Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication: Volume 69 Issue 4/5

Information seeking behaviour of beggars in Accra

Charlotte Owusu, Philip Kwaku Kankam

It is evident that human existence is highly dependent on information. Information is considered to be an essential right of every single individual to sustain life and enjoy it…

Analysis of archives infrastructure in South Africa: Case of Mpumalanga provincial archives

Nkholedzeni Sidney Netshakhuma

The purpose of this study is to assess the extent to which the Mpumalanga Provincial Archives (MPA) complies with the Mpumalanga Archives Act, 2008 legislative/policy provisions…

Evaluating the impact of research using the altmetrics approach (case study: the field of scientometrics)

Mehri Sedighi

This paper aims to assess the impact of research in the field of scientometrics by using the altmetrics (social media metrics) approach.

Assessing the entrepreneurial orientation of the librarians: A case study of Iranian public libraries

Abbas Doulani, Sepideh Sahebi, Mohammad Karim Saberi

The purpose of this study is to carry out the demographic evaluation and analysis of the entrepreneurial orientation of librarians in Iranian public libraries using the Lumpkin…

A study of boosted evolutionary classifiers for detecting spam

Shrawan Kumar Trivedi, Shubhamoy Dey

Email is a rapid and cheapest medium of sharing information, whereas unsolicited email (spam) is constant trouble in the email communication. The rapid growth of the spam creates…

The utilisation of library spaces by postgraduate students at a university in an African country

Siviwe Bangani, Mathew Moyo, Dina Mokgadi Mashiyane

The purpose of this paper is to determine the use of library spaces by postgraduate students at the North-West University in South Africa.

An investigation of the digital literacy skills and knowledge-based competencies among librarians working in university libraries in Nigeria

Chukwuma Clement Okeji, Eriye Chris Tralagba, Ifeyinwa Calista Obi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the digital literacy skills possessed by librarians working in university libraries in Nigeria.

Predatory publishing through McCornarck’s information manipulation theory

Harry Kipkemoi Bett

The purpose of this paper is to analyse how predatory journals use spam emails to manipulate potential authors. This has been done based on McCornack’s information manipulation…

Public libraries and goal 16 of the SDGS in Cameroon: which actors for a national policy?

Louise Lutéine Ngo Kobhio Balôck

This paper aims to investigate how public libraries in Cameroon contribute to the achievement of goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals, which is “peace, justice and strong…

Citation behavior of Pondicherry University faculty in digital environment: a survey

Mangkhollen Singson, Stephy K. Sunny, S. Thiyagarajan, Valerie Dkhar

The purpose of this paper is to understand the citation behavior of Pondicherry University faculty with a focus on their recent publication experience, indexed in Scopus. The…