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Academic staff
Students
Current Research Initiatives of Academic Staff
Prof MK Minishi-Majanja
Library and Information Science Education
Prof HWJ Meyer
Investigate the feasibility to develop a curriculum for vocational training of para-professional workers in Library and Information Services
Prof TB van der Walt
The portrayal of Russia and Russians in SA children’s and school text books
This is part of a bigger research project, "The image of Russia and Russians in South Africa", undertaken by Dr Irina Garmachova of the Department of Russian at Unisa and the Russian Academy in Moscow
Dr Bosire Onyancha
Onyancha, OB Profiling students using an institutional information portal: a descriptive study of the Bachelor of Arts degree students, University of South Africa
Ocholla, DN, Ocholla, L & Onyancha, OB A comparison of the research and publication patterns and output of academic librarians in sub-Saharan Africa from 1990 -2009
Onyancha, OB & Maluleka, JR Knowledge production through collaborative research in Sub-Saharan Africa: An informetric study of the contributions of selected countries, 1995-2008
Onyancha, OB & Ngulube, P Mixed methods research in selected South African journals of education, 2002-2008
Onyancha, OB Adjusted count, complete count, and straight count: does it matter when appraising research performance? A case study of LIS research in post-apartheid South Africa
Onyancha, OB Subject specialization index of Sub-Saharan African countries: an informetric analysis of the fields of research foci
Onyancha, OB Print media’s coverage of libraries in the post-apartheid South Africa: an informetric study, 1995-2009
Onyancha, OB Information resources management, knowledge management and records management: what is the difference? An informetrician’s perspective
Onyancha, OB Perceptions of ‘Knowledge Management’ in the business environment: a core/periphery model of the emerging discipline, 1930-2009
Mrs Madely du Preez
The role of social networking in the information-seeking and sharing of consulting engineers in task completion
Mrs Nicoline Wessels & Mrs Nampombe Mnkeni-Saurombe
Mrs N Wessels and Mrs N Mnkeni-Saurombe are involved in an ALRU Literacy Project at Patogeng Primary School in Atteridgeville. The research is in a post-project phase and involves the evaluation of the use and sustainability of the school library that has been setup during the original project
Mrs Hannalie Knoetze
Mrs Knoetze is involved in an ALRU Literacy coaching programme at Makgatho Primary School in Atteridgeville. The programme is based on two fundamental principles underlying literacy development, viz. capacity building and resource building. Mrs Knoetze is specifically involved in the resource building component which involves setting up a functional school library
Completed Student Research Projects
Doctoral Studies
2010:
- Dulle, FW An analysis of open access scholarly communication in universities
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Jayasundara, CC Developing a model for customer satisfaction in relation to service quality in University libraries in Sri Lanka
2009:
2008:
2007:
- Cottrell, GL The development of a reference database of health information resources to facilitate informed lifestyle choice
- Fourie, JA Educational and vocational guidance and information for the youth in public and community libraries
2006:
- Arnold, A A situational analysis of national information policy, with special reference to South Africa
2005:
- Jain, P The role of performance appraisal in human resources development in public libraries in Botswana
2004:
- Adeogun, MO Managing resource sharing in selected seventh-day adventist tertiary institutions in sub-saharan africa: problems and prospects
2003:
- Marais, H Authority control in an academic library consortium using a union catalogue maintained by a central office for authority control
2001:
- Gericke, EM Dienslewering in die openbare biblioteek met besondere verwysing na gebruikersleiding
Masters Studies
2010:
- Holloway, RJ The history and development of the Kimberley Africana library and it's relationship with the Kimberley public library
- Wessels, N School libraries as a literacy intervention tool in primary schools: action research in Atteridgeville
- Coates, PR Cape Colonial Parliamentary Publications, 1854-1910
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Holloway, RJ A history of the Kimberley Africana Library and its collections: their origin in the Kimberley Public Library, 1903-2008
2009:
- Krige, NAC High School students’ use of licensed databases and digital resources via the public library in the East Cobb area of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Mahwasane, PN Provision of library services to disadvantaged children in Limpopo Province
- Ngoepe, MS An exploration of records management trends in the South African public sector: a case study of the Department of Provincial and Local Government
- Ramasodi, B The needs of student library users and the fulfilment thereof at the University of South Africa
- Wamundila, S The development of guidelines for a knowledge management/knowledge retention at the University of Zambia
2008:
- Mojapelo, M S Library and Information resources in rural schools of Limpopo provence: a pilot study
- Mahwasane, N P Provision of library services to disadvantaged children in rural areas of the Limpopo Province
2007:
- Abate, M Images of childhood in picture books of South Africa
- Constable, FT Training needs for electronic information use in the college of law at the University of South Africa
- Du Preez, M Information needs and information-seeking behaviour of consulting engineers: a qualitative investigation
2006:
- Fouche, M The role of taxonomies in knowledge management
- Fouche, PA A competitive intelligence implementation model
- Khoza, TF Providing services for culturally diverse students in academic libraries
- Tiemensma, L the literacy environment in support of voluntary reading: a case study in Gauteng east and the highveld ridge area
2005:
- Retief, E The role of inventory control in service quality in a South African academic library
2004:
- McGuirk, K Information science and the configuration of meaningful information
- Sewdass, N The need for continuous (competency-based) training and development of library staff in a public library
- Raubenheimer, J Leadership roles in academic information service enterprises: the attitudes of library staff towards a re-engineered leadership
2003:
- Merts, HW Die terapeutiese rol van fiksie in die hantering van sekere lewenskrisisse en ontwikkelingsprobleme van kinders
2001:
- Kunneke, KJ The paradigmatic shift of service organisations: A proposed marketing model for South African University Libraries
- Joubert, MM Die leesbelangstellings en leesgewoontes van afrikaanssprekende tienderjariges in Pretoria
- Lombard, HC Die rol van die biblioteek in 'n probleemgebaseerde leer-kurrikulum
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