Librarianship in the South

Back to the future : authors, publishers and ideas in a copy-friendly environment

Pievatolo, Maria Chiara | 2011]
  • Author(s): Pievatolo, Maria Chiara
  • Publisher: E-prints in library and information science (E-LIS)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: copyright, scholarly publishing
How could scholars survive in a copy-friendly environment jeopardizing the established system of scholarly publishing in which scientific publishers seem to be authors' best friends?

Monitoring and evaluation : how important it is for library services : report on activities as LIS professional and Commonwealth professional fellow-2008

Pujar, Shamprasad | 2008-
  • Author(s): Pujar, Shamprasad
  • Publisher: University of Sussex. Institute of development studies (IDS)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: libraries, evaluation, india
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is necessary to better understand how successful the project/product is. It helps in assessing what is working, what is not working so well and what difference the project/product is making.

Training new generation information workers : the entry level LIS degree program in India

Raghavan, K.S. and Giri, Kaushal | 2009
  • Author(s): Raghavan, K.S. and Giri, Kaushal
  • Publisher: [Authors]
  • Pages: 337--344
  • Keywords: career development, library education, evaluation, india
This paper makes an attempt to examine the requirements of the job market and their implications for the first degree LIS program in India.

Open access: are we there yet? : the case of Stellenbosch university, South Africa

Raju, Reggie | 2012
  • Author(s): Raju, Reggie
  • Publisher: Library and information association of South Africa (LIASA)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: electronic publishing, scholarly publishing, library resources, africa
In the case of Stellenbosch University, Open Journal Systems (OJS) is the software of choice for hosting open access online journals. The paper provides background on OJS, and also discusses the significance of OJS publishing for the University and its researchers.

A comparative study of credit earning information literacy skills : courses of three African universities

Rasaki, Oluwole Ejiwoye | 2008
  • Author(s): Rasaki, Oluwole Ejiwoye
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska. Lincoln libraries]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: university and college libraries, training programmes, botswana, nigeria
This study examines credit earning information literacy programmes of three African Universities: Federal University of Technology, Akure, Lagos State University, Lagos (both in Nigeria) and the University of Botswana.
 

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