College of Graduate Studies

Prof Patrick Ngulube

College of Graduate Studies
School of Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Studies (SIRGS)
Department: Research
Professor
Tel: 012 429 4644
E-mail: ngulup@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • B. A cum laude Honours (History) (University of Zimbabwe)
  • Master of Science in Information Science (Addis Ababa University)
  • PhD (University of Natal)

NRF Rating

C1

Fields of academic interests

  • E-government
  • E-records
  • Information and communication technologies
  • Information management
  • Knowledge management
  • Indigenous knowledge systems

Journal articles

Abrahams, R., & Ngulube, P. 2024. Using lean concepts to enhance electronic resource workflows and operations at an academic library in South Africa. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 36(3), 177–189. https://doi.org/10.1080/1941126X.2024.2383519

Acanit, M., Ngulube, P., & Mojapelo, S. M. 2024. Factors influencing the use of e-library resources by postgraduate engineering students at Kyambogo University in Uganda. Information Development, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/02666669241291566

Asante, E., & Ngulube, P. (2024). Difficulties and opportunities of implementing total quality management in academic libraries of Ghana. Record and Library Journal, 10(2), 276–291. https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/RLJ/article/view/54880

Chigwada, J. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Disaster preparedness and management in academic libraries in context. International Journal of Disaster Management, 7(3), 261-283. https://doi.org/10.24815/ijdm.v7i3.40580

Chigwada, J. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Bridging the knowledge gap: Countering the digital divide in a rural school library in Zimbabwe. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI), 8(3/4). https://doi.org/10.33137/ijidi.v8i3/4.43654

Chigwada, J. & Ngulube, P. 2024. A framework to establish research data management services in institutions of higher learning in developing countries. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences, https://doi.org/10.57239/PJLSS-2024-22.2.00827

Chigwada, J. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Librarians’ role in the preservation and dissemination of indigenous knowledge. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Journal, 50(2), 242–256.

Chigwada, J., Ngulube, P. & Dewah, P. 2024. Preserving indigenous knowledge in cultural houses in Zimbabwe in the digital era. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science, 34(2), 203- 215 https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajlais.v34i2.4.

Dlamini, N. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Agricultural information needs and resources of smallholder sugarcane farmers in Swaziland. Libri - International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies, 74(2), 133–148, https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2022-0062

Galle, F.K. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Challenges, prospects, and strategic directives for African countries to harness the disruptive capabilities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). PanAfrican Journal of Governance and Development (PJGD), 5(2), 131 – 157.

Lwanga, E. K. & Ngulube, P. 2024. The influence of the reward culture on client-led service innovation in academic libraries of Uganda. Library Management, 45(6/7, 384-398. https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-11-2023-0116

Modiba, M. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Artificial intelligence for the management of library and information services in academic libraries in the Fifth Industrial Revolution. Innovation: journal of appropriate librarianship and information work in Southern Africa, 68, 84-97.

Mosha, N.F. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Strategies for implementing research data management services in higher education institutions of Tanzania. Collection and Curation, https://doi.org/10.1108/CC-05-2024-0027

Mosha, N.F. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Barriers impeding research data sharing on chronic disease prevention among the elderly in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1437543.https://doi.org/ 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1437543

Mosha, N.F. & Ngulube, P. 2024. The use of data management planning among researchers in higher learning institutions: evidence from Tanzania. Journal of eScience Librarianship, 13(2), e681. https://doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.681

Mosha, N.F. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Value of academic libraries in improving higher education institutions' knowledge management practices. Regional Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 9(1),103-119.

Mosha, N. F. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Health challenges experienced by widows in low- and middle-income countries. A systematic review. Indigenous: Jurnal Ilmiah Psikologi, 9(3).

Mubuyaeta, M. & Ngulube, P. 2024. KMS infrastructure for KM practice in two mobile telecommunication companies in Namibia. International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), 20(1), 1-27. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJKM.339555

Nakaziba, S. & Ngulube, P. 2024. A model for enhancing digital transformation through technology-related continuing professional development activities in academic libraries in context. Discover Education, 3, 87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-024-00178-8

Nakaziba, S. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Harnessing digital power for relevance: status of digital transformation in selected university libraries in Uganda. Collection and Curation, 43/2, 33–44. https://doi.org/10.1108/CC-11-2023-0034

Ncube, M. M. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Enhancing environmental decision-making: A systematic review of data analytics applications in monitoring and management. Discover Sustainability, 5:290. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-024-00510-0

Ncube, M. M. & Ngulube, P. 2024. A systematic review of postgraduate programmes concerning ethical imperatives of data privacy in sustainable educational data analytics. Sustainability, 16(15), 6377; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16156377

Ncube, M. M. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Optimising data analytics to enhance postgraduate student academic achievement: a systematic review. Education Sciences, 14(11), 1263. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14111263

Phaladi, M. P. & Ngulube, P. 2024. An integrated approach to reduce tacit knowledge loss in public enterprises of South Africa. SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(0), a2229. https://doi. org/10.4102/sajhrm.v22i0.2229

Ponera, M. J. & Ngulube, P. 2024. The use of social networking sites for knowledge and information exchange by postgraduates in Tanzania. South African Journal of Information Management, 26(1), a1656. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajim.v26i1.1656

Rabatseta, P. C, Modiba, M. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Utilisation of artificial intelligence for the provision of information services at the University of Limpopo libraries. South African Journal of Libraries & Information Science, 90(2). http://sajlis.journals.ac.za doi:10.7553/90-2-2394

Sibiya, P. & Ngulube, P. 2024. A framework for the incorporation of digital scholarship contents in South African library and information science schools. Education for Information, 40(2), 121-138. 10.3233/EFI-230011

Tseole, T. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Importance of human resources management practices in enhancing knowledge retention in the cross-border mergers of the telecommunications industry in Lesotho. Regional Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 9(1), 120-137.

