Dr Madely du Preez retired in 2018 as a senior lecturer from the University of South Africa (UNISA)
where she taught information organisation and retrieval related modules which included
cataloguing, classification, indexing, abstracting, thesaurus construction and database design.
Following her retirement she became a Research Fellow in the Department of Information Science
(Unisa). She is still involved at Unisa as an external marker. She also is a contract lecturer at the
University of Pretoria.

Academic qualifications
2016 DLit et Phil in Information Science (University of South Africa)
2008 MInf (University of South Africa)
2002 Hons BInf (University of South Africa)
1992 BBibl (University of South Africa)
1974 THED (Normaal Kollege Pretoria)
1973 BAMus (University of Pretoria)
Other courses:
2011 Advanced Short Course in Outcomes-Based Assessment in Higher Education and Open
Distance Learning

Research Interests:
Information behaviour
Information literacy
Information organisation and retrieval

Modules offered
INL220 Information organisation and representation
INL230 User studies and dissemination
INY730 Information communication
INY714 Information behaviour, retrieval and organisation

Membership of professional organisations
LIASA
Association for Southern African Indexers and Bibliographers (ASAIB)

Researcher ID Profile:
ORCID https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-9425-820X
Web of Science ResearcherID: Y-6161-2018
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Madely-Du-Preez
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tdpbfHAAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Supervision:
2015 Du Toit, GE. 2015. Information-seeking behaviour of undergraduate art and design
students of The Open Window School of Visual Communication: A case study. MInf
dissertation – University of South Africa. Pretoria.

2017 Desta, AG. 2016. Information needs and information seeking behaviour of graduate
students at Unisa Ethiopia Regional Learning Centre. Minf dissertation – University of
South Africa. Pretoria.

2019 Naibei, JT. Information needs of rural farmers and the information services available to
them in Bungoma County, Kenya. Minf dissertation – University of South Africa.
Pretoria

2019 Morudu, SA. The use of ICTs in a document delivery service at a distance learning

institution. Minf dissertation – University of South Africa, Pretoria.

2019 Molokisi, S. The use of social media in the Unisa library. Minf dissertation – University

of South Africa, Pretoria.

2020 Pitseng, MD. Investigating the information needs of students in Unisa Ekurhuleni RSC

library.

2020 Nyondo, D. Information access and use of academic libraries by students.
2020 Seabi, LL. MTN Asonge Shareholders’ investment decision making information seeking

behaviour.

2021 Mhinga, R. The information seeking behaviour of high school learners in selected

districts of Limpopo Provinces – Co-supervision

2021 Odu, A. Use of mobile based social media technologies for library services in Federal

Universities North Central Nigeria

2021 Du Toit, GE. Information behaviour of undergraduate first generation students of the

University of Johannesburg – Co-supervision

2021 Barfi, KA. Information needs and seeking behaviour of postgraduate students using

smartphones and tablets for learning.