Research Interests
Research interests of staff of the Library and Information Studies Centre
Professor Jaya Raju
LIS education in the African developing context; general/liberal arts education in the higher education context; higher education information provision in the current knowledge context; developing LIS skills statements for the digital age; research theory and methodology
Dr Mzwandile Shongwe
Knowledge Management; LIS education and training; cataloguing and classification.
Ms Michelle Kahn
Research data management, collection management, e-resources
Mr Richard Higgs
Digital curation, information governance; information theory and epistemology; indigenous knowledge systems
Ms Andiswa Mfengu
Bibliometrics; Altmetrics; Impact Assessment; User Experience; Open Access; Open Access Publishing
Associate Professor Karin de Jager
Library performance measurement and evaluation in academic and public libraries; establishing benchmarks for information literacy; databases
Associate Professor Mary Nassimbeni
Information society, information literacy; national library and information policy; performance measures for public libraries in South Africa
Professor Peter G. Underwood
Soft systems analysis; systems management; information systems design; change management; strategic management, information literacy