Ngulube, P. 2023. From Orality to digital assets: Managing Indigenous knowledge in Africa in the wake of the open science movement. The Serials Librarian, 84(5–8), 71–85. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361526X.2023.2296880

Abrahams, R., & Ngulube, P. (2023). Acceptance and utilisation of lean principles as a business improvement initiative at an academic library in South Africa. Business Information Review, 40(4), 173-182. https://doi.org/10.1177/02663821231195728

Agyei, D. D. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Exploring strategies for marketing library products and services in university libraries in Ghana. International Information & Library Review, 55(2), 143-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10572317

Asamoah, C. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Exploring models for the management of indigenous knowledge in academic libraries of Ghana. Information Development, 39(4), 787-797. https://doi.org/10.1177/02666669211052928

Chigwada, J. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Librarians’ role in the preservation and dissemination of indigenous knowledge. IFLA Journal.

Chigwada, J. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Stakeholders in the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of indigenous knowledge projects. Information Development https://doi.org/10.1177/02666669231192851

Chizwina, S. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Disaster risk identification and business continuity planning in community libraries in the North-West Province in South Africa. South African Journal of Libraries & Information Science, 89(1). doi: 10.7553/89-1-2012

Dabengwa, I, M., Young, S. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Rigour in phenomenological and phenomenography studies: A scoping review of library and information science research. Library & Information Science Research, 45(1), 101219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2022.101219

Maisiri, E. & Ngulube, P. 2023. A framework for knowledge sharing in the art world in Zimbabwe. Information Development, 39(3), 550–566. DOI: 10.1177/02666669221084892

Maluleka, J., Nkwe, M. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Online presence of public archival institutions of South Africa. Collection and Curation, 42(3), 88-93. https://doi.org/10.1108/CC-10-2022-0034

Mamafha, T., Ngulube, P., Dube, L. & Ngubane, S. 2023. Availability and use of assistive technologies at selected South African public libraries. African Journal of Disability 12(1), a1141. https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v12i0.1141

Modiba, M., Ngulube, P. & Marutha, N. 2023. Discharging records management activities using artificial intelligence at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science, 33(1), 39-52. https://doi.org/10.1177/02666669211048490

Mosha, N.F. & Ngulube, P. 2023. The utilisation of open research data repositories for storing and sharing research data in higher learning institutions in Tanzania. Library Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-05-2023-0042

Mosha, N.F. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Use of the Web 2.0-driven SECI model to improve knowledge creation and sharing practices in selected academic libraries in Tanzania. Regional Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 8(1), 152-171.

Mosha, N.F. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Metadata standard for continuous preservation, discovery, and reuse of research data in repositories by higher education institutions: A systematic review. Information,14, 427. https://doi.org/10.3390info14080427

Mosha, N.F. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Teaching research data management courses in higher learning institutions in Tanzania. Library Management, 44(1/2), 166-179. https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-04-2022-0033

Mubuyaeta, M & Ngulube, P. 2023. Knowledge management implementation strategy for knowledge management systems in two mobile telecommunication companies Namibia. Regional Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 8(1),123-150.

Mutsagondo, S. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Challenges of Disposal and Access to Electronic Records in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. Mousaion 41(4), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.25159/0027-2639/11169

Mutsagondo, S., Ngulube, P. & Majanja, M. 2023. Zimbabwe's central government: Framework for use and management of email. Information Development, 39(2), 248-254.

Nakaziba, S. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Continuing professional development strategies for digital transformation among academic librarians in Africa: A systematic review. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09610006231207659

Nakaziba, S. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Academic Libraries as Learning Organizations: Enhancing CPD Activities within Selected University Libraries in Uganda. Journal of Library Administration, 63(8), 989-1013 DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2023.2281339

Ngulube, P. 2023. Improving the quality of reporting findings using computer data analysis applications in educational research in context. Heliyon Education, 9(9), e19683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19683

Ngulube, P. & Mosha, N.F. 2023. Transparency in the use of theoretical frameworks for the advancement of knowledge in core library and information science journals: A systematic review. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science, 33(2), 129-146. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajlais.v33i2.2

Nyathi, T., Chabikwa, S. & Ngulube, P. (2023). Preservation of organisational memory at the National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe. Regional Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 8 (2),101-116.

Ponera, M. J. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Social networking sites’ usage policies and their influence on knowledge sharing among postgraduates in selected higher education institutions in Tanzania. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 8(1). 100585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100585

Sibiya, P. & Ngulube, P. 2023. A framework for the incorporation of digital scholarship contents in South African library and information science schools. Education for Information, Pre-press, pp. 1-18

Sibiya, P. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Perceptions of employers in South Africa on library and information science graduates’ skills, knowledge, and competencies on digital scholarship. Heliyon: Information Science, 9, e13531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13531.

Ukwoma, S. C. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Trends and patterns of theory use in open and distance education research journals 2009-2018. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 38(3), 194-208. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680513.2021.1911793

Ukwoma, S. C. & Ngulube, P. 2023. Research trends in library and information science in South Africa and Nigeria: A content analysis. Libri - International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies, 73(3), 225-237. https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2022-0055

Modiba, M., Ngulube, P. & Marutha, N. 2022. Infrastructure for the implementation of artificial intelligence to support records management at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa. ESARBICA Journal, 41, 159-171.

Ukwoma, S. C & Ngulube, P. 2022. Research productivity and the citation of open and distance learning journals (2009-2018): A citation analysis. American Journal of Distance Education, 36(3), 193-207. DOI: 10.1080/08923647.2021.1928432

Chabikwa, S., Mnjama, N., Bolaane, M. & Ngulube, P. 2022. Memory and archives:  Documenting white minorities in post-colonial Zimbabwe. African Journal of Libraries, Archives and Information Science 32(2), 245-255.

Ngulube, P. & Ukwoma, S. C. 2022. Mixed methods research in open distance learning: A content analysis of the literature. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02680513.2022.2149321.

