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Challenges for information literacy education at a university of technology
(University of Kwazulu Natal, 2010)
The article reports on an action research project to investigate the effectiveness of an information literacy intervention for first year engineering students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). The ...
From borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youth
(LIASA, Stellenbosch University, 2013)
In 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 ...
The use of multipurpose community telecentres and their services in Malawi: the case of Lupaso Community Telecentre
(LIASA, 2016)
Telecentres aim to bridge digital divides between rural and urban communities. In many developing countries, like Malawi, the assumption is that once telecentres are established, people will adopt them. The purpose of the ...
New vision, new goals, new markets? Reflections on a South African case study of community library services
(Library and Information Association of South Africa, 2010)
The article reflects on a case study of a group of six school-based dual use libraries in rural South Africa – focusing
specifically on their community role. Its starting point is the library and information services (LIS) ...
Places for all? Cape Town's public library services to gays and lesbians
(Library and Information Association of South Africa, 2010)
The article reports on an investigation of the provision of gay and lesbian literature and of information services to gays and
lesbians in Cape Town’s public libraries. Although by definition public libraries serve all ...
The drive for school libraries in South Africa: intersections and connections
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015)
This paper traces the important developments in school librarianship in South Africa since 2007, during which time the drive to address
huge backlogs in school library provision has gained momentum - largely, it argues, ...
Job satisfaction in a South African academic library in transition
(Elsevier, 2010)
Job satisfaction was investigated at a South
African university library undergoing
change on many fronts. The study included
31 members of staff and the data were
gathered via interviews/questionnaires,
informed by ...