Posted on July 25, 2018
Heidi Julien is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Library & Information Studies at the University at Buffalo. Her research and teaching interests focus on digital literacy and information behaviour. She has served as editor of the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science...
Posted on March 14, 2018
On 13 March 2018, the Department of Information Science in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology welcomed Professor Olívia Pestana from the University of Porto in Portugal.
Posted on October 02, 2015
Dr Janet Harrison from the University of Loughborough (UK) visits the University of Pretoria
Posted on June 29, 2015
The evolution of information has brought its own set of challenges and ethical questions, such as questions about ownership, privacy, the ‘digital divide’ and e-waste.
Posted on May 11, 2015
Professor Theo Bothma attends conferences in Germany and Spain!
Posted on April 23, 2015
March 18-19 was dedicated to the South African Book Development Council (SABDC) Digital Summit for 2015 held at the National Library of South Africa in Pretoria
Posted on April 23, 2015
The Multimedia Department has acquired a powerful PC to be able to work with the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 (ORDK 2) in order to do experiments with regards to virtual reality and more specifically, virtual environments.
Posted on April 23, 2015
In order to communicate what the BIS Multimedia degree is all about, a new Information Site was created for the University of Pretoria’s website.
Posted on April 23, 2015
The Print Culture and colonisation in Africa conference will be held on 28 and 29 May 2015 in Cape Town in collaboration with Oxford Brookes University and with funding from the British Academy.
Posted on April 23, 2015
Dr Beth le Roux, co-ordinator of the publishing studies course, is publishing a book based on her PhD called The Social History of University Presses in Apartheid South Africa.
Posted on June 12, 2014
A team of four multimedia students from the University of Pretoria, who call themselves the Super Sea Dragons, won the SA national finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup.
Posted on August 31, 2010
Within the School of Information Technology, the Department of Information Science received a special and exciting grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Posted on March 04, 2010
Professor Fanie de Beer received the Stals Prize for Library and Information Science recently and an article describing his achievement has appeared in the Innovate magazine.
Posted on March 04, 2010
Last week Professor Paul Sturges visited the University of Pretoria to give two presentations regarding his work in the Information Science field
Posted on March 03, 2010
Professor Archie Dick will present a paper in August at the annual SHARP conference called Book History from Below on the notebook of the eighteenth century Slave teacher, Jan Smiesing.
Posted on March 03, 2010
Professor Archie Dick has been appointed Vice-Chairperson of the Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Committee of IFLA and the Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE).
Posted on March 03, 2010
Mr. Wilem-Jan (WeeJee) Olwagen, creator of the cartoon series Die Lewe is
Posted on March 03, 2010
Prof Ina Fourie will attend the 12th EAHIL (European Association of Medical and Health Libraries) conference in Portugal, Lisbon form 14 - 18 June 2010.
Posted on March 03, 2010
Early April Prof Ina Fourie will visit the Central Cancer Library at The Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam for two weeks for research with Dr Suzanne Bakker concerning the information needs and information behaviour of various staff groups at the
Posted on March 03, 2010
This year, from 24-26 January, Prof Ina Fourie presented a paper titled "A healthcare management issue: what are the pros and cons of the Internet with respect to medical consultations?" at the Healthcare Summit held at the Birchwood Conference Centre in
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