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Internet-based information behaviour of high school learners in Ashanti region of Ghana.
(2018)The study examined the Internet-based information behaviour of high school learners in the Ashanti region of Ghana. It looked into the online information needs of learners, how they retrieve and evaluate online information ... -
Use of electronic information resources among doctoral students in the social sciences: a comparative study of University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa and Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Nigeria
(2018)The study was a descriptive study which investigated the use of electronic information resources (EIRs) by social science doctoral students of University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa and Obafemi Awolowo University ... -
Knowledge sharing strategies in university libraries of Malawi.
(2018)This study was carried out to examine the strategies of knowledge sharing in University libraries of Malawi. Four public universities were studied namely: University of Malawi (UNIMA), Lilongwe University of Agriculture ... -
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 ... -
Information service provision for the people with visual and physical impairments in public university libraries in Kenya.
(2018)The study investigated information service provision to the people with visual and physical impairments in public university libraries in Kenya. The study was underpinned by the International Federation of Libraries ... -
The use of social media technologies (SMTs) in the provision of library and information services in academic libraries of South-West, Nigeria.
(2018)The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of Social Media Technologies (SMTs) in the provision of library and information services in academic libraries of South-West, Nigeria. This study is motivated by the ... -
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 ... -
Information needs and information seeking behaviour of private practicing lawyers in Swaziland : a case study of the Law Society of Swaziland.
(2018)Information needs and information seeking behaviour of lawyers in terms of accessing well-resourced legal information collections is essential in their daily professional lives. The lack of legal information access by ... -
Examining the relationship between conceptualisation and practice of research support by librarians in selected Zimbabwean universities
(2018)This study was carried out to examine and gain insight into the relationship between conceptualisation and practice of research support by librarians in Zimbabwean university libraries. This was mooted after realising that ... -
Information literacy self-efficacy in the use of electronic information resources by library and information science postgraduate students in South South Nigeria.
(2018)This study was carried out to investigate information literacy self-efficacy (ILSE) in the use of Electronic Information Resources (EIRs) by Library and Information Science Postgraduate Students in South-South, Nigeria. ... -
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 ... -
Preservation of, and access to audio-visual records at the National Film, Video and Sound Archives of South Africa.
(2017)The study investigated the preservation of, and access to audio-visual records at the National Film, Video and Sound Archives of South Africa in Pretoria. The ability to hear or see the recorded sound/images depends on the ... -
Implementation and administration of an integrated library management system in academic libraries in KawZulu-Natal.
(2017)This study examined the Implementation and Administration of Integrated Library Management System (ILMS) in three academic libraries in KwaZulu - Natal from the perspectives of Librarians, Systems Librarians, Library ... -
Academic information needs and information seeking behaviour of grade 11 learners of Eastwood Secondary School.
(2017)Information is considered an important resource that is essentially needed in all human endeavours. Information is a message that changes an individual’s knowledge by adding to existing knowledge or filling in the gap, ... -
Information behaviour of the professoriate in selected federal universities in South West Nigeria.
(2017)This study investigated the information behaviour of the professoriate in selected federal universities in South West Nigeria. The study was guided by Wilson (1996) Information Behaviour Model and Unified Theory of Acceptance ... -
Academic information needs and information-seeking behaviour of Haythorne Secondary grade eight learners using the Msunduzi Woodlands Branch Public Library, Pietermaritzburg.
(2017)Information is an essential ingredient for a socially and economically engaged democracy in any community. The changes and advancements in the educational system and the lack of school libraries have resulted in a paradigm ... -
User perceptions of service quality and level of user satisfaction at the Mangosuthu University Technology's Natural Sciences Library, Umlazi, Durban 2016.
(2016)This study examined the quality of service provided by Mangosuthu University of Technology’s Natural Sciences Library (MUT-NSL) from the perspective of the users of the library. The study assessed the users’ perceptions ... -
Utilisation of open access institutional repositories in Zimbabwe’s public universities.
(2016)Despite the establishment of institutional repositories (IRS) in Zimbabwe’s public universities, content for these repositories remains untangible. The purpose of this study was to explore the utilisation of IRs in the ... -
Information behaviour of medical doctors and professional nurses in selected hospitals of OR Tambo Health District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
(2017)The purpose of this study was to investigate the information behaviour of medical doctors and professional nurses in five selected district hospitals of the OR Tambo Health District in the Eastern Cape Province of South ... -
Information needs and information seeking behaviour of grade 10 and 11 learners at Gerson Ntjie Secondary School, at gaMagooa village, Limpopo province.
(2016)Information need is an awareness of an information gap. The nature of information need differ from one person to another. Information seeking behaviour is when an individual uses information systems to search for information ...
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