Ngulube, P. & Ngulube, B. 2022. Are we there yet? Mixed methods research in the South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences. Acta Commercii, 22(1), a1013. https://doi.org/10.4102/ac.v22i1.1013

Tseole, T. E. & Ngulube, P. 2022. Improving knowledge retention in the cross-border mergers of the telecommunications industry of Lesotho. Business Information Review, 1-12. DOI: 10.1177/02663821221110119

Maisiri, E. & Ngulube, P. 2022. A framework for knowledge sharing in the art world in Zimbabwe. Information Development 1–17. DOI: 10.1177/02666669221084892

Mukwevho, J. & Ngulube, P. 2022. A framework for enhancing the visibility and accessibility of public archives in South Africa. Archives and Records, https://doi.org/10.1080/23257962.2022.2031933

Phaladi, M. P. & Ngulube, P. 2022. Mitigating risks of tacit knowledge loss in state-owned enterprises in South Africa through knowledge management practices. SA Journal of Information Management 24(1), a1462. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajim.v24i1.1462

Chisita, C. & Ngulube, P. 2022. A framework for librarians to inform the citizenry during disasters: reflections on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 14(1), a1197. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/jamba.v14i1.1197

Maisiri, E. & Ngulube, P. 2021. Knowledge sharing in indigenous communities of practice in the arts and crafts sector in Zimbabwe. Mousaion 39 (3)

Ngulube, P. & Ukwoma, S. C. 2021. Prevalence of methodological transparency in the use of mixed methods research in library and information science research in South Africa and Nigeria, 2009–2015. Library & Information Science Research, 43(4), 101124

Chizwina, S. & Ngulube, P. 2021. Using a multi-methods approach to investigate disaster preparedness of community libraries in the North West Province of South Africa. Restaurator: International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material, 42(4), 207-233. https://doi.org/10.1515/res-2021-0014

Mutsagondo, S. & Ngulube, P. 2021. Emailisation” of the public sector: tracing the prevalence of use of email in Zimbabwe’s central government. Journal of the Society of South African Archivists, 54, https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jsasa.v54i1.6, 12pages.

Asamoah, C. & Ngulube, P. 2021. Exploring models for the management of indigenous knowledge in academic libraries of Ghana. Information Development. https://doi.org/10.1177/02666669211052928

Ngulube, P. 2021. Postgraduate supervision practices in education research and the creation of opportunities for knowledge sharing. Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 79(2), 255-272. https://doi.org/10.33225/PEC/21.79.255

Tseole, T. E. & Ngulube, P. 2021. Knowledge sharing and the improvement of service delivery in an academic library. International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), 18(1)

Tsvuura, G., Mbawuya, K. D., & Ngulube, P. 2021. Creation and storage of records in the cloud by Zimbabwe Open University. ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives, 40, 2-21.

Tsvuura, G & Ngulube, P. 2021. A framework for the digitisation of records and archives at selected state universities in Zimbabwe. South African Journal of Information Management, 23(1) 23(1), a1312. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajim.

Nkomo, L., Maluleka, J. R. & Ngulube, P. 2021. Sharing is caring: Knowledge sharing at the city of Johannesburg Library and Information Services. South African Journal of Information Management 23(1), a1354.

Ukwoma, S. C. & Ngulube, P. 2021. Review of the state of methodological trends in open and distance learning literature 2009-2018. Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 79(2), 296-311. doi:https://doi.org/10.33225/pec/21.79.296

Ukwoma, S. & Ngulube, P. 2021. To borrow or not to borrow is the question? Theory borrowing in library information science postgraduate research in Nigeria and South Africa. International Information & Library Review, 53(1), 48-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572317.2020.1790261

Masenya, T. M. & Ngulube, P. 2021. Digital preservation systems and technologies in South African academic libraries. South African Journal of Information Management, 23(1), a1249. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajim.v23i1.1249

Ukwoma, S. & Ngulube, P. 2021.Trends and patterns of theory use in open and distance education research journals 2009-2018. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning. DOI: 10.1080/02680513.2021.1911793

Asante, E & Ngulube, P. 2020. Critical success factors for total quality management implementation and implications for sustainable academic libraries. Library Management, 41(6/7), 545-563.

Moyane, SP., Dube, L., Nkomo, N & Ngulube, P. 2020. Competitive intelligence as a coping strategy for academic libraries in South Africa. Library Management, 41(6/7), 593-606.

Agyemang, B. K., Dube, L. & Ngulube, P. 2020. Utilising intangible cultural heritage to manage the knowledge of indigenous beads making within Krobo communities in Ghana. Indilinga African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 19(1), 12-28.

Ukwoma, S. & Ngulube, P. 2020. Supervision practices in library and information science postgraduate research in Nigeria and South Africa. African Journal of Libraries, Archives and Information Science, 30(2), 29-45

Ngulube, P. 2020. Mixed methods research in knowledge management studies (2009–2014): A content analysis of journal articles. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management, 19(3). DOI: 10.1142/S0219649220500161

Masenya, T. M & Ngulube, P. 2020. Adoption and implementation of digital preservation strategies by academic libraries in South Africa. Mousaion, 38(1) https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-659X/7123

Masenya, T. M & Ngulube, P. 2020. Factors that influence digital preservation sustainability in academic libraries in South Africa. South African Journal of Libraries & Information Science, 86(1) http://sajlis.journals.ac.za doi:10.7553/86-1-1860

Tsvuura, G & Ngulube, P. 2020. Digitisation of records and archives at two selected state universities in Zimbabwe. Journal of the Society of South African Archivists, 53,

Masuku, M & Ngulube, P. 2020. Managing health records in the Bulawayo and Matabeleland South provinces hospitals, Zimbabwe. Information Development, 36(2), 240–256

Mhlongo, M & Ngulube, P. 2020. Resource provision and access to indigenous knowledge in public libraries in South Africa. Information Development, 36(2), 271-287. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266666919841095.

Modiba, T., Ngoepe, M & Ngulube, P. 2019. Application of disruptive technologies to the management and preservation of records. Mousaion, 37(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-659X/6159

Ngulube, P. 2019. Mapping methodological issues in knowledge management research, 2009–2014. International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), 15(1), 85-100.

Ngulube, P. & Ukwoma, S. C. 2019. Cartographies of research designs in library information science research in Nigeria and South Africa, 2009–2015. Library & Information Science Research, Volume 41(3), 100966

Ngulube, P. & Ukwoma, S. C. 2019. Mapping supervision trends in doctoral research in library and information science in Nigeria and South Africa and their implications for collective learning. African Journal of Library, Archives & Information Science, 29(1), 1-16.

