Library and Information Science (LISc) is undergoing rapid technological transformations. For LIS professionals to have a competitive edge in light of these technological advancements, they must be adequately trained to ...

The study of open access usage in higher learning institutions in developing countries has been an area of concern over the past years due to the many opportunities it offers in academia, such as making available and ...

Audio-visual records produced by public broadcasters play a role in preserving the history, culture, and language of the country. The records are used by broadcasters to repeat programmes and as snippets to support programmes ...

The management of indigenous knowledge (IK) has not been part of the focus of academic libraries collections in Ghana. The need to manage such knowledge base of society has become vital in the era of information society ...

Public libraries play a critical role as service providers that benefit various user communities. Such institutions have helped sustain societies’ information, educational, recreational, and leisure needs. Public libraries ...

Gamification is broadly defined as the use of game elements (for example, points, rewards and competition) in non-game settings like education, business and government. In information systems (IS) teaching and learning, ...

Archives have become acceptable evidence in the context of land restitution to prove events that occurred in the past during land dispossessions. Although researchers agree that archives are not always available and ...

The study aimed to investigate the state of early literacy development programmes and services for preschoolers at the Kenya National Library Services. Using a mixed method design, a sample of 244 library staff, including, ...

Even after two decades of a constitutional democracy that is prized as one of the most progressive achievements, public libraries and information services remain scarce in rural South Africa. This is despite the fact that ...

The socio-cultural perspective to information literacy has gained attention in Information Science, with numerous information literacy studies having been conducted in various workplace landscapes; however, not in the craft ...