Providing access to students with print disabilities: The case of the North-West University in South Africa     

Neli Kaunda  Sabelo Chizwina 《Journal Of Access Services》2019,16(1):6-20

Academic libraries should be accessible to all students and relevant stakeholders. Students with print disabilities are found in many universities worldwide. This article examines the services and tools that are available at the North-West University (NWU) in South Africa. Literature was used to identify how services, signage, and tools that should be included in an academic library to ensure access for all. The study found that the NWU had limitations in terms of material and assistive technologies. A legislative framework promoting information access for the disabled people was explored. Recommendations are for partnerships to improve material and access to resources.  相似文献   

A model for studying gaps in education: a Swaziland case study in the learning of science     

Marissa Rollnick  Sabelo Manyatsi  Fred Lubben  John Bradley 《International Journal of Educational Development》1998,18(6):453-465

Frequently voiced complaints about gaps between different stages of education systems are seldom thoroughly explored and explained. This paper develops a model to provide a holistic analysis of educational gaps. It does so by first differentiating two aspects of a gap — a momentary and longitudinal aspect and then examining data about the system at both the macro and micro level. A Swazi case study on a perceived gap between the junior and senior secondary stage is used to illustrate the use of the model. The model proved useful in identifying aspects of the gap needing bridging, e.g. progression in teaching and assessing for higher levels, and dispelling myths about disparities that did not exist, e.g. lack of articulation in the content of the syllabus between the two stages.  相似文献   

Interlending Services: Trends,Languages, and use for Collection Development at North-West University     

Siviwe Bangani  Mathew Moyo  Sabelo Chizwina 《Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve》2013,23(3-5):157-179

This paper uses the bibliometrics methods to analyse the interlending service trends, language and collection development at the North-West University. The results show that despite some challenges, ILS services at the NWU decreased. More than 98.5% of all documents requested are in English language followed by Setswana and Afrikaans. Out of the 535 books requested by the Mafikeng Campus, 138 were added to the collection of the library. These results point to a need for academic libraries in Africa to adopt strategies for the development of African languages. The results support the continued use of ILS data for collection development purposes.  相似文献