Marginalized Knowledge: An Agenda for Indigenous Knowledge Development and Integration with Other Forms of Knowledge

TABLE: 1. NATURE OF AUTHORHIP IN KENYA AND SOUTH AFRICA

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LISTA (KENYA)
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AUTHORS	NO. OF ARTICLES	%		CO- AUTHORSHIP	%	SINGLE AUTHORSHIP	%
5	11	89%		3	27%	7	63%
LISTA (SOUTH AFRICA) N=3
AUTHORS	NO OF ARTICLES	%	CO-AUTHORSHIP		%	SINGLE AUTHORSHIP	%
3	3	11%	2		67%	1	33%

TABLE: 2.NATURE OF AUTHORSHIP IN KENYA AND SOUTH AFRICA

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WORLDCAT (KENYA)
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AUTHORS	NO OF ARTICLES	%	CO-AUTHORSHIP	%	SINGLE AUTHORSHIP	%
6	16	76%	6	38%	10	62%
WORLDCAT (SOUTH AFRICA) N=5
AUTHORS	NO.OF ARTICLES	%	CO-AUTHORSHIP	%	SINGLE AUTHORSHIP	%
3	5	24%	1	20%	4	80%

Table 3: AUTHORS WHO PUBLISHED MORE THAN ONE ARTICLE

No.	NAME OF AUTHOR	COUNTRY	AFILIATION	NO. OF ARTICLES	DATABASE
1	Tanui arap Tirong	Kenya	Moi university	7	LISTA/WORLDCAT
2	Shibanda, G.G.	Kenya	Moi university	7	LISTA/WORLDCAT
3	Dubbled Catherine E.	S.Africa	Kwa Zulu Natal	3	LISTA/WORLDCAT
4	Khamadi, S.I.D	Kenya	Moi University	2	LISTA/WORLDCAT
5	Inoti, V.I	Kenya	Nairobi University	2	LISTA/WORLDCAT

Table 3 is an analysis of the top ten authors who published more than one article. It indicates that there were only five authors who published two or more times. Tanui Arap Tirong and Shibanda, G. G. from Kenya authored 7 of the documents. South Africa’s Dubbled Catherine produced three documents.

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   Sources publishing Library and Information Science research in KENYA and SOUTH AFRICA from 1990 to 2005
   

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able 4: SOURCES PUBLISHING LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH IN LISTA DATABASE

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		KENYA		S.AFRICA
NO	SOURCES	LISTA	%	LISTA	%
		Articles		Articles
1	Library Review	5	36%	0	0%
2	Information development journals	1	7%	0	0%
3	Information management	1	7%	0	0%
4	Quarterly bulletin of the international association	1	7%	0	0%
5	Library management	1	7%	0	0%
6	Journal of Interlibrary loan and documents	1	7%	0	0%
7	Online and CD-ROM review	1	7%	0	0%
8	Southern African journal of library and information science	0	0%	2	14%
9	Electronic library	1	7%	0	0%

Table 4 shows that Kenyan academic librarians published 5 (36%) of their articles in Library Review, while South Africa published 0 (0%) in the journal. South African academic librarians published 2 (14%) in the South African Journal of Library and Information science. Other journals, such as the Information Development Journal, Information Management, Quarterly Bulletin of the International Association, Library Management, Journal of Interlibrary Loan and Documents, Electronic Library, all published 1(7.1) Kenyan article and 0 (0%) South African articles.

Table 5: SOURCES PUBLISHING LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH IN LISTA DATABASE

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		KENYA		S.AFRICA
NO.	SOURCES	WORLDCAT		WORLDCAT
		Articles	%	Articles	%
1	Library Review	7	33.3%	0	0%
2	Library Management	3	14.3%	0	0%
1	Oxford Publishers	1	4.76%	0	0%
2	SCANULS (ECS)	1	4.76%	0	0%
5	New Library World	1	4.76%	0	0%
6	Campus Wide Information Systems	1	4.76%	0	0%
7	For Full Text	1	4.76%	0	0%
8	Kenya Economic Association	1	0%	0	0%
9	University of Zululand	0	0%	1	4.76%
10	Electronic Libraries	0	0%	1	4.76%
11	Southern African Institute of International Affairs	0	0%	1	4.76%
12	E.G.Malherbe Library	0	0%	1	4.76%
13	University of Natal	0	0%	1	4.76%

Table 5 shows that in the WORLDCAT database, Kenyan academic librarians published 7 (33.3%) of their articles in the Library Review journal, and 3 (14.3%) in Library Management. South Africa did not publish in these journals. Kenyan academic librarians also published 1 (4.76%) of their articles in each of the following journals/publishers: Oxford, SCANULS (ECS), New Library World, Campus Wide Information Systems, and For full text. South African academic librarians published 1 (4.76%) in Electronic Libraries. South Africa had other publications published by universities, such as the University of Zululand and the University of Natal.

Table 6: Subject published
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		KENYA		SOUTH AFRICA
NO.	SUBJECT	LISTA		LISTA
		Subject	%	Subject	%
1	Library orientation	2	14.3%	0	0%
2	Document delivery	1	7.1%	0	0%
3	Information dissemination	1	7.1%	0	0%
4	HIV infection	1	7.1%	0	0%
5	Information technology	1	7.1%	0	0%
6	Library collection	1	7.1%	0	0%
7	Library building	1	7.1%	0	0%
8	CD-ROM	1	7.1%	1	7.1%
9	Inter library loan	1	7.1%	0	0%
10	Reserve collection in libraries	1	7.1%	0	0%
11	Rural women	0	0%	1	7.1%
12	Electronic journals	0	0%	1	7.1%

Table 6 indicates that academic librarians in Kenya published 3 (14.3%) articles on library orientation, while South Africa published 0 (0%) on the subject. Document delivery, Information dissemination, HIV infection, Information technology, Library collection, Library building, Inter library loans and Reserve collections, each totaled 1(7.1%) of the subjects covered by Kenyan academic librarians. South Africa published 0 (0%) on these subjects. South African academic librarians published 1 (7.1%) on Rural Women and 1 (7.1%) on Electronic libraries. Kenya published 0 (0%) on these subjects.