Browsing School of Social Sciences by Type "Peer reviewed journal article"
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Hello tomorrow? Sources of HIV/Aids information used by residential students at the University of Natal.
(LiASA, 2008)This article identifies sources of HIV/AIDS information used by residential students on the Pietermaritzburg campus of the former University of Natal (now the University of KwaZulu-Natal). A questionnaire targeted at ... -
The historiography of the KwaMachi people: a frontier community between amaZulu and amaMpondo in the ninteenth century.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2009)This article examines the establishment of the KwaMachi chieftaincy in Harding, on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal in the early nineteenth century. This province is often associated with popular notions of ethnic history ... -
History and Heritage: Socio-economic profiles of six former American Board Mission Stations in southern KwaZulu-Natal.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2010)This paper is based on a questionnaire that a team of researchers at the University of KwZulu-Natal (Howard Campus) in collaboration with community activists conducted between February 2007 and May 2008 in six former ... -
A history of the University of Natal Libraries, 1910 – 2003.
(Forum Press on behalf of Library and Information Association of South Africa., 2011)This study documented the development of the two libraries of the University of Natal from 1910 to 2003. The historical research method was chosen as the optimal method for the collection and analysis of data, the broad ... -
India and its diaspora: making sense of Hindu identity in South Africa.
(Taylor & Francis., 2014)Indian immigrants to South Africa in the late nineteenth century differed in terms of their origins, motivations, belief systems, customs, and practices from the indigenous African population as well as from the ruling ... -
Indian women in marriage: When the sacred marriage thread becomes a noose.
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge)/UNISA Press., 2011)Violence against women is a worldwide problem that transcends all boundaries – cultural, geographic, religious, social and economic. However, it is maintained that there are also added particular cultural ‘dynamics’ or ... -
Information and knowledge needs, access and use for small-scale farming in Tanzania.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2012)This article assesses information and knowledge needs, access and use for agricultural development in the rural areas of developing countries, with a specific focus on Tanzania. Data from focus groups and information ... -
Information literacy for higher education institutions in Nigeria and Tanzania: efforts and prospects for educational reform in teaching and learning.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2010)This article reviews efforts made by higher education institutions in Nigeria and Tanzania in transforming student learning through information literacy (IL). It examines the need for higher education institutions in the ... -
Information needs and information-seeking behaviour of small-scale farmers in Tanzania.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2010)This article provides a review of the information needs and information seeking patterns of the rural farmers in selected districts of Tanzania. Focus group data was triangulated with interview data in order to validate, ... -
Information seeking patterns and telecentre operations: a case of selected rural communities in Tanzania.
(Elsevier, 2011)Information needs assessment is critical in developing and running relevant information services. This article explores the information needs and information- seeking patterns of the people living in communities surrounding ... -
An investigation into the feasibility of unionising LIS workers: a case study of the tertiary sector.
(LiASA, 2006)This article reports on the findings of a study that investigated the feasibility of unionizing LIS workers with special reference to the tertiary education sector in South Africa. The primary objectives of the study were ... -
Journal cancellations in university libraries in South Africa
(LiASA, 2010)This article is based on part of a survey that investigated journal cancellations in university libraries in South Africa. A study population consisting of 17 university libraries in South Africa was surveyed by means of ... -
The KwaZulu-Natal school library policy and its feasibility for implementation in the Province.
(2012)The research took into account accepted standards of good policy formulation to provide perspective and contextualise the study, and delineated educational challenges for the sector. The following theoretical frameworks ... -
Land disputes, social identities and the state in the izimpi zemibango in the Umzinto district, 1930–1935.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2009)This article challenges the widespread tendency to label and dismiss all manner of violent conflicts involving rural African communities as “faction fights”, “tribal disturbances” or “native unrest” primarily because ... -
Learning about controversial issues in school history: the experiences of learners in KwaZulu-Natal schools.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2011)Under Apartheid, History was taught according to a positivist model in which it was claimed that “objective truthful History” was passed on to learners. Consequently, since both learners and teachers were expected to ... -
Leslie McCracken and Charles Bethune Horsbrugh: collecting birds’ eggs in Northern Ireland in the 1920s and early 1930s.
(Edinburgh University Press for The Society for the History of Natural History., 2012)This paper is a case-study of a school-boy’s egg collection in Northern Ireland in the 1920s and early 1930s. The collection and Leslie McCracken’s friendship with Charles Bethune Horsbrugh, an established naturalist, ... -
Library 2.0 principles and Ranganathan's fifth law.
(UNISA, 2010)Ranganathan’s five laws of library science were first published in 1931. Although initially devised for the Indian context, these laws have been adapted – in form and spirit – by libraries all over the world. With the ... -
Library 2.0: revolution or evolution?
(2009)Library 2.0 is a controversial concept that stirs debate on many fronts. As the concept continues to arrest the attention of most library users and practitioners, a number of issues relating to its real nature emerge. One ... -
Library services provision for people with visual impairments and in wheelchairs in academic libraries in Tanzania.
(LIASA, 2014)This article is based on a study that examined library services provision for people with visual impairments and in wheelchairs in academic libraries in Tanzania. The article looks at access to the information resources ... -
Mapping the fit: library and information services and the national transformation agenda in South Africa, Part I.
(LiASA, 2008)This article, the first of two parts, is an update of one which appeared in the IFLA journal in 2007 (Stilwell 2007a). Progress since 2007 is mapped in terms of the fit between the library and information services available ...