Browsing Faculty of Arts by Author "Hart, Genevieve"
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Challenges for information literacy education at a university of technology
Hart, Genevieve; Davids, Marion (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 ... -
Challenges in digitising liberation archives: a case study
Anderson, Steve; Hart, Genevieve (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2016)The article reports on a study of the challenges facing a liberation archive which is attempting to digitise its collections and of how the Archive has responded to the challenges. The article is framed by the critical ... -
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 ... -
“Don’t They Know How Important It Is?”
Hart, Genevieve (International Association of School Librarianship Conference Proceedings, 2021)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 ... -
“Don’t they know how important it is?” A case study of information literacy education in a small South African town
Hart, Genevieve (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 drive for school libraries in South Africa: intersections and connections
Hart, Genevieve; Zinn, Sandy (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, ... -
Educators and public librarians: Unwitting partners in the information literacy education of South African youth?
Hart, Genevieve (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 ... -
From borders and landscape to ecosystem: reconfiguring library services to meet the needs of South African youth
Hart, Genevieve; Nassimbeni, Mary (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 ... -
How school libraries improve literacy: some evidence from the trenches
Hart, Genevieve (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 ... -
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 ... -
Information literacy: the missing link in South Africa’s educational transformation?
Hart, Genevieve (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 2007)Introduction: This paper uses the lens of information literacy and information literacy education to view educational change in South Africa. Although the focus is on South Africa, I hope that the paper might resonate ... -
Job satisfaction in a South African academic library in transition
Hart, Genevieve (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 ... -
Libraries and a "Better Life for All": The politics, processes, and promises of the South African LIS Transformation Charter
Hart, Genevieve; Nassimbeni, Mary (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 ... -
Libraries and a “Better Life for All”: The politics, processes, and promises of the South African LIS Transformation Charter
Hart, Genevieve; Nassimbeni, Mary (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 ... -
The LPYL in context: changing minds about school libraries in South Africa
Hart, Genevieve (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 ... -
Making sense of the information seeking process of undergraduates in a specialised university: revelations from dialogue journaling on WhatsApp messenger
Krubu, Dorcas Ejemeh; Zinn, Sandy; Hart, Genevieve (Informaing Science Institute, 2017)AIM/PURPOSE The research work investigated the information seeking process of undergraduates in a specialised university in Nigeria, in the course of a group assignment. BACKGROUND Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process ... -
New vision, new goals, new markets? Reflections on a South African case study of community library services
Hart, Genevieve (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
Hart, Genevieve; Mfazo, Ncumisa (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 power and perils of participant observation in library and information science research: reflections on three South African studies
Hart, Genevieve (UNISA Press, 2017)This article reports on three participant observation studies conducted in schools and libraries in South Africa, between 1999 and 2015. The study findings have been reported on elsewhere, thus the focus is on the methodologies ... -
Public libraries in South Africa: Agents or victims of educational change?
Hart, Genevieve (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 ...