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

Dennis N. Ocholla ²⁸ ([e-mail]),

Department of Library and Information Science

University of Zululand

South Africa

And
Lyudmilla Ocholla²⁹ – ([e-mail],)

University of Zululand Library,

University of Zululand,

South Africa

Abstract

This paper intends to promote an awareness of the overall research output in library and information science in South Africa, and is based on a publication count and analysis of peer refereed articles indexed in the LISA and Thompson Scientific(formely ISI) Web of Science databases between 1993 –2006, using journal, subject and author indicators for the analysis. The recommendations are in favour of expanding the publication threshold by diversifying the output such that it includes currently marginalised domains.