Students’ Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Information Literacy and Library Skills (ILS)

Information Literacy is one of the key factors in order for one to succeed at any university. The purpose of this study was to investigate the students’ perception towards the teaching and learning of Information and Library Literacy or skills ILS, at a regionally accredited university of Science and Technology in Central Botswana. A sample size was a population of the study was going a total one hundred (100) students filled the questionnaire and ten (10) students’ and ten (10) staff members were involved in the same structured interviews. The methodology administered----All three librarians teaching TWAL students and a sample of seven (7) TWAL departments members were interviewed regarding the teaching and learning of ILS. Students from the College of Science and those from College of Engineering were given a questionnaire to fill. A questionnaire/interview was administered. The outcomes of the study highlighted that the relationship is very beneficial to students as they learn a lot how to use the library and access the resources in the library, at the same time learning academic literacy skills. The challenges encountered are that the library staff member and the TWAL staff members need to improve their working relationship for the good of the students

Towards the establishment and implementation of an institutional repository at the University of Cape Town (UCT): a case study

Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.The concepts of open access and scholarly publishing are still gaining momentum in Africa, especially South Africa. Increasingly, institutional repositories are being planned and developed by universities throughout the world especially in the first world countries, which have taken the lead. Institutional repositories have developed because of changes in scholarly communication where journal prices are high and libraries are finding it difficult to subscribe to them. Communication technology in the form of the internet brought a solution to the problem. Researchers, authors and libraries now advocate for the open access model of scholarly communication. This study explores the developments associated with the establishment and implementation of an Institutional Repository at UCT