Posted on November 12, 2021
Ms Laetitia Cassells, Publishing lecturer at the Department Information Science at the University of Pretoria, presented at the third online Digital Accessibility lunch and learn session, together with a student representative, Ms Ashleigh Pascoe. After ms Cassells enrolled her Publishing courses...
Posted on November 08, 2021
We are very priviledged to welcome Professor Daniel (Danny) Alemneh at the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria as a visiting Fullbright Scholar. He arrived today, the 8th November 2021 and will be visiting us until August 2022.
Posted on November 05, 2021
Prof Marlene Holmner was a Lead Paper Presenter at the Ahmadu Bello University Library Complex International Conference in Nigeria
Posted on November 04, 2021
ProfessorAnnemaree Lloyd presented to Department Information Science
Posted on November 03, 2021
North-South Scholarly Collaboration: Opportunities and Experiences in Africa (ASIS&T Africa Chapter and SIG-III) are addressed during a panel discussion
Posted on November 03, 2021
Liezl Ball and Theo Bothma presented a poster entitled A Comparison of Search Functionalities in Several Tools Used for Searching within Digital Text Collections, at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology.
Posted on October 28, 2021
Libraries and social justice: reflections after the looting and questions raised
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
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 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 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.
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