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Office hours: first semester 2002
- Wednesday: 07:30 - 09:00; 11:00 - 12:00
- Friday: 07:30 - 10:00
Modules offered during 2002:
INL 211 (Coordinator)
INL 212
BIB 321
Ina Fourie joined the Department in July 2001. Previously she was a
senior lecturer at the University of South Africa (Unisa) where she taught
various aspects of information organization and retrieval. She started her
career as a librarian at the Atomic Energy Corporation of South Africa.
She is currently coordinator of the B.IS (Library Science) courses, and
she is also involved with the Information Science modules on Information
Retrieval (INL211 and INL212), as well as the Honours paper in Information
Organisation and Retrieval.
Apart from a number of national associations, Prof Fourie is a member
of the Institute of Information Scientists, American Society for
Information Science and Technology and the UK Online User Group. She is
also a regular book reviewer for The Electronic Library and
Online & CD-ROM Review, and occasionally for other journals
such as Journal of the American Society for Information Science and
Technology. She has published journal articles, and delivered
conference papers and workshops on national as well as international level
within the field of information organization and retrieval as well as the
teaching related issues.
CURRENT RESEARCH:
PUBLICATIONS, 2001
- 2001 Follow-up to the use of portfolio assessment for a module in Research Information Skills: an analysis of its value. Education for information, 19(2):107-126.
- 2001 The use of CAI for distance teaching in the formulation of search strategies. Library Trends , 50(1):110-129.
- 2001 Debemos tomarnos en serio la desintermediación? Anales de Documentation. Vol. 4:267-282. (Translation of "Should we take disintermediation seriously?" that appeared in The Electronic Library, 17(1):9-16.Translation by T Saorin.)
- 2001 Current awareness services in an electronic age - the whole picture, in Handbook of information management. 8th edition. Edited by A. Scammel. London Aslib:274-306.
- 2001 Teaching electronic information research skills to teachers. (Published in the conference proceedings for SITE 2001, 5-10 March.)
- 2001 Using a variety of teaching methods to teach online search skills to working adults. Proceedings National Online Meeting 2001, 15-17 May. Edited by M.E. Williams. Medford, NJ:Information Today:139-156.
- 2001 The scenery, paths, side-steps and hurdles of an indexing career, in Mastering indexing skills: steps along the way: papers read at a conference held in Johannesburg on 27th June 2001. Edited by J.A. Kalley. Johannesburg: Association of Southern African Indexers and Bibliographers:1-22.
- 2001 Burger, M. & Fourie, I. Indexing software: MACREX as an exemplar, in Mastering indexing skills: steps along the way: papers read at a conference held in Johannesburg on 27th June 2001. Edited by J.A. Kalley. Johannesburg: Association of Southern African Indexers and Bibliographers:79-87.
CONFERENCES: PAPERS DELIVERED, 2001
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2001 Teaching electronic information research skills to teachers. SITE 2001: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (2001). Orlando, 5-10 March 2001.
- 2001 Using a variety of distance teaching methods to teach online search skills to working adults. Paper delivered at National Online 2001, New York, 15-17 May.
- 2001 Distance teaching of indexers: keeping track of new challenges as well as traditional practices (Workshop delivered at the American Society of Indexers' 33rd Annual Conference, 1-3 June, Boston).
- 2001 Keynote address: The scenery, paths, side-steps and hurdles of an indexing career. Paper presented at: Mastering indexing skills: steps along the way: papers read at a conference held in Johannesburg on 27th June 2001.
PRESENTATIONS TO THE SUBJECT SPECIALIST, 2001
- 2001 How can indexers benefit from indexing theory? (focus on socio-cognitive approach to document representation). Presented to indexers (organised by the National Library of South Africa). 10 October, Pretoria.
- 2001 Basic indexing: workshop presented as part of Mastering indexing skills: steps along the way: papers read at a conference held in Johannesburg on 28th June 2001.
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