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Digital Scholarship and the role of the university library

Heila Pienaar, University of Pretoria 

The influence of modern information technology (IT) and fundamental changes in education and research beliefs and practices have resulted in what is called digital or e-Scholarship. The e-Information strategy of the Library of the University of Pretoria (UP)  is in the process of making an impact on the Library, UP and national / international e-Endeavors as it is progressing to enable digita or e-Scholarship. The key focus areas of the e-Information strategy are: e-Research, e-Learning, e-Resources, Open Scholarship, Digitisation, Web / Library 2, Repositories and the Library Web. Practical examples of each focus area will be discussed during the presentation. The governance of the e-Strategy is also discussed and the conclusion is that the Library is moving in the right direction to enable Digital or e-Scholarship at the University of Pretoria 

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