13 articles in this issue
During L1ASA's conference in Polokwane a new team of L1ASAoffice bearers were elected. We wish to congratulateTommy Matthee (new L1ASAPresident) and his team for their election to lead L1ASAfor the next term. We also wish toconvey our deep condolences to ... see more
Colin De Beer,Peter G. Underwood
Looks at the South African Department of Education's new recommendations for the evaluation of higher education research in South Africa, and examines two primary aspects: the use of pre-compiled journal lists from overseas, and the apparent reliance on p... see more
M. Weideman
The objective of this research project was to evaluate searching methodologies used by undergraduate learners in searching for academic information, and to design an aid if required. Literature surveys indicated that the sheer size of the Internet and lac... see more
N.E. Sonderling,T.J.D. Bothma
This article discusses a study undertaken to enhance online service delivery by the South African Police Service (SAPS) by means of its website. It makes various recommendations to achieve this, following various investigations. The SAPS describes its pri... see more
Karin De Jager,Mary Nassimbeni
Following the publication of the report of the Public and Community Libraries Inventory of South Africa (Paclisa), an issue for further investigation was raised given the difficulties that many libraries had experienced in completing the questionnaire. A ... see more
Janneke B. Mostert
Parliamentarians need accessible, current and authoritative information for decision-making. However, within the African continent information sources, systems and services are not always well organized and accessible. South Africa, relatively speaking ha... see more
Solomon Bopape
This article is based on the Masters dissertation that was submitted to the Department of Information Studies, University of Pretoria. The changing social and political environments in South Africa have created a lot of complex and challenging opportuniti... see more
J. Raju
The article aims to provide a more complete historical review of LIS education and training in South Africa, particularly the involvement of technikons as well as how changes in the post-1990 era in South African society generally and in the higher educat... see more
Adriaan Swanepoel
This article reports the findings of an investigation into merger experiences of several libraries of colleges of higher education in Flanders. The purpose of the study was to gain first hand knowledge from institutions who recently merged; especially, wh... see more
J.C. Theron
The study investigates the concept of 'informatisation', its meaning, history and influence on contemporary society.Informatisation refers inter alia to the widespread use of information in society to survive, to produce food, tomanufacture products for l... see more
Matseliso Moshoeshoe-Chadzingwa
Scarcity of relevant texts in and about Africa can pose a serious handicap to learners and instructors on the continent. Foracademics to publish works that provide basic text for African library and information science trainees and practitioners iscommend... see more
Jennie Underwood
This book is a selection from papers presented at a Library of Congress symposium held in October 2000 and copublishedas The journal of Library Administration, Volume 38, Numbers? and? 2003. It purports to examine challengesfaced in preserving and safegua... see more
Peter G. Underwood
This is a compilation of papers originally published as Issuenumber 28 in 2002 of The acquisitions librarian. Collectively, itis a valuable contribution to the literature on service delivery and collection management and should certainly beconsidered for ... see more