Lecturer
Office: IT Building 6-68, Hatfield Campus
Tel: +27 12 420 4135
Mr. Matsobane Daniel Kekana is a lecturer at the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria. He holds a bachelor’s degree in information studies from the University of Limpopo, a Master’s degree in Information Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and is working towards a PhD. His teaching interests include information literacy, information searching and retrieval, knowledge management, marketing principles and applications in IS, economics and politics of information, competitive intelligence, and information ethics. His research interests include information retrieval, knowledge management, and indigenous knowledge.
Qualifications
B.Inf (University of Limpopo), M.I.S (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Research
Interest:
- Knowledge management;
- Library and Web 2.0;
- Information Management;
- Indigenous knowledge;
- Information retrieval;
- Marketing of LIS;
- Computer-mediated communication;
- Information Seeking Behaviour;
- Electronic publishing
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Modules offered
- INL 230 (User Studies and Dissemination)
INL 260 (Economics and politics of information)
- INL 270 (Indigenous knowledge and communication)
- INL 380 (Competitive intelligence)
Postgraduate supervisor
- Honours projects
- Masters research
Publication
- Kekana, M. D., & Kheswa, S. E. (2020). The gap between user perceptions and expectations of students at the main library of the University of KwaZulu-Natal: Pietermaritzburg Campus. South African Journal of Information Management, 22(1), 1-9.
- Kekana, M. D., & Kheswa, S. E. (2022). Library Use and User Satisfaction of Students on the Service Quality of the University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg Campus Main Library. Mousaion, 40(2).
- Mnguni, K. M., & Kekana, M. D. (2022). Web Information Seeking Behaviour of Undergraduate Students of Library and Information Studies at the University of Zululand. Library Philosophy & Practice.
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