Mary Nassimbeni

Mary Nassimbeni is Emerita Associate Professor in the Library and Information Studies Centre.

Mary has a PhD in library and information studies from the University of Cape Town. Her research interests include a study of public libraries in South Africa – their role and impact, and reading.  Mary supervises Master’s and PhD students in the Department. She is a Board member of Biblionef, an NGO in Cape Town which donates books in mother tongue to help children and adolescents who have no access to library materials. Currently she is part of a research team doing an evaluation project, :Providing Storybooks and Mentoring to Foundation Phase Teachers at 10 Schools, in the Inchanga Circuit”

Selected publications from the last few years

 

Hart, G. & Nassimbeni, M. 2019. All together now? New hopes for the transformation of South African schooling from the National Policy for Library and Information Services (NPLIS). Proceedings of the 48th Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship and the 23rd International Forum on Research in School Librarianship, (pp. 1-10). Edmonton, Canada: University of Alberta. https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/slw/index.php/iasl. DOI: https://doi.org/10.29173/iasl7388

Hart, G. & Nassimbeni, M. 2018. The value of information in the new South African democracy. Library Management, 39 (5): 322-335

De Jager, K, Nassimbeni, M, Daniels, W and D’Angelo, A. 2018. The use of academic libraries in turbulent times: student library behaviour and academic performance at the University of Cape Town. Performance measurement and metrics, 19 (01): 40-52. https://doi.org/10.1108/PMM-09-2017-0037

Hart, G. & Nassimbeni, M. 2018. Great expectations? Building comprehensive policy for South African Library and Information Services. 10th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference, Chania Crete, 22-25 May 2018.

Skarzynski, Janusz. & Nassimbeni, Mary. 2016. Evaluating the impact of the public library book collection: a case study of two public libraries in Cape Town. South African journal of libraries and information science, 82 (1): 26-35. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7553/82-1-1597

Hart, Genevieve and Nassimbeni, Mary. 2016. Libraries and a "Better Life for All": The Politics, Processes, and Promises of the South African LIS Transformation Charter. Library trends, 65 (2): 198-216. Available: http://muse.jhu.edu/article/638282

De Jager, K., Nassimbeni, M. & Underwood, P. 2015. Library Studies at the University of Cape Town: an Historical Overview. In Bitso, C. and Raju, R. (Eds.). LIS education and research in a dynamic information landscape. pp. 1-10. Cape Town: University of Cape Town Libraries. ISBN: 978-0-7992-2526-6. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15641/0-7992-2526-6

Nassimbeni, M. & De Jager, K. 2014. Even we can read: Evaluating the impact of a project to expand library services to visually impaired users in rural South Africa. Libri. 64(3):247-253. DOI: 10.1515/libri-2014-0018 

De Jager, K., Nassimbeni, M. & Crowster, N. 2014. Developing a new librarian: library research support in South Africa. Information Development 1-8. DOI: 10.1177/0266666914542032

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Nassimbeni, Mary & Shabangu, Joy. 2015. Aspirations and contradictions: The role of public libraries in the fight against HIV/AIDS in developing countries, with special reference to Swaziland. Information Development. 31(1): 83-88.

Nassimbeni, Mary & De Jager, Karin. 2014. Even we can read: Evaluating the impact of a project to expand library services to visually impaired users in rural South Africa. Libri. 64(3):247-253. DOI 10.1515/libri-2014-0018

De Jager, Karin, Nassimbeni, Mary & Crowster, Nikki. 2014. Developing a new librarian: library research support in South Africa. Information Development 1-8. DOI: 10.1177/0266666914542032

Crowster, Nikki, De Jager, Karin & Nassimbeni, Mary. 2013. Doing it together: effective collaboration in technical and scientific university libraries. Proceedings of the 2013 IATUL Conference. Cape Town. Available:  http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2013/papers/49/

Hart, Genevieve and Nassimbeni, Mary. 2013. From boundaries to landscapes in the ecosystem: reconfiguring library services for South African youth. South African journal for libraries and information science, 79 (1): 13-21