Masenya, T. M. & Ngulube, P. 2019. Digital preservation practices in academic libraries in South Africa in the wake of the digital revolution. South African Journal of Information Management 21(1), a1011. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/ sajim.v21i1.1011

Lwanga, N.E. & Ngulube, P. 2019. Nexus between reward culture and knowledge creation in selected academic libraries in Uganda. South African Journal of Information Management 21(1), a1022. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajim.v21i1.1022

Mammo, Y. & Ngulube, P. 2019. Insights into e-information resources (e-journals) access models in higher learning institutions in Ethiopia. International Information & Library Review, 51:1, 19-27. DOI: 10.1080/10572317.2018.1433417

Agyemang, B. K., Ngulube, P. & Dube, L. 2019. Utilising knowledge management methods to manage beads-making indigenous knowledge among the Krobo communities in Ghana. South African Journal of Management 21(1), a1008. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajim.v21i1.1008

Ukwoma, S. and Ngulube, P. 2019. Obstacles to the utilization of institutional repositories by academics in higher education in context. Webology, 16(1).

Maluleka, J. R. and Ngulube, P. 2019. Indigenous knowledge in Africa: A bibliometric analysis of publishing patterns. Publishing Research Quarterly https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-019-09656-6

Ambira, C. M., Kemoni, H. N. and Ngulube, P. 2019. A framework for electronic records management in support of e-government in Kenya. Records Management Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/RMJ-03-2018-0006

Raubenheimer, J and Ngulube, P. 2019. Career success – the perception of Open Distance Learning library middle managers. Library Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-03-2018-0021

Mhlongo, M. and Ngulube, P. 2019. Resource provision and access to indigenous knowledge in public libraries in South Africa. Information Development 1–17 DOI: 10.1177/0266666919841095

Maluleka, J. R. and Ngulube, P. 2018. The preservation of knowledge of traditional healing in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Information Development, 34(5): 515–525.

Maluleka, J. R. and Ngulube, P. 2018. A framework for acquisition, transfer and preservation of knowledge of traditional healing in South Africa: a case of Limpopo Province. ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives, 37: 111-137.

Agyemang, B. K., Ngulube, P. and Dube, L. 2018. Information needs and information seeking behavior of Krobo beads producers in the eastern region of Ghana. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 1789. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/ 1789

Marutha, N.S. and Ngulube, P. 2018. Enterprise content management system implementation readiness to improve medical records management in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 1769. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/1769

Mhlongo, M. and Ngulube, P. 2018. Public Libraries as conduits for indigenous knowledge in South Africa. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 1757. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/1769

Onyancha, O. B., Ngulube, P., Maluleka, J. and Mokwatlo, K. 2018. Towards a uniform terminology for indigenous knowledge concepts: informetrics perspectives. African Journal of Library, Archives & Information Science, 28(2), 153-165

Koranteng, A. K., Ngulube, P., Eun, G. P. and Emmanuel, A. 2018. Evaluation of the implementation of electronic government in Ghana. Information Polity: The International Journal of Government & Democracy in the Information Age, 23: 81–94.

Saurombe, N. and Ngulube, P. 2018. To collaborate or not to collaborate, that is the question: raising the profile of public archives in east and southern Africa. Information Development, 34(2): 162–181.

Chisa, K. D. and Ngulube, P. 2017. Indigenous music goes digital: reconciling culture and the law. Mousaion, 36(1): 1-17.

Mncube, L. S., Dube, L and Ngulube, P. 2017. The role of lecturers and university administrators in promoting new e-learning initiatives. International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments (IJVPLE) 7(2): 1-11.

Ngulube, P., Ngoepe, M., Saurombe, N and Chaterera, F. 2017. Towards a uniform strategy for taking archives to the people in South Africa. ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives, 36: 74-93.

Chanetsa, B. and Ngulube, P. 2017. Qualifications and skills of subject librarians in selected African countries. International Information & Library Review, 49(3), 187-200.

Msoffe, G. and Ngulube, P. 2017, Utilisation of poultry management information in three rural districts of Tanzania. South African Journal of Information Management 19(1), a729. https://doi.org/10.4102/ sajim.v19i1.729

Ani, O. E., Ngulube, P and Onyancha, O. B. 2017. A bibliometrics analysis of the visibility of library and information science research in Nigeria in the Web of Science, 2000-2014. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science, 27(1), 169-187. (ISI)

Adu, K. K and Ngulube, P. 2017. Key threats and challenges to the preservation of digital records of public institutions in Ghana. Information, Communication & Society, 20(8), 1127-1145. (ISI)

Adu, K. K and Ngulube, P. 2016. Preserving the digital heritage of public institutions in Ghana in the wake of electronic government. Library Hi Tech, 34(4), 748-763.

Chigada, J. and Ngulube, P. 2016. A comparative analysis of knowledge retention strategies at selected banks in South Africa. Business Information Review, 33(4), 221-227

Ngoepe, M and Ngulube, P. 2016. A framework to embed records management into the auditing process in the public sector in South Africa. Information Development, 32(4), 890-903.

Moyo, C., Ngulube, P and Kazembe, C. 2016. Preserving knowledge about indigenous cuisine for posterity in Zimbabwe. Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 15(1), 136—152.

Ngulube, P. 2016. Professional ethics in building collections from oral traces of the past in Zimbabwe. Information Development, 32(5), 1674-1690.

Saurombe, N. and Ngulube, P. 2016. Perceptions of user studies as a foundation for public programming activities by archivists from east and southern Africa. ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives, 35, 29-45.

Saurombe, N. and Ngulube, P. 2016. Public programming skills of archivists in selected national memory institutions of east and southern Africa. Mousaion, 34(1), 23–42.

Msoffe, G. and Ngulube, P. 2016. Farmers' access to poultry management information in selected rural areas of Tanzania. Library & Information Science Research, 38(3), 265-271.

Msoffe, G. and Ngulube, P. 2016. Agricultural information dissemination in rural areas of developing countries: a proposed model for Tanzania. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science, 26(2), 169-187.

Mamafha, TMM, Ngulube, P. and Ndwandwe, SC. 2016. Utilization of information and communication technologies in public libraries at Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa. Information Development, 32(3), 313-326.

