Developing a framework for web archiving of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) in selected repositories in South Africa
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2021
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University of Namibia
Abstract
Indigenous Knowledge is a very important knowledge and developmental tool in Africa. There is a growing trend in the digitisation of heritage materials in Africa but while there is consensus on the importance of digitising IK in Africa, there are issues with ensuring long-term preservation so that digital information is permanently secured and protected. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to discuss the Indigenous Knowledge Systems efforts in Africa. The scope of this paper is the digitisation of IKS in South Africa and how Web archiving can be adopted in ensuring the trustworthiness of IKS in academic institutional repositories. This paper adopted literature review and web content analysis to collect relevant information and make an inference. The paper, therefore, shows that South Africa
is one of the few countries in Africa that has invested immense effort in the use of technology and digitisation of IKS. However, there is a need to consider issues related to the long-term preservation of these digital materials. There is currently a lack of policy and digital preservation frameworks, especially in Africa.
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Indigenous knowledge, Digitisation, Web archiving, Digital preservation
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Balogun, T., & Kalusopa, T. (2021). Developing a framework for web archiving of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) in selected repositories in South Africa. In C. Mnubi-Mchombu., Nengomasha, C., W. Uutoni (Ed.), Proceedings of the 24th Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations, pp. 293- 300.