Professor Archie Dick receives praise for his continued seminal research on South Africa’s book and reading culture

Posted on March 24, 2021

Professor Archie Dick’s, former head of department of Information Science, influential work on book and reading culture is renowned. His book, The Hidden History of South Africa’s Book and Reading Culture published in 2012, was again used to demonstrate the command Prof Dick has in...

Two associate professors present paper at UNILISA 2021 conference

Posted on March 11, 2021

Associate professors Marlene Holmner (package coordinator for the BIS Information Science degree) and Beth le Roux (package coordinator for the BIS Publishing degree) presented a paper titled Embracing online education during the COVID19 pandemic: a case study of the Department of Information...

The Department of Information Science, Department of Mining Engineering, and Exxaro have come together to establish the Exxaro chair in XR Technology.

Posted on March 10, 2021

Thanks to Exxaro, one of the top five coal producers in South Africa and a constituent of the JSE’s Top 40 index, and the initiative and hard work of Prof. Ronny Webber-Youngman and Mr Jannie Maritz from the Department of Mining Engineering, as well as Mr Koos de Beer from the Department of...

Two professors in the Department of Information Science published books in Elements in Book and Publishing Culture series.

Posted on February 26, 2021

Two professors in the Department of Information Science, Archie Dick and Elizabeth le Roux, published books in Cambridge University Press’s Elements in Book and Publishing Culture series towards the end of 2020. The series presents new research on print and reading cultures in Africa, from...

Associate Professor presents at the SCECSAL 2021 conference on information services

Posted on February 26, 2021

Marlene Holmner, associate professor and package coordinator for the undergraduate Information Science degree, presented a paper alongside colleagues Gorrety Maria Juma from Ndejje University Library, and Sarah Nakaziba from Aga Khan University, titled Building strong academic libraries and...

Department of Information Science staff receive NRF ratings

Posted on February 26, 2021

Two staff members of the Department of Information Science receive NRF ratings.

Department of Information Science successfully hosts the first virtual ISIC Information Behaviour Conference in 2020

Posted on February 25, 2021

The Department of Information Science, of the University of Pretoria, was selected to host the annual ISIC conference, for 2020. As COVID-19 brought about immediate change to our daily behaviour, the conference could no longer be hosted as it had traditionally been done before. Thus, the...

Department of Information Science hosts successful CODATA-RDA Research Data Summer School 2020

Posted on February 01, 2020

The Department of Information Science, in collaboration with DIRISA, SADiLaR and NeDICC, hosted the CODATA-RDA Research Data Summer School from 13-24 January 2020 at the University of Pretoria. The CODATA-RDA Research Data Summer School is widely represented, with international directors from the...