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An investigation of the perceptions and attitudes of postgraduate students interacting with Turnitin: The case of the University of Stellenbosch Business School
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Globally there is growing concern around increased levels of plagiarism. Gullifer and Tyson (2010, p. 463) claim that plagiarism is growing at a rapid rate, and universities are now required to devote enough time and ...
Systematics of subtribe Anthosperminae and the generic affinities of Anthospermum L. and Nenax Gaertn. (Rubiaceae: Anthospermeae)
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
The last taxonomic treatment of the subtribe Anthosperminae Benth. (Rubiaceae,
Rubioideae, Anthospermeae) was in 1986 by Puff., nevertheless, few attempts have
been made to resolve the phylogeny and the inter- and ...
Use of social media as a marketing tool by the City of Cape Town Libraries
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Social media has become a popular tool adopted by libraries and play a major role in marketing library services, facilitating communication between libraries and staff, and assisting libraries in connecting with communities. ...
Bookmobile library services as an information ground in Manenberg
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The study investigated the bookmobile library service of the City of Cape Town libraries as an information ground and the information seeking behaviour of Manenberg adult library users. The study explored the use of ...
Investigating the relevance of quality measurement indicators for South African higher education libraries
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
This study investigates the relevance of quality measurement indicators at higher education libraries for faculty academics, librarians, and students. The study followed a mixed-method design with a mixture of quantitative ...
The use of information and communication technologies for accessing HIV and AIDS information by healthcare professionals in Zimbabwe
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
This study sought to investigate the information needs of selected HIV and AIDS health organisations in Zimbabwe with a view to proposing a framework for developing an information access platform. ICTs can play a pivotal ...
A model to foster the use of records for evidence-based decision-making by senior managers in western cape governmental bodies, South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
South Africa has placed emphasis on evidence-based decision-making for justifying service delivery improvement decisions. Evidence-based decision-making entails decisions made by referring to verifiable facts and figures ...
Information and communication technologies and academic library services and operations
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) continue to have a major influence in the promotion and dissemination of information, which has and continues to shape new realities of virtual campuses and virtual libraries, ...
Public libraries going green: environmental sustainability and green information literacy
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
There is a great demand for human beings all over the world to live in a more green way, due to the earth’s natural resource scarcity and other environmental issues such as climate change, pollution, emission of greenhouse ...
South African gender-based violence researchers’ awareness and usage of bibliometrics and altmetrics in the context of open access scholarly publishing
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The traditional model of scholarly communication uses journals, databases, and conferences. With the
onset of the digital age, there has been a change in the system of scholarly communication, creating
new publishing ...