Posted on October 20, 2021
Dr. Paul Laughton, senior lecturer in the Department of Information Science, presented at the National Research Data Management Workshop, on the 12th of October 2021. The online workshop took place from 11 to 13 October 2021 and was hosted by the Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa...
Posted on October 15, 2021
Professor Jenna Hartel, an associate professor from the University of Toronto, presented a talk to staff members of the Information Science department on 14 October 2021, regarding her work and research on creative teaching approaches.
Posted on October 05, 2021
A new initiative from the Department of Information Science facilitates UP alumni and tech industry women connecting with undergraduate women in tech degrees at the university.
Posted on October 05, 2021
On behalf of Cambridge University Press & Assessment University of Pretoria BIS Publishing Honours alum Andri Johnston accepted the IPG award for suitable publishing, acknowledging both the content that the publisher has created in the past 12 months and the organisations ongoing commitment...
Posted on October 05, 2021
Jana Klingenberg, lecturer in the Publishing Studies sub-discipline, contributed a chapter called Literary Translingualism in a Multilingual Society: South Africa's Publishing Landscape to the newly published Routledge Handbook Literary Translingualism, edited by Steven Kellman and Natash Lvovich.
Posted on October 01, 2021
Professors Michael Twidale and Preben Hansen presented as international guest lecturers for the Information Science postgraduate students on the Knowledge Management module on 29 September 2021 via a virtual session.
Posted on September 29, 2021
At the heart of effective patient treatment is the concept of interprofessional education for healthcare workers. Connecting healthcare providers across multiple disciplines, in practice and in academia and throughout Sub-Saharan Africa is at the heart of the Africa Interprofessional Education...
Posted on September 28, 2021
Dr. Heidi Julien, a research associate in the Department Information Science, wins 2021 Association for Library and Information Science Education Service (ALISE) Award
Posted on September 28, 2021
The Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) 2021 virtual conference took place 27-30 September. This year the theme of the conference was “Libraries matter! Reflecting on a year of change.” The conference aims to examine LIASA and the LIS profession through the...
Posted on September 28, 2021
Postgraduate module Professor Craig Locatis, from the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, presented as an international guest lecturer for the Information Science postgraduate students on 27 September 2021 via a virtual session.
Posted on September 20, 2021
Laetitia Cassells, lecturer, and Anneke Nel, junior research officer, both in the Publishing Studies sub-discipline in the Department of Information Science, presented at the Africa Interprofessional Education Network (AfrIPEN) virtual conference on 17 September 2021.
Posted on September 20, 2021
In September 2021 the University of Pretoria’s School of Information Technology (SIT), including the departments of Computer Science, Informatics and Information Science, was accepted as a member of the prestigious iSchools Organization.
Posted on September 14, 2021
The launch of the Exxaro Chair in Extended Reality (XR) Technology took place on 1st September 2021.
Posted on September 06, 2021
The Department of Information Science has established the annual Peter Underwood book prize for academic research achievement. The first book prize giving took place on 18 August 2021.
Posted on September 02, 2021
Ms Lisa Thompson retires after 22 years at the Department of Information Science
Posted on September 01, 2021
Department of Information Science personnel from the Multimedia and Publishing sub-programmes presented at Flexible Futures 2021. The Flexible Futures conference is organized by the University of Pretoria to re-imagine teaching and learning in higher education. The virtual conference took place...
Posted on August 20, 2021
Head of Department of Information Science, Prof. Ina Fourie, presented at the “Meet the Author Series” hosted by ASIS&T (Association for Information Science and Technology) Webinars, on her recently published book Autoethnography for Librarians and Information Scientists, on 12...
Posted on August 19, 2021
Prof. Archie Dick and Beth le Roux were both involved in the virtual conference of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP), hosted by Münster University, from 26-30 July 2021.
Posted on August 19, 2021
Prof. Archie Dick and Beth le Roux are two of the co-editors of a new collection on Print Culture in Southern Africa, recently published by Routledge. The chapters included in this book were originally published in a special issue of the Journal of Southern African Studies, but have been reissued...
Posted on August 11, 2021
The department is privileged to welcome Dr Paul Laughton as senior lecturer to our staff. He joins the department with a range of experience from academia, business and international science unions.
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