• OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1633-7268
• LinkedIn: https://za.linkedin.com/in/paul-laughton-84530a10
• Academia.edu: https://johannesburg.academia.edu/PaulLaughton

• INL 130 – Information Science: Personal information management
• INL 340 – Information Science: Digital repositories
• INL 380 – Information Science: Competitive Intelligence

• Doctoral theses
• Master’s dissertations
• Coursework master’s dissertations
• Honours research reports

EXECUTIVE SUMMURY

EDUCATION

• Knowledge Economy (distinction)
• Information Management Strategy (distinction)
• Information Issues in Business (distinction)
• Internet Infrastructures (distinction)

• Information Science
• Political Science

• Business Management: IA, IB, IIA & IIB
• Sociology: IA, 1B, IIA &IIB
• Communications: IA &IB

• A+ (Basic Computer Hardware) (2002)
• N+ (Basic Networking) (2000)

• Mathematics (SG)
• Science (HG)
• History (HG)
• Geography (HG)
• English (HG)
• Afrikaans (HG)

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Web site design for knowledge management
• Fee based information retrieval
• Information entrepreneurship
• Business intelligence.

• Work experience as a KM Manager at the manufacturing, engineering and related services SETA (merSETA);
• Well-read and continuously learning more about knowledge management through post graduate research,
• Involved in a number of cutting edge KM studies in the private sector;
• Consulted with the Human Rights Commission on KM strategy;
• Regular contributor to the Knowledge Management South Africa Forum
• Run a number of KM workshops with focus on KM strategy.

• Lecturer of a BI course at UJ at Honours level (4th year, NQF 7)
• Industry engagement with BI professionals on a regular basis (stay abreast of the trends)
• Worked on a number BI optimisation projects with small businesses

• Involved in a number of research projects with small businesses and records management
• Good understanding of records lifecycle and planning processes

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

• 2016: Re-elected onto the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Executive Committee
• 2014: Elected onto the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Executive Committee
• 2014: Appointed as a South African National Chair for the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Committee
• 2013: Received a nomination for the University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Management emerging researcher
• 2012:  Appointed as a capacity building delegate for the South African National Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Committee (Taipei)
• 2012: Selected to attend the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) training workshop for International Training Workshop for Developing Countries on Scientific Data Management and Sustainable Development (Beijing)
• 2010: Appointed as a capacity building delegate for the South African National Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Committee (Stellenbosch)
• 2008:  Recipient of an NRF grant for a capacity building candidate to attend the 21st International Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Young Scientist Forum in the Ukraine
• 2008:  Elected as Africa’s representative on the Young Scientists Forum Team of the UN GAID Community of Expertise on Enhancing Access to and Application of Scientific Data in Developing Countries (eSDDC)
• 2007: Received the degree Magister Artuim in Information Science (Cum Laude)
• 2006: Fist prize for “Best Academic Poster” awarded at World Wide Web 2006 Conference for a poster titled: “A Study on the Exposure to Online Pornography at the University of Johannesburg”
• 2005:  Represented South Africa in Germany for EMEA IBM Top Student Initiative.
• 2005:  Awarded IBM Merit Award for paper titled “Regulation of Internet in an Organisation to Create a Productive Working Environment”, as part of the IBM EMEA Top Student Initiative
• 2004:  Received the degree Baccalaureus Artuim Honoribus in Information Science (Cum Laude)

POST GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION

• 2021. (Currently under examination) Terry Ramabulana (Black, Male) (PhD Information Management): Information management as a strategy for performance improvement in local government (supervisor).
• 2020. Suwilo Simwanza (Black, Female) (MPhil Information Management): Knowledge sharing and collaboration in agile software development teams (co-supervisor).
• 2018. Heike Ann Kirstein (White, Female) (MPhil Information Management): Needs analysis of university knowledge management education (supervisor).
• 2015. Jakobina Mwiiyale (Black, Female) (MPhil Information Management): Developing information literacy skills within a virtual reference system (supervisor).
• 2013. Oupa Mamabolo (Black, Male) (M Com Information Management): Intellectual capital as leverage for creating competitive advantage (co-supervisor).

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Journal Publications

• 2013: LAUGHTON, P., DU PLESSIS, T. 2013. “Data curation in the World Data System: proposed framework”. Data Science Journal 12:56-70.
• 2012: LAUGHTON, P. 2012. “Data centres operating in the knowledge economy”. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management 11(04).
• 2012: LAUGHTON, P. 2012. “OAIS functional model conformance test: a proposed measurement”. Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems 46(3).
• 2011: LAUGHTON, P. 2011. “The use of wikis as alternatives to learning content management systems”. The Electronic Library 29(2):225-235.
• 2009: LAUGHTON, P. 2009. "The effectiveness of WIPE as an image filter for the identification of online pornographic images". The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society 5(5):179-188.
• 2008: LAUGHTON, P. A. 2008. “Hierarchical analysis of acceptable use policies. South African Journal of Information Management”, 10(4). Available from http://www.sajim.co.za.
• 2007: LAUGHTON, P., RENSLEIGH, C. 2007. "Managing Exposure to Online Pornography at UJ". South African Journal of Information Management 9(4). [Online]. Available WWW: www.sajim.co.za.
• 2007: LAUGHTON, P. RENSLEIGH, C. 2007. "Exposure to online pornography at the University of Johannesburg, Second phase empirical results". The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society 3(4):37-44.

