We are very priviledged to welcome Professor Daniel Alemneh at the Department of Information Science as a visiting Fullbright Scholar from November 2021 until August 2022. He has an extensive research interest in digital curation, information organisation, knowledge management, open access and scholarly communication.
Our Department makes regular use of guest lecturers who are willing to share their wealth of knowledge and experience with our undergraduate and postgraduate students. Their contribution helps to maintain the standards of our programmes and teaching, and ensures we keep up to date with industry trends. Their continued support is very valuable and is greatly appreciated by our Department. Guest lecturers may change on a yearly basis.
In 2020, for instance, we were very fortunate to have Prof Tom Wilson, a renowned expert in information behaviour, giving a lecture to Information science honours students. In 2017, as a well-deserved recognition, he was awarded the ASIS&T (Association for Information Science & Technology) Award of Merit, the Association's highest award, which recognises sustained contributions to the field of information science. His book, Exploring information behaviour: an introduction Sheffield, UK, was published in 2021. He is also the founder and editor of one of the first Web-based electronic journals, Information Research, which is an open access, international, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines.
Some of our recent guest lecturers have included:
1. Undergraduate programmes
1.1 BIS Information Science Digital libraries (data repositories, digitisation, institutional repositories)
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Multimedia and hypermedia theory | Advanced mark-up languages | Multimedia trends The following companies currently present regular guest lectures:
![]() Amazon ![]() EPI-USE ![]() Retro Rabbit ![]() TeamGeek
1.3 BIS Publishing Commissioning, digital publishing | Management in the publishing environment
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2. Postgraduate programmes 2.1 BIS Hons Information Science Information behaviour, retrieval and organisation
![]() Unisa ![]() Univ of Strathglyde ![]() Univ of Washington ![]() National Institutes of Health
Information ethics
Information and knowledge management
![]() Unisa ![]() Univ of Stockholm
Data management (data rescue)
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Competitive intelligence
Information communication
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2.2 BIS Hons Multimedia Hypermedia and mark-up languages The following companies currently present regular guest lectures:
![]() Amazon ![]() EPI-USE ![]() Retro Rabbit ![]() TeamGeek
2.3 BIS Hons Publishing Advanced digital publishing | publishing industry research
![]() Blackbird ![]() BK ![]() Univ of Cambridge
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