Chanetsa, B. and Ngulube, P. 2016. The changing roles, responsibilities and skills of subject and learning support librarians in the Southern African Customs Union region. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 48(2), 151-176.

Ngulube, P., Dube, L and Mhlongo, M. 2015. Towards a cartography of indigenous knowledge systems in library and information science training and education in Anglophone eastern and southern Africa. Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 14(2), 145-168.

Ngulube, P. 2015. Trends in research methodological procedures used in knowledge management studies (2009 – 2013). African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science, 24(2), 135-150. 

Ngulube, P. and Ngulube, B. 2015. Mixed methods research in the South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences: an investigation of trends in the literature. The South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 18(1): 1-13.

Mammo, Y. C. and Ngulube, P. 2015. Academics’ use and attitude towards open access in selected higher learning institutions of Ethiopia. Information Development 31(1):13–26.

Noko, P. and Ngulube, P. 2015. A vital feedback-loop in educating and training archival professionals: a tracer study of records and archives management graduates in Zimbabwe. Information Development 31(3): 270–283.

Chigada, J. and Ngulube, P. 2015. Knowledge management practices at selected banks in South Africa. SA Journal of Information Management 17(1), 11 pages. doi: 10.4102/sajim.v17i1.688.

Venson, L., Ngoepe, M. and Ngulube, P. 2014. The role of public archives in national development in selected countries in the East and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives region. Innovation: journal of appropriate librarianship and information work in Southern Africa 48: 46-68.

Mammo, Y. and Ngulube, P. 2014. Factors that influence accessibility of electronic information resources at some universities in Ethiopia. Innovation: journal of appropriate librarianship and information work in Southern Africa 49: 73-89.

Dube, L, Ngulube, P. and Mhlongo, M. 2014. The ethics of anonymity and confidentiality: reading from the university of South Africa policy on research ethics. Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 13(2): 201-214.

Komba, M. and Ngulube, P. 2014. Socioeconomic determinants of e-government adoption in selected districts of Tanzania. ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives 33:71-82.

Ngoepe, M. and Ngulube, P. 2014. Eternal memory or holy amnesia? Preservation of, and access to records and archives of African Independent Churches in South Africa. ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives 33:36-45.

Ngoepe, M. and Ngulube, P. 2014. The need for records management in the auditing process in the public sector in South Africa. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science 24(2): 135-150.

Jiyane, V. and Ngulube, P. 2014. Prevalence of use of indigenous social networks among women and girl children in a rural community in KwaZulu-Natal. Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 13(1): 126-139.

Rodrigues and van der Walt, T. and Ngulube, P. 2014. Towards an archival collecting plan for the records generated by the Portuguese community-based organizations in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. Archives and Records: The Journal of the Archives and Records Association, 35(2): 93-109.

Chaterera, F., Ngulube, P. and Rodrigues, T. 2014. Records surveys in support of a framework for managing public records in Zimbabwe. Information Development Journal, 30(4): 366-377. 

Odera-Kwach. B. A. and Ngulube, P. 2014. An investigation into the use of standards in university libraries in Kenya. Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies 32(1):116-132.

Ngoepe, M. and Ngulube, P. 2014. An exploration of the role of records management in corporate governance in South Africa. SA Journal of Information Management 15(2), Art. #575, 8 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ sajim.v15i2.575

Dube, L., Ngulube, P. and Ndwandwe. S. 2013. Rowing upstream: contextualising indigenous research processes and methodologies through the utilization of ethical principles. Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 12(1): 13-24.

Dube, L. and Ngulube, P. 2013. Pathways for retaining human capital in academic departments of a South African university. SA Journal of Information Management 15(2), Art. #560, 8 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ sajim.v15i2.560.

Ngulube, P. 2013. Blending qualitative and quantitative research methods in library and information science in sub-Saharan Africa. ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives 32:3-16.

Rodreck, D., Ngulube, P. and Dube, A. 2013. A cost-benefit analysis of document management strategies used at a financial institution in Zimbabwe: a case study. SA Journal of Information Management 15(2), Art. #540, 10 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ sajim.v15i2.540

Odera-Kwach, B. A. and Ngulube, P. 2013. The impact of external quality assurance on university libraries in Kenya. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science 23(1):75-87.

Ngoepe, M. and Ngulube, P. 2013. Contribution of record-keeping to audit opinions: an informetrics analysis of the general reports on audit outcomes of the Auditor-General of South Africa. ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives 32: 45-54.

Ngulube, P. 2012. Revitalising and preserving endangered indigenous languages. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science 78(1):11-24.

Ngulube, P. 2012. Mapping mixed methods research in library and information science journals in Sub-Saharan Africa 2004–2008. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science 22(2): 117-132.

Dube, L. and Ngulube, P. 2012. Knowledge sharing in a multicultural environment: challenges and opportunities. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science 78(1): 68-77.

Mavodza, J. and Ngulube, P. 2012. Knowledge management practices at an institution of higher learning. SA Journal of Information Management 14(1), 8 pages. doi: 10.4102/sajim.v14i1.496.

Kalusopa, T. and Ngulube, P. 2012. Developing an e-records readiness framework for labour organisations in Botswana. Information Development Journal 28(3): 199-215.

Kalusopa, T. and Ngulube, P. 2012. Record management practices in labour organisations in Botswana. SA Journal of Information Management 14(1), Art. #513, 15 pages. http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajim. v14i1.513

Jiyane, V. and Ngulube, P. 2012. Use of indigenous knowledge to determine weather patterns: a case study of women mussel harvesters at KwaNgwanase in KwaZulu-Natal. Indilinga African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 11(2): 206-220.

Komba, M. M. and Ngulube, P. 2012. Factors for e-government adoption: lessons from selected African countries. Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies 30(2): 23-31.

Abankwah, R. and Ngulube, P. 2012. Environmental conditions and the storage of audiovisual materials in archival institutions in the ESARBICA region. ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives 31: 81-89.

Nkala, G.S., Ngulube, P. and Mangena, S. B. 2012. E-records readiness at the Nation Archives of Zimbabwe. Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies 30(2): 107-117.

Ngulube, P. 2012. “Ghosts in our machines”: preserving public digital information for the sustenance of electronic government in Sub Saharan Africa. Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies 30(2): 127-135.

