Conference Presentation at JCDL 2021: Improved Discoverability of Digital Objects in Institutional Repositories Using Controlled Vocabularies

Improved Discoverability of Digital Objects in Institutional RepositoriesLighton gave a talk at the 2021 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2021) conference that was hosted by the School of Information Sciences of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The event was held between September 27–30, 2021, and was held virtually, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The talk was based on a peer-reviewed publication titled "Improved Discoverability Of Digital Objects In Institutional Repositories Using Controlled Vocabularies". The peer-reviewed paper is primarily based on a capstone research project conducted by Bertha Chipangila, Eric Liswaniso, Andrew Mawila, Philomena Mwanza and Daisy Nawila] and, additionally, aspects of work from a Master's dissertation by Robert M'sendo

Associated Publications

2023
Chipangila, Bertha, Eric Liswaniso, Andrew Mawila, Philomena Mwanza, Daisy Nawila, Robert M'sendo, Mayumbo Nyirenda, and Lighton Phiri. 2023. “Controlled Vocabularies In Digital Libraries: Challenges And Solutions For Increased Discoverability Of Digital Objects”. International Journal On Digital Libraries, 17. doi:10.1007/s00799-023-00374-1.
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2021
Chipangila, Bertha, Eric Liswaniso, Andrew Mawila, Philomena Mwanza, Daisy Nawila, Robert Msendo, Mayumbo Nyirenda, and Lighton Phiri. 2021. “Improved Discoverability Of Digital Objects In Institutional Repositories Using Controlled Vocabularies”. In 2021 Acm/Ieee Joint Conference On Digital Libraries (Jcdl 2021). Champaign, IL, USA: IEEE. doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/JCDL52503.2021.00022.
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2019
Chipangila, Bertha, Eric Liswaniso, Andrew Mawila, Philomena Mwanza, and Daisy Nawila. 2019. “Investigating The Effectiveness Of Integrating Controlled Subject Vocabulary Sets In The University Of Zambia Institutional Repository”. Lusaka: The University of Zambia. http://lis.unza.zm/archive/handle/123456789/22.
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