TY - GEN
T1 - Factors impeding south african libraries, archives and museums from collaborating for digitisation purposes
AU - Mabe, Kagiso
AU - Potgieter, Andrea
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Academics can argue that without digitisation, e-learning cannot take place. This study aimed to determine the factors that prevent South African Libraries, Archives and Museums (LAMs) from collaborating to digitise their collections. The study aimed to fill a gap identified in another study, which unfolded that even though LAMs in South Africa understood the benefits of collaboration for digitisation purposes, these collaborations were not occurring. As such, the study's objectives were "to determine the factors impeding South African LAMs collaboration, and to determine what LAMs should do to overcome impediments to collaboration". To fulfil these objectives, a literature review was utilised together with non-standardised, semi-structured interviews. The study's sample size included 21 participants stationed at 16 different LAMs in South Africa. Following transcription, ATLAS.ti assisted with analysing the data collected. Some of the findings were that even though the ground staff is open to collaboration, there are various impediments to collaborating with other institutions. One impediment was the lack of buy-in from upper management. Another impediment being the lack of collaboration due to the shortage of staff found in South African LAMs, which leads to the overworking of staff and not having the time to collaborate. In adding to the value of the study, it was also essential to determine what LAMs could do to overcome the identified barriers to collaboration. This paper can thus be utilised to help raise awareness of the hindrances to collaboration for digitisation purposes. Additionally, the study identifies ways to overcome some of these hindrances and foster more collaborations between South African LAMs for digitisation purposes. Conducting this study was essential, as these three institutions are houses of indigenous knowledge. Hence, the digitisation of their collections is critical for facilitating e-learning for the public space.
AB - Academics can argue that without digitisation, e-learning cannot take place. This study aimed to determine the factors that prevent South African Libraries, Archives and Museums (LAMs) from collaborating to digitise their collections. The study aimed to fill a gap identified in another study, which unfolded that even though LAMs in South Africa understood the benefits of collaboration for digitisation purposes, these collaborations were not occurring. As such, the study's objectives were "to determine the factors impeding South African LAMs collaboration, and to determine what LAMs should do to overcome impediments to collaboration". To fulfil these objectives, a literature review was utilised together with non-standardised, semi-structured interviews. The study's sample size included 21 participants stationed at 16 different LAMs in South Africa. Following transcription, ATLAS.ti assisted with analysing the data collected. Some of the findings were that even though the ground staff is open to collaboration, there are various impediments to collaborating with other institutions. One impediment was the lack of buy-in from upper management. Another impediment being the lack of collaboration due to the shortage of staff found in South African LAMs, which leads to the overworking of staff and not having the time to collaborate. In adding to the value of the study, it was also essential to determine what LAMs could do to overcome the identified barriers to collaboration. This paper can thus be utilised to help raise awareness of the hindrances to collaboration for digitisation purposes. Additionally, the study identifies ways to overcome some of these hindrances and foster more collaborations between South African LAMs for digitisation purposes. Conducting this study was essential, as these three institutions are houses of indigenous knowledge. Hence, the digitisation of their collections is critical for facilitating e-learning for the public space.
KW - Collaboration
KW - Digitisation
KW - E-learning
KW - Impediments
KW - LAMs
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121585685&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.34190/EEL.21.095
DO - 10.34190/EEL.21.095
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85121585685
SN - 9781914587191
T3 - Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL
SP - 275
EP - 281
BT - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2021
A2 - Busch, Carsten
A2 - Steinicke, Martin
A2 - Frieß, Regina
A2 - Wendler, Tilo
PB - Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited
T2 - 20th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2021
Y2 - 28 October 2021 through 29 October 2021
ER -
