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Outcomes-based education andl non-English mother tongue speakers from disadvantaged environments: a double-edged handicap to acquiring information literacy

Zinn, Sandy (Unisa Press, 2000)

Information literacy is the ability to access and critically engage with information, and to communicate new understandings which lead to knowledge and wisdom. Information literacy skills are incorporated in our ...
The conundrum of school libraries in South Africa

Zinn, Sandy; Hart, Genevieve (Library and Information Association of South Africa, 2007)

Introduction: The first democratic elections in 1994, leading to the end of apartheid education, new educational legislation and a new curriculum, brought fresh optimism to South African school library circles. This was ...
Conquering the publishing silences of black academic women

Rhoda, Anthea; Maurtin-Cairncross, Anita; Phillips, Julie; Witbooi, Sally (University of the Western Cape, 2006)

Although women fulfil and play meaningful roles in the academic life of universities, their contributions have seldom been acknowledged. The voices of women outside of the dominant western context of knowledge production ...
The information landscape: political democracy versus epistemic games with specific reference to South African communities

Witbooi, Sally (University of Free State, 2004)

The South African government and proffessions are taking stock of the transforamtion of the last decade. Manucipalities still face serious problems such as urbun populattion growth, poverty, housing shortages environmental ...
The information literacy education readiness of public libraries in Mpumalanga Province

Hart, Genevieve (Walter de Gruyter, 2006)

This study examines if public libraries in a province in South Africa are ready to assume an enhanced responsibility for information literacy education, specifically that of students, and, if so, what inhibiting and ...

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