Papers by Trywell Kalusopa
Information Technology has changed the way information is processed, stored and disseminated. The... more Information Technology has changed the way information is processed, stored and disseminated. The prime aim of publishing is to disseminate new research findings as widely as possible in a timely and efficient manner. The ultimate goal of EP is to provide fast and easy access to information contained in the publications with simple, powerful search and retrieval capabilities. This paper presents literature reviews of EP, traces its developments and explores the components of EP with the benefits. It examines the rationale for copyright in digital age and trace development of EP in Africa with the challenges. The paper concludes that the future of EP in Africa is brighter with the great potential to flourish.
ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives, 2018
ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives, 2015
Information needs of users have been examined both generally and as they pertain to particular ty... more Information needs of users have been examined both generally and as they pertain to particular types and formats of information. Barriers to information have also been investigated, including those which are situational and also across certain domains and socioeconomic contexts. Unified studies concerning both information needs and barriers are needed. Both are likely always present in any given interactive search situation; further, users' attempts to satisfy their own individualized information needs will likely encounter barriers of some sort. The present study employed a survey method to collect users' perceptions of video information needs and barriers as part of recent video search situations. Findings from this analysis establish a unified framework, based on the themes emerging directly from the responses of users, and present the suitability and benefit for informing future designs and evaluations of user-centered interactive retrieval tools.
Routledge eBooks, May 11, 2022
South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science
For decades, public hospitals have relied on managing records manually using different formats of... more For decades, public hospitals have relied on managing records manually using different formats of classification. However, driven by an eHealth strategy, hospitals in South Africa are now changing to electronic health records (EHR) systems for their day-to-day functioning. Earlier studies conducted on health records management in the South African provinces of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Limpopo, Eastern Cape, Gauteng and Western Cape, all point to minimal evidence of change management in EHR system implementation in public hospitals. This paper presents empirical results of an investigation into the management of change in the implementation of an EHR system at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Public Hospital in the eThekwini area of KZN. The findings show that an ill-defined change management approach in the EHR system implementation hinders the progress of the implementation and thus the improvement of health service delivery. The study recommends that the implementation of a robust an...
Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development, 2020
This study comparatively investigates the integration of medical records management requirements ... more This study comparatively investigates the integration of medical records management requirements in the ICTs/electronic health systems in two hospitals: a public and private hospital in the Umhlathuze Area, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The study made a comparison and examined whether the current management practices support service delivery in the context of the Batho Pele principles. In doing this, the study reviewed extensive literature on records management by assessing the depth of the integration of ICTs in the management of medical records in South Africa. The targeted study sample in both the public and private hospital was 193.
Information Development, 2021
The purpose of the paper was to highlight the digitization of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) ... more The purpose of the paper was to highlight the digitization of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) in institutional repositories in South Africa with a view to develop a framework for Web archiving IKS-related websites in South Africa. Anchored on the interpretivist paradigm, the qualitative research method was adopted for this research. The multiple case study research strategy was considered appropriate for the study. Data was gathered through face-to-face in-depth interviews and content analysis. Interviews were conducted with eight IKS staff at the IKS Documentation Centres across four provinces in South Africa. The study revealed that although there are efforts to digitize IKS and make them accessible through some channels online, there are no specific digital preservation policies guiding the project. Apart from the fact that there are policies in place to support any Web archiving initiative, the concept of Web archiving was generally unfamiliar to the respondents. The responde...
Handbook of Research on Heritage Management and Preservation, 2018
As the digital world unfolds, Africa continues to grapple with the issues of preservation and acc... more As the digital world unfolds, Africa continues to grapple with the issues of preservation and access of digital materials. This chapter demonstrates through a systematic literature review how Africa could learn from other efforts in the world to develop and guide their own strategic and policy options to deal with issues of preservation and access of digital materials. The chapter reviews literature on global or universal collaborative strategies and efforts on digital preservation initiated in the developed world as a learning curve for Africa. The current challenges of national and institutional capacities regarding the preservation of digital materials in selected African countries that have made some visible efforts and impact are also discussed. The chapter then makes several recommendations on the strategic and policy options for improving the state of material preservation, human and material requirements in order to improve the long-term preservation, and standards for the l...
