• Serving the User in Library and Information Practice (AIS3703)
• Recording Information Resources (AIS3711)

• LIS education and job market
• Digital scholarship
• Academic and research libraries
• Research data management
• Curriculum transformation

• Library and Information Science
• Digital scholarship
• Scholarly communication

• Sibiya, PT & Shongwe MM.2018.  A comparison of the cataloguing and classification curriculum and job requirements, Library Management 39 (6-7), 474-487.
• Sibiya, PT & Chuma, KG. 2021. Are Cataloguers' Skills Still Relevant? A Critical Reflection on South African Cataloguing, Mousaion, 39 (3)
• Chuma, KG & Sibiya PT. 2022. Digital Health Ecosystem Framework to Address Fragmentation of the Health System in South Africa, Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery 24 (2).
• Sibiya PT & Ngulube P. 2023. Perceptions of employers in South Africa on library and information science graduates’ skills, knowledge and competencies on digital scholarship, Heliyon 9 (2), e13531
• Sibiya, PT. 2023. Knowledge, Skills and Competencies of the Library Information Science School’s Graduates on Digital Scholarship in South Africa, Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 1-19.

• In 2014, Evaluation of the Fieldwork Program Offered by the Department of Information Studies.   Information Studies 15^th conference. 09 September, University of Zululand, Empangeni, Mfolozi Casino.
• In 2016, The link between Cataloguing and Classification Curriculum and Job Requirements in South Africa. Information Studies 17^th conference. UNIZULU, Richards Bay
• In 2017, Cataloguer’s Job requirements: the South African perspective. Internation Conference on Communication and Information Science, National University of Technology,  Zimbambwe, Kariba.

LIASA member

KwaZulu Natal Computer and Information literacy - Community engagement project (CA 5300)

PROFESSIONAL POSITION, FELLOWSHIP & AWARDS

Member of PASA, LIS schools representative

Other research projects,

• Evaluation of the Fieldwork Program Offered by the Department of Information Studies: University of Zululand for a Bachelor in Library and Information Science (junior degree) in 2014.

• The link between Cataloguing and Classification Curriculum and Job Requirements in South Africa- University of Zululand for (Master’s degree) in Library and Information Science in 2018.

• Education and training of library and information science professionals on digital scholarship in South Africa: University of South Africa for Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in Information Science in 2022.

Dr Philangani Thembinkosi Sibiya is a full-time academic at the University of South Africa in the Department of Information Science, preferable referred to as Phila. Dr Sibiya completed his PhD in Information Science in 2022, entitled: Education and Training of Library and Information Science Professionals in Digital Scholarship in South Africa. Phila’s research interest are metadata in libraries, digital scholarship, LIS education and job market, research data management, media literacies and curriculum transformation.