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Engaged scholar

Engaged scholarship and social responsibility are core values that inform my practice as an academic. I use my expertise to contribute to the institution, nationally and internationally.

community & Professional engagement

Committees

IFLA SET (Education and Training Section): 2025-2027
Member of the Section for Education and Training (IFLA): 2025 - 2028
Member of the UCT Research Impact task team led by the Executive Director of Research, 2024
Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T): Africa Chapter – Chair (2023/2024)
Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T): Publications Committee – Chair (2022/2023)
Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Africa Chapter Assembly Representative (2020/2022 & 2022/2023)
African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA): LIS Education and Training – Vice-Chair (2019-2021 & 2021-2023)
Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T): Cabinet Representative for the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) (2021/2022)

Board membership

Chair of the South African National Council for Library and Information Services (NCLIS): 2025-2028
Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Library and Information Science (JOLIS): 2025 – Current
Editorial Board Member for African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science (AJLAIS): 2023 – Current
Literature Services Advisory Board for Europe PubMed Central (PMC) and European Molecular Biology Laboratory European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI): 2024-2026