Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Author "Jain, P."
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Bio-factor analysis of library productivity
Jain, P.; Thapisa, A.P.N. (Emerald, 2000)The question of low productivity in Botswana is a cause of concern and a study has been carried out into perceptions about productivity in a sample of academic and public librarians. The main barriers to productivity were ... -
A comparative analysis of strategic human resource management (SHRM) issues in an organisational context
Jain, P. (Emerald, 2005)Purpose – This paper analyses the opinions of the Botswana National Library Service’s (BNLS)Headquarters (HQ)staff and staff of the Botswana public libraries on strategic human resource management issues, which were tested ... -
Developing strategic partnerships for national development: a case of Botswana
Jain, P.; Nfila, R.B. (Emerald, http://www.emeraldinsight.com, 2011)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore how libraries and information centres can play a key role in national development through strategic working partnerships with Government and other stakeholders. Methodology ... -
Diffusing information technology in Botswana: a framework for vision 2016
Jain, P.; Mutula, S.M. (Sage Publications, www.sagepub.com, 2001)Presents the findings of a questionnaire survey carried out to determine the scope of IT diffusion in Botswana in the context of the National Vision 2016. The study was aimed at establishing the extent of IT use in the ... -
An empirical study of knowledge management in academic libraries in East and Southern Africa
Jain, P. (Emerald/www.emeraldinsight.com, 2007)The purpose of this paper is to distinguish between information management (IM) and knowledge management (KM) and present the findings of small-scale research conducted to investigate KM practices in academic libraries ... -
Empowering Africa’s developmentusing ICT in a knowledge management approach
Jain, P. (Emerald, www.emeraldinsight.com, 2006)Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to explore the role of information and communication technology (ICT) using a knowledge management (KM) approach. The knowledge in the context of this paper refers to indigenous ... -
Libraries as learning organisations: implications for knowledge management
Jain, P.; Mutula, S. (Emerald, 2008)The concept of a learning organisation is relevant to all twenty-first century organisations because of increasing complexity, uncertainty and change (Malhotra, 1996). Libraries can benefit significantly as ... -
Managing indigenous knowledge systems in Botswana using informatio and communication technologies
Nfila, R.B.; Jain, P. (2013-08-09)Indigenous Knowledge (IK)and Indigenous Knowledge Systems(IKSs)have long been undermined especially in Africa. Due to its intrinsic values and the advancement of information and communication Technologies (ICTs), only ... -
The role of institutional repository in digital scholarly
Jain, P.; Bentley, G.; Oladiran, M.T. (2013-05-14)In this electronic publishing age, academic institutions including universities have increasingly recognised that an institutional repository (IR) is an essential infrastructure of scholarly dissemination. An IR is a ...