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Re-engineering research and innovation information in university libraries in Uganda for small and medium enterprises.
(2019)Globally, enormous amounts of research are generated in universities; however, in Uganda, not much of this research cascades to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) which contribute 75% of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product ... -
Readiness for knowledge management implementation : the case of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Department of Public Works in Pietermaritzburg.
(2018)A knowledge management (KM) readiness assessment is essential before implementing a KM initiative within an organization. The KwaZulu–Natal Department of Public Works (KZN DPW) Head Office (HO) in Pietermaritzburg was ... -
Records management readiness for open government in the Kenyan judiciary.
(2015)Records are valuable assets that need to be managed by any organization or nation. They are vital to virtually every aspect of the governance process and fulfill important functions in society by providing evidence of and ... -
The representation of the literary works of Anglophone and Francophone African women writers (1960-2012) in UKZN library.
The emergence of African women as authors in the world of literature has been recorded as a phenomenon of the 1980s which has brought dramatic changes in the literary world. Many African authors are of the belief that ... -
Research data management in Kenya's agricultural research institutes.
(2018)Research Data Management (RDM) refers to the collection, organization, validation, and preservation of data for analysis, discovery, sharing, reuse and transformation. RDM consists of a number of different activities and ... -
Research into information behaviour in the South African context: a preliminary exploration and bibliography: 1980 to date.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2010)The article reports on research into information behaviour in the South African context from 1980 to date. While numerous papers have been presented at conferences and published as articles little is available in terms of ... -
"The road is made by walking ..." : a case study of learning, knowledge creation and knowledge sharing at The Valley Trust, a South African NGO.
(2010)This thesis explores, from a very personal perspective, the engagement of one South African non-government organization, The Valley Trust, with knowledge work as an integral dimension of its practice. The thesis is written ... -
The role of academic libraries in supporting distance education in Kenya.
(2016)This study aimed to investigate the role of academic libraries in supporting distance education in Kenya. The challenges which Open and Distance Learning (ODL) students face due to lack of access to library and information ... -
Role of information ethics in the provision of library and information services in university libraries in Tanzania.
(2018)The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of information ethics in the provision of library and information services in university libraries in Tanzania. The study sought to address the following research ... -
School library resource centres in Iringa and Njombe regions of Tanzania : their status and role in resource-based learning.
(2014)The school library system is the most valuable facility of the school and an integral part of the educational process and a tool for teaching and learning. This study explored the status and role of secondary school library ... -
Sexuality and sexual health information needs and seeking patterns of school-going teenagers in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
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Staff training and development in Ugandan private chartered university libraries.
(2014)This research is a critical examination of the nature of training and development in Ugandan private chartered university libraries. For contextualization of the study, the nature of training and development were taken ... -
Strategies for managing scholarly content at universities in Kenya.
(2015)This study investigated strategies employed by universities in Kenya in managing scholarly content and addressed the following research questions: What kinds of scholarly content are generated and used in universities in ... -
Technology initiatives in academic libraries : status of Library 2.0 within the libraries of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2012)The Library 2.0 model is one of many library service models. It has its origin in, and borrowed concepts from, Web 2.0 which is associated with Web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, ... -
A theoretical framework for the study of agricultural knowledge and information systems in a developing country.
(UNISA, 2013)With poverty and hunger growing in sub-Saharan Africa, increased agricultural productivity is urgently required. Agricultural extension services should improve their delivery to those small-scale farmers who play a key ... -
Third-year students' perceptions of the library services at the Butterworth campus of the Eastern cape technikon, south Africa.
(2005)The purpose of the study was to investigate third-year students' perceptions of library services at the Butterworth campus of the Eastern Cape Technikon (ECT) in South Africa. The study was conducted with full-time and ... -
Towards enhancing the delivery of information for development with a special focus on addressing poverty and social exclusion.
(UNISA, 2011)Do South African libraries and information centres contribute to development? Such interventions would require the effective addressing of poverty and social exclusion. This article refers to a two-phase survey which ... -
Usability of the Institutional Repository by Faculty and Postgraduate Students at the University of Swaziland.
(2018)This study investigated service quality and technology acceptance factors that promote or inhibit UNISWA faculty and postgraduate students from effectively using their IR. This is based on the premise that the IR has ... -
The use and sustainability of information technology (IT) in academic and research libraries in Tanzania.
(1998)The main purpose of this study was to investigate the current status of information technology (IT) and strategies which academic and research libraries in Tanzania can adopt in order to facilitate the sustainability of ... -
Use of electronic databases by masters students in the Faculty of Humanities, Development and Social Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg campus.
(2010)The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of electronic databases by masters students in the Faculty of Humanities, Development and Social Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg campus. ...