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Records management practices in selected municipalities in Limpopo province of South Africa.
(2021)The high level of corruption and maladministration, lack of accountability and transparency in municipalities has become endemic and is a cause for concern in many municipalities of South Africa. The ability of any ... -
Availability and utilisation of information resources by academic librarians for job performance enhancement in selected university libraries in North-Central Nigeria.
(2020)The study examined availability and utilisation of information resources by academic librarians for job performance enhancement in selected university libraries in North-Central Nigeria. Five research questions and four ... -
Information and communication technology skills on knowledge sharing among librarians in federal university libraries in South-West, Nigeria.
(2019)Abstract available in PDF. -
Adult users’ perceptions of library services provided by Nongoma Public Library, Kwazulu-Natal.
(2020)The study investigated adult users’ perceptions of the library services provided by the Nongoma Public Library (NPL) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). It examined the quality of service provided by the library to its adult library ... -
Exploring knowledge sharing through social media among members of the African Community of Practice.
(2019)This study sought to examine the extent of social media use for knowledge sharing among members of the African Community of Practice (AfCoP), a distributed community of practice of development practitioners. It also sought ... -
Knowledge sharing practices in public libraries: a case study of eThekwini Municipal Libraries (EML)
(2020)In the information age, knowledge is predominantly seen as one of the most important assets in both private and public organisations and should therefore be managed carefully. The aim of the study was to investigate the ... -
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 ... -
Information seeking patterns among natural scientists, social scientists, and Humanities scholars at the University of Transkei.
(1995)Abstract available in PDF. -
The impact of the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme on small and medium-sized special libraries in Zimbabwe.
(1995)Abstract available in PDF. -
An investigation into staff development activities at the University of Natal libraries on the Durban campus.
(2001)Abstract available in a PDF. -
An exploratory study of the information needs of secondary school students in Mdantsane Township, Eastern Cape.
(1999)The study investigates the information needs of high school students in the Mdantsane township in the Eastern Cape and is based on the view that high school students have information needs other than their school-related ... -
An Investigation of the studies reading interest of Zulu speaking standard two children in the Department of Education and Training (DETI in the Pietermaritzburg 1 circuit)..
(1995)The reading interests of black Standard Two children in Pietermaritzburg were tested in the study. This was in response to the need, expressed by parents, teachers, information workers, media-teachers and publishers, for ... -
Preservation of, and access to oral history records at Pietermaritzburg Archives Repository.
(2019)The study investigated the importance of oral history and how oral history is preserved and accessed at the Pietermaritzburg Archives Repository (PAR), specifically at its Oral History Unit (OHU). Oral history confirms ... -
An analysis of the curricula of school librarianship programmes in colleges of education in Transkei, Venda, Bophuthatswana and Ciskei.
(1994)The main focus of the study is an examination of School Librarianship programmes offered in colleges of education for blacks in the former independent states or TVBC states. School Librarianship is one of the subjects that ... -
The effects of teacher-librarianship training at the colleges of education in the former Transkei on school libraries.
(1994)This study investigated whether there is any significant difference between the training of teacher-librarians with the use of library facilities and the training which does not use library facilities. The study was based ... -
An investigation into the effects of closed market book distribution on libraries in Kwazulu Natal.
(1994)The usual route for purchasing a book is for an end user, eg. a library to place an order with a bookshop, eg. Mast. The bookshop places the order for that book directly with the publisher, who may be overseas or local. ... -
An exploratory study of the information needs of secondary school students in MdantsaneTownship, Eastern Cape.
(1999)The Study investigates the information needs of high School students in the Mdantsane Township,in the Eastern Cape and is based on the view that high School Students have information needs other than their School-related ... -
An investigation of the reading interests of Zulu speaking Standard Two children in the Department of Education and Training (DET) in the Pietermaritzburg 1 circuit.
(1995)The reading interests of black Standard Two children in Pietermaritzburg were tested in the study. This was in response to the need, expressed by parents, teachers, information workers, media-teachers and publishers, for ... -
Use of electronic security systems in academic libraries: experiences of selected universities in South-West Nigeria.
(2019)This study investigated the use of electronic security systems in academic libraries in selected universities in South West, Nigeria. The study in particular, examined the different library security systems that are in use ... -
Professional development for subject librarians in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2019)Professional development (PD) is an important consideration for academic librarians. The broad purpose of the study was to investigate the PD of subject librarians in four selected academic institutions in the Province of ...
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