Department of Information Science
Dr MJ Boloka
| College of Human Sciences | |
|---|---|
| School of Arts | |
| Department: Information Science | |
| Senior Lecturer | |
| Tel: | 0124334849 |
| E-mail: | bolokmj@unisa.ac.za |
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy in Information Science- UNISA (At advanced stages)
- Master of Arts in Information Science- UNISA
- Bachelor of Information Studies- University of Limpopo
Currently teaching
Currently teaching AIS2601 (Bibliographic Control, Basic Descriptive Cataloguing and Classification) and INS3707 (Information Organisation and Retrieval)
Fields of academic interests
- Public librarianship
- Strengthening the reading ecosystem in rural areas
- Information organisation and retrieval
- Cataloguing and classification
- User studies
Field of Specialisation
- Information organisation and retrieval
- Bibliographic control, descriptive cataloguing and classification
- User studies
Journal articles
Boloka MJ, Jiyane GV & Mojapelo SM. 2021. Information needs of users of E’skia Mphahlele public library in the City of Tshwane municipality, South Africa. SAJLIS 87 (1)
Boloka MJ. 2020. Sustainability of book clubs in a rural setting in Limpopo Province: A case of Re-atlegile book club. Mousaion, 38(3)
Boloka MJ, and Jiyane GV. 2019. Factors influencing librarians’ contribution to research in public libraries. Innovation, 59
Modiba M & Boloka MJ. 2018. The usage of government law libraries in South Africa. Mousaion, 36(4)
Boloka MJ. 2013. AISA library- 100 000 books and journals on African affairs. AISA focus, 29
Article accepted for publication
Jiyane GV, Odede IR and Boloka MJ. 2021. The participation of public libraries in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in the global conversation on climate change. Mousaion.
Paper presentations
- The participation of public libraries in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in the global conversation on climate change. Presented at LIASA conference in Durban, 2019
- Factors influencing librarians’ contribution to research in public libraries. Presented at LIASA conference in Cape Town. September 2018.
- Self-management and time-management for survival in South African Tertiary Institutions: balancing lectures and piece jobs among students. Presented at UniZulu annual conference in September 2018.
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
- LIASA member
- Former ULISS deputy secretary
- Currently nominated for secretary position LIASA Limpopo Branch
- Mousaion journal reviewer
- Innovation journal reviewer
- UnuZulu IS conference papers reviewer
Other
Mamotshabo Johanna Boloka is a lecturer in the Information Science department at UNISA. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Information Science at the University of South Africa in the Department of Information Science. The title of her thesis is “A framework for bridging information service chasm in a rural setting without public library facilities”. Her study intends to explore the provision of information services in rural settings without library facilities with the view to develop a framework to bridge the information service chasm. Her research project is supervised by Professor GV Jiyane and Professor Mpho Ngoepe. Ms Boloka is reviewing papers from accredited journals in South Africa. Ms Boloka worked for private sector (AISA now incorporated with HSRC, NHLS and NIOH/NICD), government sector (NPA) and two public universities in South Africa (UL and UniZulu) before joining UNISA. She is currently teaching AIS2601 (Bibliographic Control, Basic Descriptive Cataloguing and Classification) and INS3707 (Information Organisation and Retrieval).Her research interests include cataloguing and classification, indexing and abstracting, user studies, public librarianship, literacy in rural settings and ICT in libraries.