-Saharan Africa, archives and records management ARM) education is not yet grounded in institutions for higher learning. In eSwatini previously Swaziland) the situation is even worse ...