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Browsing Research Articles (Information Science) by Title
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Pieterse, Vreda; Thompson, J.E. (Lisa)
(Routledge, 2010-08)
The acquisition of effective teamwork skills is crucial in all disciplines. Using an interpretive approach, this study
investigates collaboration and co-operation in teams of software engineering students. Teams whose ...
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Rasuli, Behrooz; Schoepfel, Joachim; Boock, Michael; Van Wyk, Brenda
(Emerald, 2023-10)
PURPOSE :
Many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) allow students or their advisors to restrict access to theses/dissertations (TDs) by applying embargoes. This study aims to identify why Higher Education Institutions ...
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Munyoro, Isaiah; Dick, Archie L.
(Archlib Information Service, 2015-04)
This article focuses on the performance of
Zimbabwe’s Parliamentary Constituency
Information Centres (PCICs) in disseminating
parliament generated information and providing
a platform for public participation.
Questionnaires ...
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Le Roux, Elizabeth Henriette
(Unisa Press, 2013)
The study of book history is in its infancy in South Africa, with a small group of scholars
working in the area and little sense of a shared body of literature, which could be used as
foundational texts for those wishing ...
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Mbagwu, Francisca Chinyeaka; Lyaka, Martha; Kiwelu, Jackline E.; Nyantakyi-Baah, Lydia; Holmner, Marlene Amanda
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, 2020-08)
PURPOSE : This study investigated the role academic libraries play in the achievement of sustainable development goals 2 and 3 DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH : An exploratory approach through an extensive review of related ...
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De Beer, C.S. (Fanie)
(Library & Information Association of South Africa, 2007)
The project of an acritical philosophy of information is nothing but a defense of the necessity for the philosophical in our cognitive, epistemic, and informational endeavours, and simultaneously a manner of refusing the ...
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De Boer, Ann-Louise; Du Toit, Pieter Hertzog; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel)
(Vaal Triangle Faculty of Northwest University in South Africa, 2015-11)
The interconnectedness of the constructs ‘whole brain® thinking’ and ‘multiple
intelligence’ forms the epicentre of this article. We depart from the premise that when
whole brain® thinking is activated multiple intelligence ...
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De Beer, C.S. (Fanie)
(Unisa Press and Taylor & Francis, 2007)
This paper describes the situation of a humanised future for Africa, against all the negative commentaries regarding the continent, and against all forms of dehumanisation, which would mean a situation of drastic humanisation. ...
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Fourie, Ina; Olivier, Elsabé
(The Charleston Company (United States), 2013-04)
This review critically examines the African Electronic Journals (SA ePublications) database which was developed by Sabinet <http://www.sabinet.co.za> with the intention to provide easy access to fulltext articles published ...
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Dick, Archie L.
(SAGE, 2013-11)
The two African Library Summits are reviewed. Sources for the review are analyses of plenary presentations and discussions, formal feedback from the drill-down session coordinators, and personal observation.
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Heyns, Danielle; Snyman, M.E. (Martha Elizabeth)
(South African Asociation for Language Teaching, 2003-06)
This article originated as a paper prepared for the 2002 conference of the South African Association for Language Teaching (SAALT) on the theme “The changing contexts of language teaching : renewal
or resistance”. Both ...
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Fourie, Ina
(Emerald, 2013)
PURPOSE – The purpose of this contribution is to set the scenario for pursuing options to find a balance between information communication technology (ICT), information retrieval systems (IRS)such as databases, library ...
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De Beer, K.J.W. (Koos); Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel)
(Emerald, 2016)
PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to present the gathering, integration and analysis of digital information sources for the creation of a conceptual framework for alternate reality games (ARGs). ARGs hold potential ...
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Bitso, Constance Majomane Likonelo
(RIGEO, 2012)
Information behaviour studies have the potential to inform the design of effective information services that incorporate the information needs, information-seeking and preferences for information sources of target users; ...
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Nyalungu, Vincent
(Vaal Triangle Faculty of Northwest University in South Africa, 2011-07)
This article presents a discussion on the importance of business intelligence (BI) and the role that a specific BI tool, Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, plays in the strategic
decision-making processes in an ...
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Verbeek, Thomas; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel)
(South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 2019-03)
In this paper, it is shown how knowledge theories and knowledge acquisition techniques are integrated by contextualisation to lead to the drawing of concept maps that can be used in civil engineering design, and to analyse ...
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Meyer, Anika; Fourie, Ina
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2018-06)
Idea generation and inspiration are important in creative tasks. This article reports on descriptive quantitative results from an exploratory study conducted in 2016 on the creative tasks and the personal information ...
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Gouws, Rufus H.; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel)
(Buro van die WAT, 2024)
In gedrukte woordeboeke met 'n statiese artikel- en boekstruktuur is die ver-houding tussen die verspreiding van data en die onttrekking van inligting eenvoudig en die meeste woordeboeke volg min of meer dieselfde ...
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Chikonzo, Agnes Chitsidzo; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Kusekwa, Lovemore; Mushowani, Aston
(Archlib Information Service, 2014)
The study was an assessment of changing needs
of information professionals in Zimbabwe.
Results from this study were aimed at informing
library and information science curricula of
professional development initiatives ...
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Klingenberg, Jana; Le Roux, Elizabeth
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2024-09)
This article is an historical analysis of the changing editorial strategy of Tafelberg, a South African publisher. It aims to shed light on the culture-commerce divide in South African publishing, the changing cultural and ...