ProLISSA Draft PROGRAMME
11-13 MARCH 2015
Venue: Faircity Roodevallei Hotel, Pretoria
08:00 – 08:30
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Wednesday, 11 March 2015
Registration and Tea / Coffee
Chairperson: Prof. Luyanda Dube
Opening and Welcome
Prof. Dennis Ocholla, University of Zululand
Keynote address: Complexities of research in Library and Information Science in Africa
Dr Williams Nwagwu & Salmon Makhubela, University of South Africa
A study of bibliometrics performance of top ten African open access journals in Thompson
Scientific database
Prof. Bosire Onyancha, University of South Africa
Altrametrics of scholarly publications in Library and Information Science and medicine and
health
Sani Fari & Prof. Dennis Ocholla, University of Zululand
The nature, pattern and trends of research collaboration among academics in selected
universities in Nigeria and South Africa
10:50 – 11:10
Dr Williams Nwagwu & Jan Maluleka, University of South Africa
A bibliometrics exploration of research on Ebola (1994-2014)
Questions and Discussions
11:10 – 11:20
Tea
10:30 – 10:50
Chairperson: Dr Gbolahan Olasina
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Sibongile Jele, National University of Science and Technology
Exploring Zimbabwe’s copyright regime to determine its provisions on exceptions and
limitations for libraries
Dr Williams Nwangwu, University of South Africa
Shared scientific data collections, distributed collective practice and transformation of
knowledge and innovation in Africa
Prof. Dennis Ocholla, Dr Daniel Rotich & Dr Neil Evans, University of Zululand and Moi
University
Critical ethical issues of e-scholarship: experiences from a South African and Kenyan university
Dr Constance Bitso & Prof. Ina Fourie, University of Cape Town & University of Pretoria
Reflection on the value of a widely cited model of the information behaviour of professionals:
the Leckie, Pettigrew and Sylvain (1996) model
Questions and Discussions
Lunch
Chairperson: Prof. Veli Jiyane
Grace Msoffe, Sokoine University of Agriculture & Prof. Patrick Ngulube, University of South
Africa
Information sources preference by poultry farmers in selected rural areas of Tanzania
Prof. Essam Mansour, PAAET, Kuwait
Information seeking behaviour of Mosque speechmakers in the State of Kuwait
14:40 – 15:00
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Dr Edda Lwoga & Tumaini Nagu, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Online information seeking behaviour of people living with HIV in selected regional hospital of
Tanzania
Cathrine Mokadi & Moritidi Abigail Shoroma, University of Limpopo
Determining the information seeking behaviour of school of law at the University of Limpopo in
South Africa
Dr Issa Abdulraheem & Kamal Omopupa, Kwara State University, Nigeria
Information needs and utilization among social science undergraduates in Nigerian universities
Questions and Discussions
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Coffee / Tea
Chairperson: Prof. Thomas Van der Walt
Shadrack Katuu, International Atomic Energy Agency
Keynote address: Archives and records management education and training in Africa in various
shades of grey
Njabulo Khumalo & Mehluli Mesuku, National University of Science and Technology
Streams today rivers tomorrow: the self-worth of records and archives management students
at the National University of Science and Technology and its impact on the future of the
archiving profession
Dr Mpho Ngoepe & Prof. Veli Jiyane, University of South Africa
Growing own timber: mentoring, continuity, sustainability and succession planning in national
and provincial archives repositories in South Africa-implications on preservation of and access
to archives
Dr Isabel Schellnack-Kelly, University of South Africa
Examining the roles of public archivist as passive custodians, active conformists and proactive
narrators in post-apartheid South Africa
Livingstone Muchefa & George Bishi, Zimbabwe National Archives & University of Free Sate
Governance for development or loyalty? reading the Zimbabwean colonial court records with a
pinch of salt, 1935 - 1980
Dr Francis Garaba, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Religious archives in the ESARBICA region: their importance and the need for a national
framework to address the disparity between public and private records
Questions and Discussions
Tea
Chairperson: Dr Tony Rodrigues
Shardrack Katuu, International Atomic Energy Agency
Managing digital records is like trying to nail a little jelly to the wall