Lwoga, E.T., Stilwell, C. and Ngulube, P. 2012. Information seeking behavior of small holder farmers in Tanzania. Innovation: journal of appropriate librarianship and information work in Southern Africa 44: 126-140.

Murambiwa, I. and Ngulube, P. 2011. Measuring access to public archives and developing an access index: experiences of the National Archives of Zimbabwe. ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives 30: 83-101.

Komba, M. M. and Ngulube, P. 2011. E-government adoption in developing countries: trends in the use of models. ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives 30: 162-176.

Ngulube, P., Masuku, M and Sigauke, D.T. 2011. The role of archives in preserving indigenous knowledge systems in Zimbabwe: Is (re)inventing themselves the answer? ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives 30: 261-278.

Odera-Kwach, B. A. and Ngulube, P. 2011. Quality management framework for evaluating academic libraries in Kenya. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science 77(2): 116-24.

Mavodza, J. and Ngulube, P. 2011. The use of knowledge management tools and techniques in library practices in an academic environment. Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies 29(2): 95-116.

Onyancha, B.O. and Ngulube, P. 2011. What’s in a name? Using informetric techniques to conceptualize the knowledge of traditional and indigenous communities. Indilinga African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 10(2): 129-152.

Ndenje-Sichalwe, E., Ngulube, P. and Stilwell, C. 2011. Managing records as a strategic resource in the government ministries of Tanzania. Information Development 27(4): 264-279.

Chilimo, W. L. and Ngulube, P. 2011. The role of information and communication technologies in sustainable livelihoods in selected rural areas of Tanzania. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science 21(2)1: 145-157.

Modisane, K. C., Ngulube, P. and Mnkeni-Saurombe, N. 2011. Disaster preparedness and the strategic management of public records in South Africa: guarding against collective amnesia. Information Development 27(4): 239-250.

Lwoga, E.T., Ngulube, P. and Stilwell, C. 2011. Challenges of managing indigenous knowledge with other knowledge systems for agricultural growth in sub-Saharan Africa. Libri 61(3): 226–238.

Wamundila, S. and Ngulube, P. 2011. Enhancing knowledge retention at the University of Zambia. South African Journal of Information Management 13(1), Art. # 439, 9 pages. doi:10.4120/ sajim.v13i1.439.

Mavodza, J. and Ngulube, P. 2011. Exploring the use of knowledge management practices in an academic library in a changing information environment. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science 77(1): 15-25.

Chilimo, W.L., Ngulube, P. and Stilwell, C. 2011. Information seeking patterns and telecentre operations: a case of selected rural communities in Tanzania. Libri 61(1): 37–49.

Ngoepe, M. and Ngulube, P. 2011. Assessing the extent to which the national archives and records service of South Africa has fulfilled its mandate of taking the archives to the people. Innovation: journal of appropriate librarianship and information work in Southern Africa 42: 3-22.

Garaba, G., Ngulube, P. and Stilwell, C. 2011. The microfilm of the new millennium: digitizing liberation struggle archives heritage in east and southern Africa. Innovation: journal of appropriate librarianship and information work in Southern Africa 42: 33-54.

Lwoga, E.T., Ngulube, P. and Stilwell, C. 2010. The relevance of indigenous knowledge for small-scale farming in Tanzania. Indilinga – African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 9(1):12-28.

Lwoga, E.T., Ngulube, P. and Stilwell, C. 2010. Understanding indigenous knowledge: bridging the knowledge gap through a knowledge creation model for agricultural development. South African Journal of Information Management 12(1), Art. #436, 8 pages. DOI: 10.4102/ sajim.v12i1.436.

Lwoga, E.T., Ngulube, P. and Stilwell, C. 2010. Information needs and information seeking behaviour of small-scale farmers in Tanzania. Innovation: journal of appropriate librarianship and information work in Southern Africa 40: 82-103.

Ngoepe, M. Ngulube, P. and Mokoena, L. 2010. Security, privacy and ethics in electronic records management in the South African public sector. ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives 29: 28-49.

Nengomasha, C.T. and Ngulube, P. 2010. Information technology: a challenge to the creation and preservation of trustworthy electronic records in the public service of Namibia. ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives 29: 76-91.

Nengomasha, C. T., Mchombu, K. and Ngulube, P. 2010. Electronic government initiatives in the public service of Namibia. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science 20(2): 125-37.

Garaba’ F. and Ngulube, P. 2010. Moving with the times in search of permanence: the digitization of liberation struggle archives in Southern Africa. Historia 55(2): 163-181.

Jayasundara, C., Ngulube, P. and Minishi-Majanja, M. 2010. Using focus groups to investigate service quality determinants for customer satisfaction in selected university libraries in Sri Lanka.  South African Journal of Library and Information Science 76(2): 118-128.

Ngulube, P. 2010. A lost opportunity to foster e-democracy and service delivery: e-government in Sub Saharan Africa. ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives 29: 138-157.

Ngulube, P. 2010. Internet use among students at St Joseph’s Theological Institute in South Africa: empirical findings and implications for network literacy. Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies 28(1): 45—61.

EDITED JOURNALS

2025 Editor: New Review of Information Networking

2025 Guest Editor for Sustainability: Sustainable Digitalization (Access to Information and Information Preservation).

2000-2017. Editor: ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives.

2010-2013. Editor-in-Chief: South African Journal for Library and Information Science.

