Welcome to Boloka, the open access Institutional Repository of the North-West University (NWU-IR). This is a digital archive that collects, preserves and distributes research material created by members of the NWU.
The aim of the NWU-IR is to increase the visibility, availability and impact of the research output of the North-West University through Open Access, search engine indexing and harvesting by several initiatives.
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Africana Collection [352]
Conference Papers [493]
Inaugural Lectures [332]
Journals [3750]
Publications [27]
Research Output [11390]
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The linguistic-cultural impact of the institutional repository of North-West University, South Africa
(Archlib & Information Services, 2018)This paper analyses the content of the North West University Institutional Repository (NWU-IR), also known as Boloka - a term that means “to save” in the Setswana language. The paper uses the documents hosted by Boloka to ... -
The history, deployment, and future of institutional repositories in public universities in South Africa
(Elsevier, 2017)This paper investigates the history, deployment, and content of institutional repositories (IRs) in public universities in South Africa. Some of the local, national and international drivers and enablers that ensure the ... -
Providing access to students with print disabilities: the case of the North-West University in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Academic libraries should be accessible to all students and relevant stakeholders. Students with print disabilities are found in many universities worldwide. This article examines the services and tools that are available ... -
Job satisfaction levels and reasons for absenteeism amongst teachers at two high schools in the Secondary South Region, Kanye – Botswana
(North-West University, 2015)This study, undertaken in a Botswana context, contributes to a wider understanding of the factors that influence the job satisfaction levels of teachers against the backdrop of the scarcity of school resources characterising ... -
Underemployment and unemployment in South Africa’s informal sector: a case study of Potchefstroom
(North-West University, 2018)The main aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence, type and probable effects of skills-related underemployment in the car-guarding, waste-picking and day-labouring informal sub-sectors of South Africa’s informal ...
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