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A realist assessment of the implementation of blended learning in a South African higher education context
(South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education (SAARDHE), 2016)Opportunities for further studies by working adults came under threat as the University of the Western Cape stopped the offering of after-hours classes in most of its Faculties. Unqualified and under-qualified librarians ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Initiating mobile phone technology using QR codes to access library services at the University of Cape Town
(SAGE, 2013)This article reports on an innovative project which grew out of the desire to facilitate access to information using the Quick Response (QR) Code. Easily read by mobile phones with cameras, the QR Code provides a simple ... -
Outcomes-based education and non-English mother tongue speakers from disadvantaged environments: a double-edged handicap to acquiring information literacy
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 ... -
Social capital: a fresh vision for public libraries in South Africa
(Library and Information Association of South Africa, 2007)The article argues that the construct of social capital offers South African public librarianship fresh vision – urgently needed if it is to fulfil its potential role in social inclusion. Social capital refers to the ... -
Now into big strides: report on statutory status for the South African Library and Information Services sector
(Library & Information Association of South Africa, 2012)The road to acquiring statutory status for the Library and Information Services (LIS) sector in South Africa has been traversed numerous times over the last sixty to seventy years. In more recent years, there has been ... -
E-book usage amongst academic librarians in South Africa
(Library & Information Association of South Africa, 2011)The purpose of this study completed in 2010 was to investigate the use of e-books amongst academic librarians; in particular which e-books are available to academic librarians, why they choose this format, what impact ... -
Readiness to adopt e-learning: pioneering a course in school librarianship education
(Library and Information Association of South Africa, 2009)E-learning has come of age in South African higher education but scepticism, caution and an inadequate reward system for innovative teaching methods have resulted in a slow uptake by academics. Within this milieu the author ... -
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 ... -
“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 ... -
The “tricky business” of dual use school community libraries: A case study in rural South Africa
(Walter de Gruyter, 2011)The article describes an interpretive case study of a group of six dual use school community libraries in one remote region of South Africa. Its focus is rather more on the libraries as school libraries than public libraries. ... -
Public libraries in South Africa: Agents or victims of educational change?
(LIASA Forum Press, 2004)The paper explores the impact of educational change in South Africa on public libraries. It surveys the recent literature to conclude that the position of school libraries is precarious and that public librarians feel ... -
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 ... -
Educators and public librarians: Unwitting partners in the information literacy education of South African youth?
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2006)The article details a study which examined the capacity of public libraries to offer information literacy education in South Africa. It investigates the perceptions of public library staff on their role in information ... -
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 ...
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