Collection and Curation

Transforming a provincial archive through the collection of sports memories: experiences of the Gauteng province in South Africa

Mpho Ngoepe, Sizwe Mbuyisa, Nampombe Saurombe, Joseph Matshotshwane

South African public archives have not been able to transform into active documenters of society. As a result, they cannot carry out their mandate of collecting non-public records…

Validity and reliability of factors causing information-seeking anxiety during information-seeking behaviors

Xia Yang, Asad Ullah Khan

This study aims to define a set of assumptions for testing the four factors tested statistically to determine information-seeking anxiety based on quantitative data.

Faculty–librarian cooperation in collection development at the University of Namibia library, with special reference to electronic resources

Maria Ashilungu, Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which teaching staff cooperated with librarians in collection development, specifically in relation to electronic…

Institutional repository infrastructure: a survey of Ghanaian public universities

Osman Imoro, Nampombe Saurombe

Ghanaian public universities have fully embraced the concept of open access. This is evident in the increasing numbers of institutional repositories (IRs) by universities in…

An exploration of a third participatory museology approach in the interaction with local business and tradition at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area art museums

Jin Fan

This paper aims to summarize the conditions under which participatory art museums and local commercial traditions can have positive and sustained interactions.

Emergence, evolution, challenges and future prospect in LIS education and its impact on job opportunity of LIS education in Pakistan

Suhaib Hussain Shah, Lei Pei, Tianyu Chen

This study aims to investigate the status of library and information science (LIS) education in Pakistan, as well as LIS progress, level of employment and issues, infrastructure…

metaGraphos: a Web-based system for transcribing, proofreading and publishing scanned documents

Evagelos Varthis, Marios Poulos

This study aims to present metaGraphos, a crowdsourcing system that aids in the transcription and semantic enhancement of scanned documents by using a pool of volunteers or people…