Department of Information Science
College of Human Sciences |
School of Arts |
Department: Information Science |
Research Fellow
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Tel: |
012 429 2939
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E-mail: |
madely@dupre.co.za
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Qualifications
- PhD Information Science (Unisa, 2016)
- MInf (Unisa, 2008)
- Hons BInf (Unisa, 2002)
- BBibl (Unisa 1993)
- THED (Normaal Kollege Pretoria, 1974)
- BAMus (UP 1973)
Currently teaching
- Information organisation
- Information retrieval
- Cataloguing, classification and verbal subject description
Fields of academic interests
- Information behaviour
- Information organisation and retrieval
- Information literacy
Journal articles
- Du Preez, M. 2002. An indexer’s guide to the Internet: indexing on the Internet. Mousaion 20(1): 109-122
- Du Preez, M. 2002. ISAP: how does it make periodical information accessible. The Indexer, 23(2): 19-22.
- Du Preez, M. 2007. Information needs and information-seeking behaviour of engineers: a systematic review. Mousaion, 25(2), 2007: 72-94
- Du Preez, M. & Fourie, I. 2009. The information behaviour of consulting engineers in South Africa. Mousaion 27(1): 137-158
- Du Preez, M & Fourie, JA. 2010. Develoment of a conceptual model for studying engineers’ information behaviour. Mousaion 28(1): 62-88.
- Du Preez, M. & Meyer, H.W.J. 2011. Exploring conceptual models to study consulting engineers’ social networks. Mousaion 29(2):75-94.
- Du Preez, M. 2011. Engineers’ task related information behavior. In, Proceedings of the 10th Annual Annual Information and Knowledge Management Conference, 22-23 June 2011, Sandton, edited by A.S.A du Toit. Johannesburg: University of Johannesburg.
- Du Preez, M. 2015. Taxonomies, folksonomies, ontologies: what are they and how do they support information retrieval? The Indexer 33(1): 29-37.
- Du Preez, M. & Meyer, H.W.J. (2016). Consulting engineers’ social networks and their collaborative information behaviour In Proceedings of ISIC, the Information Behaviour Conference, Zadar, Croatia, 20-23 September, 2016: Part 1. Information Research, 21(4), paper isic1611. Retrieved from http://InformationR.net/ir/21-4/isic/isic1611.html
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
- Honorary Scecretary: Association for South African Indexers and Bibliographers