Handbook of Research on Heritage Management and Preservation, 2018
As the digital world unfolds, Africa continues to grapple with the issues of preservation and acc... more As the digital world unfolds, Africa continues to grapple with the issues of preservation and access of digital materials. This chapter demonstrates through a systematic literature review how Africa could learn from other efforts in the world to develop and guide their own strategic and policy options to deal with issues of preservation and access of digital materials. The chapter reviews literature on global or universal collaborative strategies and efforts on digital preservation initiated in the developed world as a learning curve for Africa. The current challenges of national and institutional capacities regarding the preservation of digital materials in selected African countries that have made some visible efforts and impact are also discussed. The chapter then makes several recommendations on the strategic and policy options for improving the state of material preservation, human and material requirements in order to improve the long-term preservation, and standards for the l...
This paper presents the extent of the integration of ICT systems in records management in labour ... more This paper presents the extent of the integration of ICT systems in records management in labour organisations in Botswana. The study was largely guided by a survey research strategy. All the 50 registered labour organisations in Botswana were surveyed, 45 of which responded, representing a response rate of 90%.The findings of the study indicated that the depth of electronic records management in terms of existing office systems; e-mail management; integration of records management in ICT systems; integration of ICT systems across computing platforms; and integration of electronic and paper-based record management systems in labour organisation remains low but firmly evolving. It recommends that labour organisations need to re-strategize and put benchmarks in relation to the manner in which they manage electronic records and information.
Journal of the South African Society of Archivists
The purpose of the study was to assess the digital preservation capability maturity readiness in ... more The purpose of the study was to assess the digital preservation capability maturity readiness in the context of e-government in Botswana Public Service with a view to developing a strategic framework that ensures digital continuity. The study adopted a pragmatic paradigm and case study which were deployed in each of the six selected ministries as a unit of analysis. The target population was 102 respondents from six key purposively sampled ministries. Seventy-nine questionnaires were distributed, of which 55 were completed and returned. Interviews were conducted with 21 staff being senior managers, managers for human resources and administration, heads of divisions for records management units, archives unit, ICT managers and senior records managers. Formal participatory observations of documents were conducted. The study’s findings showed that the Botswana public service has no unified national information systems to manage public sector records, which led to some ministries adopti...
Information knowledge and technology for development in Africa
International Journal of Library Science, 2015
The objective of this paper is to establish the relationship that exists between irrigation farme... more The objective of this paper is to establish the relationship that exists between irrigation farmers and extension workers through agricultural knowledge and support systems. To find out the type of information needs of irrigation farmers. To also find out whether these public extension workers are adequate to meet the growing number of irrigation farmers in the study area. The paper will also find out whether the E.W was exposed to ICT. The paper will also examine the challenges faced by the E.W, in disseminating agricultural knowledge and information to the irrigation farmers. The findings from the paper revealed the following problems; such as the inadequacy of the extension workers, lack of exposure to new technologies and also the dearth of an extensive literature. Seventy Two (72) extension workers were selected through census sampling techniques. Focus group interview and questionnaire were used in eliciting information from them. SPSS package was used to analysed the data, al...
Records Management Journal, 2021
Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the digital preservation policies and plans for lo... more Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the digital preservation policies and plans for long-term digital preservation in selected repositories in South Africa, with a view to develop a digital preservation framework for the preservation of Indigenous knowledge system (IKS) in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach Through the multiple case study research design, data was obtained from eight respondents in four Indigenous Knowledge Systems Documentation Centers (IKSDCs) in institutions that are part of the National Recordal Systems (NRS) initiative across four provinces in South Africa using in-depth face-to-face interviews. Data collected was also supplemented with the content analysis of several policy documents in South Africa. Findings The findings reveal that there are no digital preservation policies in place in the institutions, especially long-term digital preservation for IKS. However, some of the institutions are formulating policies that will include the managem...
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