Collection and Curation: Volume 43 Issue 1

Institutional repository infrastructure: a survey of Ghanaian public universities

Osman Imoro, Nampombe Saurombe

Ghanaian public universities have fully embraced the concept of open access. This is evident in the increasing numbers of institutional repositories (IRs) by universities in…

Faculty–librarian cooperation in collection development at the University of Namibia library, with special reference to electronic resources

Maria Ashilungu, Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which teaching staff cooperated with librarians in collection development, specifically in relation to electronic…

Transforming a provincial archive through the collection of sports memories: experiences of the Gauteng province in South Africa

Mpho Ngoepe, Sizwe Mbuyisa, Nampombe Saurombe, Joseph Matshotshwane

South African public archives have not been able to transform into active documenters of society. As a result, they cannot carry out their mandate of collecting non-public records…

Accessing collective memory: the role of oral history in building an inclusive archives reflecting a people’s archives

Isabel Schellnack-Kelly

The purpose of this article is to discuss accessing oral history in building an inclusive archives from communities that once dwelled in the Kruger National Park. In March 2022…