Noxolo Nqobile Buthelezi

Head of Department and Senior Lecturer

Qualifications:

BA (Library and Information Science), MA (Information Science)

About

Ms Noxolo N Buthelezi is a lecturer at the Department of Information Studies. She holds a Master of Arts in information science obtained in 2022 with a Merit. Noxolo is currently studying towards her PhD in Information Science and lecturing Information Ethics, Information-seeking behaviour, Information Centres, Inforprenueship and Experiential learning and Document Studies.

Buthelezi has participated in five (5) conferences such as: LIASA Conferences, Annual conferences for the Department of Information Studies and Teaching and Learning Conference [UNIZULU]. She has also published one paper in the accredited journal viz, Mousaion. As a research associate, she has supervised one (1) honours’ student who is waiting for graduation in May 2025 and three (3) undergraduate students on their research proposals.

Research Interests

• Ethics,
• Digital literacy,
• Information-Seeking behaviour,
• Information services,
• ICT in LIS and Information needs.

Professional membership

• LIASA