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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 ...
Assessing the appropriation of social media by academic librarians in South Africa and Zimbabwe
(LIASA, 2016)
Research into the appropriation of social media by academic libraries in countries with growing economies is scarce. There remains an empirical and theoretical gap in the literature about how librarians, particularly those ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
New imperatives for librarianship in Africa
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015)
Africa, in colonial times regarded as the “Dark Continent,” faces
many challenges, whether infrastructural, cultural, or political. Despite these challenges, countries on the continent cannot afford to
be complacent. The ...
All together now?
(International Association of School Librarianship Conference, 2019)
The paper explores the meaning of the recently drafted National Policy for Library and Information
Services (NPLIS) for school librarianship in South Africa. It argues that, after years of failed advocacy, a
convergence ...