Browsing Publications by Author "Bangani, Siviwe"
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An analysis of interlibrary loan services : a case study of a university in South Africa
Bangani, Siviwe; Chizwina, Sabelo; Moyo, Mathew (Emerald Insight, 2018-11)Purpose – The landscape of teaching, learning and research has changed requiring the need for diverse information resources. Given the current budgetary constraints and financial conditions prevailing in many universities, ... -
Data literacy training needs of researchers at South African universities
Moyo, Mathew; Bangani, Siviwe (Emerald Insight, 2023)Purpose – The aim of this study was to determine data literacy (DL) training needs of researchers at South African public universities. The outcome of this study would assist librarians and researchers in developing a DL ... -
Data sharing practices among researchers at South African Universities
Bangani, Siviwe; Moyo, Mathew (Data Science Journal, 2019)Research data management practices have gained momentum the world over. This is due to increased demands by governments and other funding agencies to have research data archived and shared as widely as possible. This paper ... -
The Impact of a University’s Language Policy on Its Library’s Print Collections
Bangani, Siviwe; Masilo, Boitumelo; Makate, Glenda; Moyo, Mathew (UNISA, 2018)The aim of this study was to establish the impact of the North-West University’s language policy on its library’s print collections. It analyses the languages represented by books held by the North-West University Library ... -
In/gratitude? Library acknowledgement in theses and dissertations at a distinguished African university
Bangani, Siviwe; Mashiyane, Dina; Moyo, Mathew; Makate, Glenda (Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 2020)Giving credit to where it is due is common across cultures. In research, researchers widely express their gratitude to those who would have contributed to their studies in one way or the other under the acknowledgements ... -
Interlending Services : trends, languages, and use for collection development at North-West University
Bangani, Siviwe; Moyo, Mathew; Chizwina, Sabelo (Routledge (Taylor & Francis group), 2017)This paper uses the bibliometrics methods to analyse the interlending service trends, language and collection development at the North-West University. The results show that despite some challenges, ILS services at the NWU ... -
LibGuides as a collection development tool : the case of North-West University, South Africa
Bangani, Siviwe; Masilo, Boitumelo; Kekana, Molly; Moyo, Mathew (Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2019)This paper uses informetrics methods to explore the use of LibGuides to benchmark and select books at the Mafikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) in South Africa. The books selected or recommended by librarians ... -
Media as a scholarly source of information : citations for legal theses and dissertations
Bangani, Siviwe; Chizwina, Sabelo; Moyo, Mathew (Sajlis, 2022)This study sought to determine the citation of media sources by law students in South Africa. Data were gathered from theses and dissertations of selected law schools in the country using specifically designed excel ... -
Open for 24 hours”: lessons learnt from the North-West University library services
Chizwina, Sabelo; Moyo, Mathew; Bangani, Siviwe (Unisa Press, 2017)This article reports on the lessons learnt by the Library Services of the North-West University (NWU), Mafikeng Campus in North-west province, South Africa, with regard to extending library opening hours for 24 hours ... -
Students’ perceptions of librarians as teachers of information literacy at a large African university
Bangani, Siviwe; Mashiyane, Dina Mokgadi; Moyo, Mathew; Masilo, Boitumelo; Makate, Glenda (Emerald insight, 2020)Purpose – The purpose of this study is to determine the students’ perceptions of librarians as teachers of information literacy at the North-West University in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach – The study used ... -
A university library’s use of social media during a time of crisis
Chizwina, Sabelo; Rabatseta, Benford; Bangani, Siviwe; Moyo, Mathew (Emerald Insight, 2017)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight how North Western University (NWU) Library used Facebook and Twitter to inform, educate and communicate with library users during the students’ protests #FeesMustFall ... -
The utilisation of library spaces by postgraduate students at a university in an African country
Bangani, Siviwe; Moyo, Mathew; Mashiyane, Dina Mokgadi (Emerald insight, 2020)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the use of library spaces by postgraduate students at the North-West University in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach – A survey research methodology was used ...