Contact Info

Inkanyiso Building Office 118 Ground Floor

Phone: +27 35 902 6325

Prof GV Jiyane

Professor & HOD

Qualifications:

STD (Eshowe college) Cert (Online Teaching & Assessment) Maryland, USA, B(LIS), B Hons (LIS), M (LIS) PhD (LIS), (UNIZULU)

About

Velile is a full professor of Information Science in the Department of Information Studies at the University of Zululand. She is an NRF rated researcher and has published significantly in the area of school, public, academic, where she also supervises postgraduate students on issues of information access, information use, information seeking and knowledge management. Her other interest is on women research

Research Interests

  • School, Public & Academic Libraries
  • Information access, use, seeking and sharing
  • Knowledge Management
  • Information Literacy
  • Women, climate change

Professional membership

  • Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA)
  • African Library and Information Association s and Institutions (AfLIA)
  • International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)