The department welcomes Dr Paul Laughton

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.

Department of Information Science research associate presented with Weizenbaum Award for 2020

Posted on July 26, 2021

Professor Rafael Capurro, research associate at the Department of Information Science, has been presented with the Weizenbaum Award for 2020.

Switching platforms for international book fairs

Posted on July 26, 2021

Samantha Miller, lecturer in the Publishing Studies sub-programme in the Department of Information Science, attended the virtual London Book Fair 2021. She writes on her experience on switching platforms for international book fairs and the opportunity for South African publishers to take part in...

Information Science HOD and lecturer co-author new book, Third Space, Information Sharing, and Participatory Design

Posted on July 20, 2021

Information Science Head of Department, Professor Ina Fourie, and lecturer, Anika Meyer, co-authored alongside Professor Preben Hansen, from Stockholm University, a new research-intensive book, focusing on information concepts, retrieval, and services, titled: Third Space, Information Sharing,...

Information Science Department staff co-authored interactive textbook, Navigating Information Literacy in a Digital World, has been renewed and updated in its 6th edition

Posted on July 20, 2021

Professor Theo Bothma, Dr Erica Cosijn, Professor Ina Fourie and Dr Cecilia Penzhorn, all current or past faculty members in the Department of Information Science, co-authored an interactive digital textbook titled Navigating Information Literacy in a Digital World. It first appeared in 2006 as a...

Extraordinary Professor Archie Dick talks to Chai FM on stolen books at the University of Johannesburg

Posted on July 20, 2021

Professor Archie Dick was hosted by Chai FM and interviewed by Charisse Zeibert, to share his knowledge on the discovery of stolen books at the University of Johannesburg library by notorious and acclaimed University of Pretoria Professor van Vleeshauer.

Associate Professor presents paper at USTC Conference 2021 on Gender and the Book Trades

Posted on July 05, 2021

Associate Professor at the Department of Information and package coordinator of the BIS Publishing programme, Beth le Roux, presented a paper at USTC Conference 2021 on Gender and the Book Trades. The Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC) is the most comprehensive catalogue of the early modern...

Information Science Head of Department edits and publishes new research collection, Autoethnography for Librarians and Information Scientists

Posted on July 05, 2021

Head of Department, Professor Ina Fourie, has recently published and edited a research collection titled Autoethnography for Librarians and Information Scientists, with contributions from leading international experts on autoethnography such as Professors Carolyn Ellis, Art Bochner and Kathy-Ann...