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ACCESS TO AND USAGE OF PRINT SERIAL PUBLICATIONS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA (UNZA) LIBRARY
(2014-05-21)Abstract This study set out to investigate factors that lead to less usage of serial resources in the University of Zambia Library. It embraced both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Questionnaires and ... -
Chitumbo, Eness. M. Miyanda and Chewe, P. 2015. ‘Social Media Tools for Library service delivery in Higher learning Institutions: Case of University of Zambia and National Institute of Public Administration Libraries.
(Research Journal of Library Sciences, 2015)This research paper investigated how social media tools (SMTs) can be leveraged to market library services by libraries in higher learning institutions. Questionnaires and interview guides were used in the data collection ... -
Copyright in Light of Effective Access to Research Information in Digital Era
(Chitumbo, Eness M. Miyanda. 2015. ‘Copyright in Light of Effective Access to Research Information in Digital Era.’ Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 4(4), pp.6-14. ISSN: 2319-8834, 2015)Introduction: Information forms the foundation of every human activity. People can only make right decisions and participate in national development activities if they have access to relevant information. But how can ... -
Effectiveness of Library Practicum in linking theory and practice: case of the of University of Zambia and Mulungushi University Libraries
(International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Educational Research (IJMCER), 2020)Library practical training is a supervised, hands‐ on practice in various library duties and functions. This paper explores the effectiveness of library practical training in linking theory and practice. The study used a ... -
Enhanced Library Services Through Social Media in the Age of Covid-19 Pandemic: An Anecdote of Academic Libraries in Zambia
(Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2020-11-12)The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of using social media as a tool for promoting value addition and the enhancement of library services in the age of COVID-19 pandemic in two academic libraries in ... -
An Evaluation of Library Support Services for Distance Education Students at University of Zambia
(2010-09-20)Distance education is one of the most popular forms of education offered world wide to those students who have had no opportunity to enroll full time in various educational institutions including universities. Distance ... -
Faculty perception of Moodle software as a teaching tool at the University of Zambia
(Zambia ICT Journal, 2018)In the existing educational milieu in the world today, there is an increasing application of electronic learning software in the delivery of tertiary education. However, one critical issue in the successful deployment of ... -
Harnessing Online Resources for Distance Learning at the University of Zambia
(The International Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Research, 2017)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate how the integration of institutional electronic resources into distance learning can improve usage of e-resources at the University of Zambia. The study also ascertained ... -
Information and communication: a library’s local response to HIV⁄AIDS in Zambia
(University of Zambia, 2009)Objective: To document and describe the University of Zambia Medical library’s responses to the fight against HIV ⁄AIDS in Zambia. Methods: The methodology adopted was a case study approach combined with an analysis of ... -
Information provision to students using mobile phones: A case study of the University of Zambia Library
(Zambia Library Association, 2009-01-01)Provision of library and information services using mobile telephones is gaining popularity among library users worldwide. And some libraries have taken advantage of this technology in order to introduce new library services ... -
Information sources used by postgraduate students in Education: A Citation Analysis of Masters’ Dissertations
(University of Zambia, 2012)This study used citation analysis to establish the types of information resources used by education master's students in writing their dissertations at the University of Zambia. Four thousand seven hundred and twenty-two ... -
Institutional Repositories: A Gem for UNISWA
(Zambia Library Association Journal, 2012)The use of ICTs has brought about a paradigm shift in academic and commercial publishing industry. In last twenty years or so we have increasingly witnessed a shift from hard copy to electronic/digital publishing. Among ... -
IT skills needs for collection development at the University of Botswana Library
(Emerald, 2003)The rapid and continuing evolution of information technology has occasioned large stocks of electronic resources in libraries and created pressure for both library professionals and users to continue learning in order to ... -
Knowledge Management Culture among Library Cataloguers: the University of Zambia Library Experience
(University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2017)This paper assesses knowledge management processes and practices of the Cataloguing department of the University of Zambia Library; investigates factors that lead to poor working systems among Cataloguers; cause ... -
Library and Information Science Curricula in Zambia
(SAGE publications, 1999)While library and information science programmes in Zambia are relevant to the present needs of employers, there is a need to focus more on information technology and the use of non print media to enable graduates to ... -
A Library Response to the Massification of Higher Education: The Case of the University of Zambia
(International Association of Universities, 2009-01-01)This paper looks at the challenges that libraries in Africa face in responding to massification of higher education by discussing the University of Zambia library’s response in library and information resources provision. ... -
LIS training and education in Zambia
(Innovation, 1994)The slow start and difficult progress of training and education for librarianship in Zambia before and since independence is described. Problems identified include, state control, luck of funds, shortage of qualified ... -
Managing digital information resources in Africa: Preserving the integrity of scholarship
(Elservier, 2009)Permanent access and storage of recorded knowledge resources have been the cornerstone of libraries for centuries. Preserving the integrity of scholarship is one of the greatest challenges facing librarians and information ... -
Meeting collection development needs in resource poor settings: the University of Zambia Medical Library experience
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2008)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to take stock of the current state of information resources and approaches used to meet collection development needs at the University of Zambia Medical Library. Design/methodology/approach ... -
Modernization of Library and Information Services in Higher Education in Swaziland: strategic interventions, 2000/1-2005/6
(SAGE publications, 2007-01-01)This is a discussion of the implementation of the University of Swaziland (UNISWA)strategic plan 2000/1-2005/6.The goal of the article is to assess the impact of the information technology, policies,procedures, collaboration, ...
