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Information technology and deskilling of professional cataloguers with special reference to academic libraries in the Western Cape

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dc.contributor.supervisor De Jager, Karin
dc.contributor.author Lephoto, M.
dc.date.accessioned 2020-11-03T14:50:48Z
dc.date.available 2020-11-03T14:50:48Z
dc.date.issued 1996
dc.identifier.citation Lephoto, M. (1996). <i>Information technology and deskilling of professional cataloguers with special reference to academic libraries in the Western Cape</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Library and Information Studies Centre (LISC). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17439 en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17439
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.tml.nul.ls/handle/20.500.14155/1462
dc.description.abstract An investigation was undertaken to establish whether it was possible to assume that information technology has had an influence of the skills levels in the jobs of cataloguers. The research was conducted in two parts: the literature survey and the empirical investigation. The survey of literature was done on the literature from the United States of America (USA), from the United Kingdom (UK) and also from limited South African resource. The overseas literature was related to the situation in South Africa. The empirical investigation was confined to the academic libraries in the Western Cape region of South Africa. For the empirical investigation a mail questionnaire was constructed and sent to respondents in order to determine whether information technology was indeed affecting the skills of cataloguers in the academic libraries. 'The analysis of data obtained from the results of the questionnaire indicated that there was no sign of a negative influence in the skills levels of cataloguers in Western Cape Africa. Indeed, it seemed was apparent from the analysis of data that cataloguers find information technology to be a positive influence on their skills and on enhancing their status. en_ZA
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher University of Cape Town en_ZA
dc.rights University of Cape Town en_ZA
dc.subject Academic libraries en_ZA
dc.subject South Africa en_ZA
dc.subject Western Cape en_ZA
dc.subject Cataloguers en_ZA
dc.title Information technology and deskilling of professional cataloguers with special reference to academic libraries in the Western Cape en_ZA
dc.type Thesis en_ZA
dc.description.degree Master's degree en_ZA


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