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A co-link analysis of institutions of higher learning in Eastern and Southern Africa : preliminary findings

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire Ocholla, Dennis (UNISA, 2008)

This paper presents the preliminary findings of a co-link analysis of 95 (out of a total of 142) institutions of higher education in eastern and southern Africa. Data was collected using a uniform search strategy, i.e. ...

Information literacy education and instruction in academic libraries and LIS schools in institutions of higher education in South Africa

Jiyane, Veli Glenrose Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (LIASA, 2010)

Information literacy (IL) is increasingly becoming one of the core subjects in many LIS schools’ curricula today. It is universally considered one of the effective means through which one’s information skills are developed, ...

Post-graduate research in information and knowledge management at institutions of higher learning in South Africa

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (LIASA, 2011)

The purpose of this paper is to highlight salient patterns of post-graduate research in information and knowledge management (I&KM) in LIS (Library and Information Science/Studies) schools in South Africa. The data was ...

What are the future prospects of knowledge management? An audit of the scholarly publications of knowledge management and related concepts

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (University of Zululand, 2007)

‘Knowledge management’ according to Business Science

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (School of Business Leadership, University of South Africa, 2010)

Trends and patterns of ‘Knowledge Management’ research in South Africa: an informetric analysis of tacit and explicit knowledge management: an informetric analysis of tacit and explicit knowledge management literature

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (SCECSAL, 2006)

This paper examines the nature, trends and patterns of knowledge management (KM) – including Information Management (IM) – research in South Africa. Knowledge management is a relatively new concept that has seen a phenomenal ...

The relevance of informetric studies to University research and visibility

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (University of Zululand, 2010)

Indigenous knowledge research in Kenya and South Africa : an informetric study

Njiraine, Dorothy Ocholla, Dennis Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (2010)

This article applies informetrics using descriptive bibliometrics to determine the state Indigenous Knowledge (IK) development in Kenya and South Africa. Data was analysed using the following variables: document type; ...

Mapping research areas and collaboration in the College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (University of Zululand, 2010)

This paper examines the research output of the College of Human Sciences (CHS) at the University of South Africa (UNISA) with a view to determining the subjects or topics of research focus as well as the pattern and extent ...

Profiling students using an institutional information portal : a descriptive study of the Bachelor of Arts degree students, University of South Africa

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (LIASA, 2010)

Using data mining techniques, this study examines the Bachelor of Arts (General) degree’s data available in the University of South Africa’s institutional information and analysis portal (IP) maintained by the Department ...

E-governance and E-governments in Africa : a webometrician’s perceptive of the challenges, trends and issues

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (UNISA, 2010)

This article uses content analysis and webometric approaches to examine the challenges associated with e-government and the presence and performance of African governments on the web, as well as to review and compare the ...

Capacitating national research: a review of South African natural sciences research projects, theses and dissertations, 1986-2006

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire Jacobs, Daisy (LIASA, 2009)

The paper examines selected natural sciences research output in South Africa, with special reference to research projects, theses and dissertations in order to determine the trends and nature of capacitation of national ...

Towards global partnerships in research in Sub-Saharan Africa : an informetric study of the national, regional and international country collaboration in HIV/AIDS literature in eastern and southern Africa

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (LIASA, 2009)

Research collaboration in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasingly being conducted internationally, perhaps due to the emphasis laid on international partnerships by international organisations such as the United Nations. Using ...

A citation analysis of Sub-Saharan African LIS journals using Google Scholar

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (University of Ibadan, 2009)

In bibliomnetrics, the numbers of research articles and citations constitute the main measurement indicators of research output and impact respectively. This study evaluates the library and information scietnce/studies ...

Research collaborations between South Africa and other countries, 1986-2005: an informetric analysis

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (University of Ibadan, 2011)

The paper reports the findings of an informetric study of the countries with which South Africa collaborates in research. The study period spans 20 years (10 years each during and after the apartheid era). Data were ...

Subject content analysis of the HIV/AIDS research in eastern and southern Africa, 1981-2005

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire Ocholla, Dennis (UNISA, 2009)

This paper provides a content analysis of HIV/AIDS research in Eastern and Southern Africa between 1980 and 2005 as indexed in the MEDLINE database, with a view to assisting in the identifi cation of HIV/AIDS indexing ...

Assessing researchers’ performance in developing countries : is Google Scholar an alternative?

Ocholla, D. N. (Dennis N.) Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (UNISA, 2009)

This article compares the representation of 10 purposefully selected LIS researchers in South Africa in Google Scholar (GS), Thomson Scientific’s (herein referred to as ISI – Institute for Scientific Information) citation ...

Conceptualizing ‘knowledge management’ in the context of library and information science using the core/periphery model

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire Ocholla, Dennis (University of Johannesburg, 2009)

This study took cognisance of the fact that the term 'knowledge management' lacks a universally accepted definition, and consequently sought to describe the term using the most common co-occurring terms in knowledge ...

Core descriptors of “information literacy”: a subject content analysis of the concept’s literature, 1974-2008

Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (LIASA, 2009)

LIS education: Sub-Saharan Africa

Minishi-Majanja, Mabel K. Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire (Munchen: K. G. Saur Verlag, 2009)

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