2003 Guest Editor, Innovation: journal of appropriate librarianship and information work in Southern Africa

Paper presentations

  • Nakaziba, S. & Ngulube, P. 2024. Role of technology-related CPD activities in supporting digital transformation in the selected university libraries in Uganda. 26th Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL) 2024, 22 to 26 April 2024, Pride Inn Paradise Beach Resort, Convention Centre & Spa in Mombasa Kenya.
  • Bilal, D., Julien, H., Sonnenwald, D. H., Ngulube, P., Sawyer, & Abbas, J. 2023. The role of theory in Information Science scholarship. 86th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology 27 October 2023-31 October 2023
  • Ngulube, P. 2023. Utilisation of indigenous theories in research. 11th Teacher Education and Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Swakopmund Hotel, Namibia 10-14 April 2023.
  • Ngulube, P and Ukwoma, S. 2019. Methodological trends in library information science research in South Africa and Nigeria (2009-2015), 1st University of South Africa Biennial International Conference on Library and Information Science in Africa (UNILISA) Conference: Access to information for sustainable development in the digital age: the role of libraries and archives in Africa. From 13th -15th March 2019. Held at Leriba hotel Centurion SA.
  • Ukwoma, S and Ngulube, P. 2019. An account of theory borrowing in library information science postgraduate research in Nigeria and South Africa, London International Conference on Education -LICE 2019, CCT Venues-Docklands Thames Quay, 193 Marsh Wall, London, 9th -11th Dec. 2019
  • Ukwoma, S and Ngulube, P. 2019. Co-supervision practices in postgraduate research in library and information science: A study of selected universities in Nigeria” The Nigeria Library Association Enugu State Chapter, Enugu State Library Board, Enugu State, Nigeria.  3 -6 December 2019.2016. Supervisor are the first line of defense in quality assurances in postgraduate research: A myth or reality. 10th Annual Teacher Education at a Distance Conference, Game Resort, Polokwane, South Africa, 10-13 October 2017.
  • 2015. Skills and knowledge of archivists on public programming: a perspective from national archives in ESARBICA region, Ms Nampombe Mnkeni-Saurombe and Prof. Patrick Ngulube, University of South Africa
  • 2014. Conceptualising the relationships between supervisors and research higher degree students in an open distance learning (ODL) environment in South Africa, 8th Annual Teacher Education at a Distance Conference, Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge, Pilanesberg National Park, Rustenburg, South Africa, 7-11 April 2014.
  • 2011. Developing total archives in society: seventy five years of archives and archiving excellence in Zimbabwe or comparing apples to oranges? National Symposium: Celebrating 75 Years of archival experience in Zimbabwe, Holiday Inn, Harare, Zimbabwe, 17-18 January 2011.
  • 2011. Preserving and exhibiting the heritage that hurts: memory, memorialization and archiving conflict material. 7 - 12 March 2011.
  • 2011. With Ken Chisa. The digitisation of indigenous music in Africa: managing the legal and sensitivity issues, Indigenous Knowledge in Africa Conference, Bulawayo Zimbabwe, 22-23 August 2011.
  • 2011. An infometrics analysis of the general reports of the Auditor-General of South Africa (2005-2010): fostering accountability, transparency and good governance in the public sector, XXI Bi-Annual East and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (ESARBICA) General Conference on Access to Information: Archives and Records in Support of Public Sector Reform in Context, National Archives of Mozambique, Maputo
  • 2010. With Ndenje-Sichalwe, E & Stilwell C. Records management as a strategic management function in Tanzania. Archival Conference on Records and Archives In Support Of Good Governance and Service Delivery, University of South Africa, Pretoria (Sunnyside Campus), 13 – 14 July 2010.
  • 2010. With Marutha, N. S. Records management: a foundation for business success, compliance and accountability with special focus on the public sector. Records Keeping and Data Management Conference, Cedar Park Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, 28 – 30 July 2010.
  • 2010. Keynote address:  Managing knowledge, archives and records in a changing environment. Fourth Annual Knowledge, Archives and Records Management Conference, Summerstrand Hotel, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 14-15 April 2010.
  • 2010. With Lwoga, E. T & Stilwell, C. The management of indigenous knowledge with other knowledge systems for agricultural development: challenges and opportunities for developing countries. IAALD XIIIth World Congress on Scientific and Technical Information and Rural Development, Montpellier, France, 26-29 April 2010.
  • 2010. With Lwoga, E. T & Stilwell, C. Access to information and knowledge for agricultural development in Tanzania. XIXth Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL), Gaborone, Botswana, 6th – 9th December  2010.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

Executive and other positions on the boards of international, national and provincial professional and scholarly societies

  • 2020-2021. Advisory Board Member Preservation of Africa’s Audio-Visual Media Assets, Broadcast Media Africa
  • 2018. Member of the International Council on Archives Review Committee for ICA Annual Conference Yaounde 2018
  • 2018-2021. Member of the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC)
  • 2016-2019. Chairperson of the National Archives and Records Services of South Africa Advisory Board in terms of the National Archives Act
  • 2016-2018 Senior Board Member on the Board of the Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA)
  • 1999-2017. Executive Board member of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (ESARBICA)
  • 2015-2016. Steering Committee of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Policy (IKSP) Evaluation
  • 2015-2016. Convener of NRF Specialist Committee for Communication, Media Studies, Library and Information Sciences Rating Panel
  • 2012-2016. NRF Rating Panel Member: Communication, Media Studies, Library and Information Sciences
  • 2001-2015. Member of International Council on Archives
  • 2014. Panel Member of Five-Year Review of the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Foundation South African Research Chairs
  • 2014-2016. Member of the National Committee, Society of South African Archivists
  • 2012-2014. Member of the National Archives and Records Services of South Africa Advisory Board in terms of the National Archives Act
  • 2006-2014. Member of the Voortrekker/Ncome Museum Council in terms of section 5 of the Cultural Institutions Act, 1998 (Act No 119 of 1998).
  • 2009-2013. Chairman of the National Committee, Society of South African Archivists
  • 2005-2012. Member of the South African Bureau of Standards Technical Committee 46 for Information and Documentation.

Awards and Grants:

  • 2014-2017. NRF Competitive Programme for Rated Researchers (CPRR) Grant
  • 2012-2016. NRF Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers
  • 2012. Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in Research, University of South Africa 2012. Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in Research, University of South Africa
  • 2006-2011. National Research Foundation rated researcher in Category C, that is, an established researcher with a sustained recent record of productivity in the field who is recognized by his peers as having produced a body of quality work, the core of which has coherence and attests to ongoing engagement with the field as having demonstrated the ability to conceptualize problems and apply research methods to investigating them.
  • 2012-2017. National Research Foundation rated researcher in Category C2, that is, an established researcher with a sustained recent record of productivity in the field who is recognized by his peers as having produced a body of quality work, the core of which has coherence and attests to ongoing engagement with the field as having demonstrated the ability to conceptualize problems and apply research methods to investigating them.
  • 2018-2023. National Research Foundation rated researcher in Category C1, that is, an established researcher with a sustained recent record of productivity in the field who is recognized by his peers as having produced a body of quality work, the core of which has coherence and attests to ongoing engagement with the field as having demonstrated the ability to conceptualize problems and apply research methods to investigating them.

