Marlene Holmner

Dr. Marlene Holmner holds a DPhil in Information Science from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and is an Associate Professor and the current Head of the Department of the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria. Her research interests lie in the field of Information Ethics, Indigenous Knowledge, ICT for Development, Information and Knowledge Society, Institutional Repositories, Digitization, Mobile Technologies and Curriculum Development. Her work has been published in various academic journals including the South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, Information Development, Innovation and Mousaion. Furthermore, she has published in internationally accredited journals such as Library Hi-Tech, Library Philosophy and Practice and Information Technology for Development, to mention a few. She has presented various papers and led panel discussions at national and international conferences such as ProLISSA, SCECSAL, IFLA, IATUL, ALA, iConference, ASIST and pre-ECIS and AMCIS SIG GlobDev workshops. She has also been the programme chair and co-chair at SIG GlobDev workshops and mini-tracks. She teaches courses related but not limited to these fields at undergraduate and postgraduate level and is the study leader and supervisor of several Masters and PhD students. Marlene is a Microsoft Certified Professional and is a member of various national and international organisations including, the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), the African Centre of Excellence for Information Ethics (ACEIE), the Association of Information Systems (AIS), the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), and iSchool member to mention a few.