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City of Cape Town libraries' segregated history: 1952-1972
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2015)
This article investigates the history and development of the Cape Town City Libraries (CTCL) from 1952-1972 and examines the effect of apartheid legislation on establishing a public library system. Legislation introduced ...
The information literacy self-efficacy of disadvantaged teachers in South Africa
(Springer, 2013)
The aim of this study was to gauge teachers’ information literacy
self-efficacy thereby eliciting clues to possible gaps in teachers’ knowledge and
skills which could be addressed during an information literacy education ...
Lecturers' use of Web 2.0 in the faculty of Information Science and communications at MZUZU University, Malawi
(UNISA Press, 2015)
The study reported on in this article investigated the use of Web 2.0 technologies
by lecturers in the Faculty of Information Science and Communications at
Mzuzu University (MZUNI), Mzuzu, Malawi. By distributing a ...
Converting the card catalogue of the National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Campus, into a machine-readable format
(Ashgate Publishing, 2008)
In 2006 the National Library of South Africa (NLSA), Cape Town Campus, began a project to convert its substantial card catalogue to machine-readable form. The article gives an overview of the Library's collections and ...
Libraries and a “Better Life for All”: The politics, processes, and promises of the South African LIS Transformation Charter
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016)
The 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 ...
South Africa’s LIS Transformation Charter: policies, politics and professionals
(IFLA, 2014)
The rhetoric of public librarianship includes many ringing claims for the role of libraries in
democracy; and, on the 20-year anniversary of the advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994, it is
an opportune moment to ...
How school libraries improve literacy: some evidence from the trenches
(Unisa Press, 2013)
The article comes out of a panel discussion, featuring five teacher-librarians, which was
broadcast to schools across the Western Cape Province of South Africa in 2011. Four
of the panelists are graduates of the University ...
“Don’t they know how important it is?” A case study of information literacy education in a small South African town
(International Association of School Librarianship, 2006)
The paper comes out of a month-long case study of information literacy education in two public libraries in a small South African town in the rural province of Mpumalanga, undertaken in October 2004. The participant ...
Service learning in a course in children's & youth library & information services: a case study
(Community High Education Service Partnership, 2008)
The case study describes a service learning project in Library and Information
Science. In 2002, 14 students enrolled for the service learning elective – the 4th year
second semester module, Children’s and Youth Library ...
The LPYL in context: changing minds about school libraries in South Africa
(Bibliotek I Samhalle (BIS), 2002)
It is an honour to write a foreword for the Bibliotek I Samehälle's book on the Library
Practice for Young Learners project (LPYL) - and also a challenge. The "honour" is
due to the significance of the LPYL project, which ...