The objectives of the study were: 1) to investigate the extent to which workers in library and information services in KwaZulu-Natal are members of LIASA; and 2) if there are substantial numbers of LIS workers who are not ...
It is important for Africa to blaze its own unique path in terms of developing ILS qualification models that would be realistic and relevant to the African context and, importantly, add value to African library and information ...
Over the years, computers have been introduced to many South African classrooms in an attempt to improve education, and this is true for Previously Technologically Disadvantaged (PTD) schools in Kwazulu-Natal with learners ...
In the context of a rapidly evolving discipline almost completely dominated by digital technology, this paper revisits the long-standing debate on the value of general education in higher education in which professional ...
The paper provides discussions on articulation between university and technikon LIS education and training in the context of: the historical evolution and traditional purposes of university and technikon education and ...
This study was aimed at investigating the digital scanning of photographs in archival
collections with a view to highlighting some of the key issues in the provision of a
digital imaging service.
Throughout Africa, growing human populations and resulting loss of wildlife habitat is a
critical issue for most animal species. It is more and more common for privately owned
small or medium sized farms to reintroduce ...
This study examines the efficiency, ease of use and ease of understanding of user
interface designs implemented in current e-commerce websites. Four South African
based e-commerce websites formed the test cases of this ...
The article aims to provide a more complete historical review of LIS education and training in South Africa, particularly the involvement of technikons as well as how changes in the post-1990 era in South African society ...
The literature of the early 1990s observed a general lack of differentiation and specialisation at the basic qualification level in library and/or information science education and training in South Africa. This paper draws ...
This study aimed to identify the factors that affect change in attitudes of managers reaching positions of authority in Higher Educational Institutions. Traditionally, managers sat in their office and managed organizations. ...
The aim of the study was to investigate management and maintenance procedures that
were used by other sites and how these could be used as a basis for formulating management and maintenance procedures for the SALO subject ...
This topic was initiated because of love of community development and information
communication application by the researcher. It was further strengthened by taking part during the International Wowen University (Ifu) ...
This paper reports on aspects of a comparative study of first level library and/or information science (LIS) qualifications offered at South African universities and technikons. The study was conducted in 2002. The ...
Computer programming has been a science for approximately 50 years. It this time there havebeen two major paradigm shifts that have taken place. The first was from “spaghetti code” to structured programs. The second paradigm ...