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 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...

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...

Department of Information Science hosts CODATA-RDA Research Data Summer School 2021

Posted on May 31, 2021

The CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science is once again hosted by the Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria in collaboration with DIRISA, SADiLaR and NeDICC, and is run as a virtual programme from 3rd May until 9th July 2021.

Associate Professor presents at Research Writing Enhancement and Publication Support Programme Webinar hosted by Sol Plaatje University

Posted on May 18, 2021

Sol Plaatje University hosted a research writing enhancement and publication support programme webinar on 18 May 2021, with the theme: Bibliometrics, online researcher profiles and publication guidelines. Associate Professor, Marlene Holmner, presented the topic Bibliometrics and researcher...

IFLA Webinar on International Research in LIS

Posted on May 17, 2021

IFLA’s Library Theory and Research (LTR) will be hosting a webinar titled International Research in LIS on 26 May 2021 @ 17:00-18:30.

Department of Information Science and Nielsen’s Bookscan collaborate to get access to information and measurement data for research and teaching purposes

Posted on May 11, 2021

The Department of Information Science and Nielsen have come into agreement that the Publishing Program located within the department will have access to information and measurement data for research and teaching purposes.

Research Associate becomes founding Editor-in-Chief of Information Matters

Posted on May 10, 2021

Newly appointed research associate in the Department of Information Science, Chirag Shah, Ph.D., has been selected by the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) as the founding Editor-in-Chief of the new ASIS&T publication titled Information Matters.