Conference and other Presentations

• 2021: What Covid has taught us about research data management. National Research Data Management Workshop, on the 12^th of October 2021.
• 2017: Information overload and perceived productivity amongst tertiary students. 34th Pan Pacific Conference. Lima, Peru (Speaker, 4th Author) (Accredited Proceedings).
• 2017: Web 2.0 Tools for Virtual Reference Services in a University Library. 34th Pan Pacific Conference. Lima, Peru (Speaker, 2nd Author) (Accredited Proceedings).
• 2016: Preservation of corporate memory; through electronic records and document           retention at the National Research Foundation. 33^rd Pan    Pacific Conference.       Miri, Malaysia (Speaker, Second Author)    (Accredited       Proceedings).
• 2016: Investigating records management in a small Johannesburg law firm. 33^rd Pan          Pacific Conference. Miri, Malaysia (Speaker, Third Author) (Accredited             Proceedings).
• 2015: Creating synergy in the South African data landscape. CHCP National Conference. Pretoria (Speaker, First Authour).
• 2015: Social media: effects on small business communication and information sharing.     32^nd Pan-Pacific Conference: Hanoi, Vietnam (Speaker, Second Author)      (Accredited Proceedings).
• 2015: The use of Web 2.0 amongst subject librarians at the University of Namibia. 9^th        International Conference on Education and Information Management: Tetouan, Morocco (Speaker, Second Author) (Accredited Proceedings).
• 2015: Usage of mobile devices by students to access and manage academic       information. 9^th International Conference on Education and Information             Management: Tetouan, Morocco (Speaker, Second Author) (Accredited          Proceedings).
• 2014: Big data in a statistical service organization: a case study. 31^st Pan-Pacific Conference. Osaka, Japan (Speaker, Second Author) (Accredited Proceedings).
• 2014: Using peer instruction and clickers to teach information management: a       preliminary study. 5^th International Conference on Education and Information      Management. Durban University of Technology, Durban (Speaker, First Author)     (Accredited Proceedings).
• 2014: South Africa’s data sharing strategy. Open Data for Science and Sustainability in     Developing Countries Workshop. University of Jomo Kenyatta University of       Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya (Speaker, First Author).
• 2014: Information Management in a clothing retail outlet. 14^th Annual Information and         Knowledge Management Conference. University of Johannesburg,      Johannesburg (Second Author) (Accredited Proceedings).
• 2013: Data management and curation. 5^th African Digital Scholarship and Curation Conference. Durban, UKZN Howard College Campus (Workshop presented).
• 2013: Investigating the use of knowledge management amongst the city of Johannesburg museums. 12^th Annual Information and Knowledge Management Conference. University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park (Second Author) (Accredited proceedings).
• 2012: Best practices amongst World Data Centres. Data Centre Optimisation Forum, Johannesburg, OR Tambo Sun International (Speaker, First Author).
• 2012: Data Centres Operating in the Knowledge Economy. International Conference on the Knowledge Management. FNB Training Centre, Sandton (Speaker, First Author).
• 2012: e-Science in South Africa: research to design a roadmap. 23^rd International CODATA conference: Data and information for a changing planet. Taipei, Taiwan (Speaker, single presentation).
• 2011: The World Data System: a system for open access repositories. 4^th African Scholarship and Digital Curation Conference. Pretoria, CSIR (Poster presentation, First Author).
• 2011: World data centre hurdles in improving access to scientific data. 10^th Annual Information and Knowledge Management Conference, Sandton (Speaker, First Author). (Accredited Proceedings)
• 2011: Proposed framework for the curation of data in the WDS. 1^st ICSU WDS Conference. Kyoto, Japan (Speaker, First Author).
• 2010: World Data Centres in e-science. 12^th Annual Conference on World Wide Web application. University of KZN, Durban (Speaker, single presentation). (Accredited Proceedings)
• 2010: Data curation practices amongst World Data Centres. 22^nd International CODATA Conference: Data and sustainable development. Stellenbosch, Cape Town (Speaker, single presentation).
• 2009: Wikis as alternative Learning Content Management Systems. African Digital Scholarship and Curation Conference. CSIR, Pretoria (Speaker, single presentation).
• 2009: Will your information be available forever? 9^th Annual Information and Knowledge Management Conference. FNB Training Center, Sandton (Speaker, single presentation).
• 2008: 1^st African Digital Curation Conference, Pretoria, CSIR (During conference nominated as Africa’s representative on the Young Scientists Forum Team of the UN GAID Community of Expertise on Enhancing Access to and Application of Scientific Data in Developing Countries (eSDDC)).
• 2008: The Regulation of South Africa's Mobile Internet. Forbidden Fruit Conference, Southport, UK (Speaker, single presentation).
• 2007: Information Management: using information to manage institutions. The Department of Health and Social Development: Information and Records Management Inbaba (Invited keynote speaker, single presentation).
• 2007: Exposure to online pornography at the University of Johannesburg: Second phase empirical results. 3^rd International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society, Cambridge, University of Cambridge (Speaker, single presentation).