Other

Edited Books

  • Ngulube (ed.) 2025. Harnessing Indigenous epistemologies for sustainable progress. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Matlabe-Danke, S., Ngulube, P., Shandu-Phetla, T., & Shoko, R. (ed.) 2024. Widowhood struggles in southern Africa. Middelburg, Publish’d Afrika.
  • Ngulube (ed.). 2022.  Handbook of research on mixed methods research in information science. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Ngulube (ed.). 2020.  Handbook of research on connecting research methods for information science research. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Ngulube (ed.). 2019.  Handbook of research on advocacy, promotion, and public programming for memory institutions. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Ngulube (ed.). 2018.  Handbook of research on heritage management and preservation. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Ngulube (ed.). 2017.  Handbook of research on social, cultural, and educational considerations of Indigenous knowledge in developing countries. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Ngulube (ed.). 2017.  Handbook of research on theoretical perspectives on Indigenous knowledge systems in developing countries. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Ngulube (ed.). 2012.  National Archives 75@30: 75 years of archiving excellence at the National Archives of Zimbabwe. Harare: National Archives of Zimbabwe.

Chapters

  • Chigwada, J. & Ngulube, P. 2025. Integrating CARE and FAIR principles in the digital preservation of indigenous knowledge to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, in P. Ngulube (ed.) Harnessing Indigenous epistemologies for sustainable progress (pp. 197-230 ). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-8447-3.ch010
  • Ngulube, P. 2025. Indigenous theories and theorisation in African scholarship in the quest for epistemic freedom, P. Ngulube (ed.) Harnessing Indigenous epistemologies for sustainable progress (pp. 139-172). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-8447-3.ch008
  • Bilal, D., Julien, H., Sonnenwald, D. H., Ngulube, P., Sawyer, & Abbas, J. (2023). The role of theory in Information Science scholarship. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60(1):747-750. Wiley. DOI: 10.1002/pra2.852
  • Ngulube, P. 2022. Using simple and complex mixed methods research designs to understand research in Information Science, in Ngulube (ed.) Handbook of research on mixed methods research in information science (pp. 20-44). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Ngulube, P., & Onyancha, B. 2020. Conceptualizing the knowledge of traditional and indigenous communities using informetrics approaches, in Khosrow-Pour, M (ed.) Indigenous Studies: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 362-388). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0423-9.ch020
  • Ngulube, P. 2020. Theory and theorising in information science scholarship, in P. Ngulube (ed.) Handbook of Research on Connecting Research Methods for Information Science Research (pp. 18-39). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Romm, NRA & Ngulube, P. 2020. (Re)Considering information science research: embracing transformative intent, in P. Ngulube (ed.) Handbook of Research on Connecting Research Methods for Information Science Research (pp. 286-306). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Ngulube, P. 2020. The movement of mixed methods research and the role of information science professionals,  P. Ngulube (ed.) Handbook of Research on Connecting Research Methods for Information Science Research (pp. 425-455). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Mukwevho, J., Ngoepe, M. & Ngulube, P. 2019. Doing more with less: Application of soft power theory to enhance visibility and accessibility of public archives in a resource-strained environment, in P. Ngulube (ed.) Handbook of Research on Advocacy, Promotion, and Public Programming for Memory Institutions (pp. 1-30). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Chaterera, F. & Ngulube, P. 2019. Global perspectives on the challenges and prospects of accessing and using documentary heritage, in P. Ngulube (ed.) Handbook of Research on Advocacy, Promotion, and Public Programming for Memory Institutions (pp. 42-61). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Ngulube, P. 2019. Moving forward and making a difference in archival institutions through a multifaceted approach to public programming, in P. Ngulube (ed.) Handbook of Research on Advocacy, Promotion, and Public Programming for Memory Institutions (pp. 77-100). (Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Ngulube, P. 2018. Using action research to develop a public programming strategy for heritage assets, with an example from South Africa, in Ngulube, P (ed.) Handbook of Research on Heritage Management and Preservation. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. pp. 69-95.
  • Ngulube, P. 2018. Overcoming the difficulties associated with using conceptual and theoretical frameworks in heritage studies, in Ngulube, P (ed.) Handbook of Research on Heritage Management and Preservation. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. pp. 1-23.
  • Ngulube, P. & Onyancha, B. 2017. Conceptualizing the knowledge of traditional and indigenous communities using informetrics approaches, in Ngulube, P (ed.) Handbook of Research on Theoretical Perspectives on Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Developing Countries. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. pp. 198-224.
  • Ngulube, P. 2017. Embedding indigenous knowledge in library and information science education in Anglophone eastern and southern Africa, in Ngulube, P (ed.) Handbook of Research on Social, Cultural, and Educational Considerations of Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. pp. 95-115.
  • Lwoga, T. E., Stilwell, C. & Ngulube, P. 2017. Indigenous knowledge management practices in indigenous organisations in South Africa and Tanzania, in Ngulube, P (ed.) Handbook of Research on Social, Cultural, and Educational Considerations of Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. pp. 181-201.
  • Ngulube, P. & Ngulube, B. 2017. Application and contribution of hermeneutic and eidetic phenomenology to indigenous knowledge research, in Ngulube, P (ed.) Handbook of Research on Theoretical Perspectives on Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Developing Countries. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. pp. 127-155.
  • 2015 With Mathipa, ER & Gumbo, MT. Academic writing, in Mathipa, ER & Gumbo, MT. (eds). Addressing research challenges: Making headway in developing researchers. Mosala-MASEDI Publishers & Booksellers cc: Noordywk, pp. 14-27.
  • Ngulube, P., Mathipa, ER & Gumbo, MT. 2015. Theoretical and conceptual framework in the social sciences, in Mathipa, ER & Gumbo, MT. (eds). Addressing research challenges: Making headway in developing researchers. Mosala-MASEDI Publishers & Booksellers cc: Noordywk, pp. 43-66.
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