Professor Dennis Ocholla

Professor Dennis Ocholla graduated with a PhD in Library and Information Science in Kiev and Saint Petersburg/Leningrad in the former USSR in 1988. He is currently a Research Fellow at UNIZULU after retirement in 2022. He joined the University of Zululand as Professor (FP) and Head of the Department of Library and Information Science (1996-2014) and appointed Senior Professor at the University in 2006. He started his academic career at Moi University in Kenya, as a lecturer in 1988 and later Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Library and Information Studies before moving to the University of Botswana as a Visiting Scholar (1995-96). He has served the University 0f Zululand as Dean (1998-99), Vice Dean (2007-2011), Deputy Dean of Research and Internationalization (2014-2019), in the Faculty of Arts (now Humanities and Social Sciences). His research and teaching interest-where he has published and graduated many masters and PhDs- include- information seeking, KM and IKS, ICT4D/Human computer interaction-user interfaces, LISE, data science- bibliometric /informetrics, information practices-information seeking, information ethics, scholarly communication, and research methods. He serves/has served in the editorial and peer review boards of many local (RSA) (e.g. SAJLIS) and international journals (e.g. Library Management, Informetrics, LIBRI), conferences and research organizations/councils. He was the Editor -in- Chief of Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (2009-2022) and before that, Editor -in- Chief of South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science (2002- 2008). He has received research awards including NRF [RSA] established researcher rating(until 2028).Some of his research publications can be accessed at- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OJHFQG0AAAAJ&hl=en