Cleophas Ambira, University of South Africa & Prof. Henry Kemoni, The Technical University of
Kenya
A framework for electronic records management in support of e-government in Kenya
Kofi Adu, University of South Africa
Assessing the implementation of e-government in the Government of Ghana ministries and
public agencies
Bandile Nodada & Prof. Pieter Conradie, Vaal University of Technology
Restoration, preservation and dissemination of the history, heritage and culture of an ancient
African tribe using enterprise content management systems: a case study of the Amahlubi
nation
12:30 – 12:50
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Gugulethu Nkala, National University of Science and Technology
E-records readiness in Zimbabwe’s public sector
Questions and Discussions
Lunch
Chairperson: Dr Constant Okello-Obura
Faith Okite-Amughoro, Lefose Makgahlela & Dr Solomon Bopape, University of Limpopo
The use of electronic information resources for academic research by post-graduates at Delta
State University in Nigeria
Nomusa Biyela, Human Science Research Council
Contributions of the African LIS intellectuals and libraries to the African Renaissance
Dr Tinashe Mugwisi, University of South Africa & Dr Lawton Hikwa, National University of
Science and Technology
Where are they now? A tracer study of the master of science degree in Library and information
Science (LIS) graduates from the national University of Science and Technology (NUST),
Zimbabwe: 2006-2013
Prof. Ina Fourie & Herman Fourie, University of Pretoria
Compassion fatigue, information behaviour and information practices with specific reference to
the importance of awareness
Dr Joel Chigada, University of South Africa
Can banking ICT infrastructure support biometrics authentication
Questions and Discussions
Gala Dinner
Friday, 13 March 2015
Coffee / Tea
Chairperson: Dr Madelein Fombad
Dr Lawton Hikwa, National University of Science and Technology
Keynote address: Resituating indigenous languages and identities as outlined in the new
Constitution of Zimbabwe: a historical analysis
Dr Okello-Obura, Makerere University and University of South Africa
Documenting agricultural indigenous knowledge and provision of access through online
database platform
Adefunke Ebijuwa, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Preservation and use of indigenous knowledge in primary healthcare among the alternative
healthcare practitioners in Oyo State in Nigeria
Similo Ngwenya, National University of Science and Technology
Communication and dissemination of reproductive health information to the rural girl child in
Filabusi Zimbabwe
Dr Wanyenda Chilimo, University of South Africa
Open Access Journal Publishing: a golden opportunity for scholars in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dr Solomon Bopape, University of Limpopo
The state of diffusion and adoption of open access publishing initiatives in the legal scholarly
communication: a literature review
10:40 – 11:00
Questions and Discussions
11:00 – 11:10
Tea
Chairperson: Dr Tinashe Mugwisi
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Sandra Mpofu & Thomas Matingwina, National University of Science and Technology
Collective management of copyright in the book publishing industry in Zimbabwe
Lianda Coetzer, University of Free State
Taking giant steps to empower teacher-librarians: an initiative of the Library-and Information
Services of the University of the Free State
Lindall Adams, Saudi Arabia
The public library as a solution to social inequality
Wulystan Mtega, Dr Mpho Ngoepe & Prof. Luyanda Dube, University of South Africa
Factors influencing access to agricultural knowledge: the case of smallholder rice farmers in
Kilombero district of Tanzania
Gladys Mungai, Prof Henry Kemoni & Prof. Bosire Onyancha, The Technical University of
Kenya & University of South Africa
Tacit knowledge management in public institutions in Kenya: a case of the Kenya Institute for
Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)
Questions and Discussions
Lunch
Chairperson: Ms Karin McGuirk
Festus Ngetich, Prof. Daniel Chebutuk & Prof. Japeth Otike, University of Kabianga & Moi
University
Fundraising as a supplementary source of funding for public university libraries in Kenya
Durodolu Oluwole, University of Zululand
Technology acceptance as a predictor of investigating information literacy skills
Dr Williams Nwagwu, University of South Africa
Demographic and Maslow’s Motivation Predictors of Job Satisfaction of Information Technology
Artisans in Nigeria
Closing