Lighton Phiri

Full Name

Lighton Phiri

Email Address

lighton.phiriATunza.zm

Role

Academic Staff

Research Interests

Data Mining

Digital Libraries

Technology-Enhanced Learning

Biography

L.PHIRI is a Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Library and Information Science at The University of Zambia. He was awarded a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Cape Town. His broad research interests lie within the areas of Digital Libraries and Data Mining. He also has on-going research interest in Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) and Technology-Enhanced Learning.

Projects

Automatic Classification of IR Objects

Smart IR Deposit Platform

Scholarly Research Output Online Visibility

Zambia National ETD Portal

Enterprise Medical Imaging

Educational Data Mining

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.	More Info.

**2022**
Kasonde, Cecilia, Adrian Chisale, and Lighton Phiri. 2022. “Empirical Evaluation Of Etd-Ms Compliance In Institutional Repositories”. In 25Th International Symposium On Electronic Theses And Dissertations. Novi Sad, Serbia: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7084847.	More Info.
Zulu, Ernest Obbie, and Lighton Phiri. 2022. “Enterprise Medical Imaging For Improved Radiological Workflows: Towards An Interoperable And Standards-Based Medical Imaging Platform In Public Health Facilities In Zambia”. In Zambia Digital Health Conference 2022. Lusaka, Zambia: Ministry of Health. https://www.moh.gov.zm/?wpfb_dl=160.	More Info.
Zulu, Ernest Obbie, and Lighton Phiri. 2022. “Enterprise Medical Imaging In The Global South: Challenges And Opportunities”. In 2022 Ist-Africa Conference. IEEE.	More Info.
Chanda, Mulenga, Elizabeth Chirwa, Mirriam Kamanga, Mwenya Kayula, and Lighton Phiri. 2022. “Factors Influencing Co-Creation Of Open Education Resources Using Learning Object Repositories”. In 14Th International Conference On Computer Supported Education (Csedu 2022), 405-412. SciTePress. doi:10.5220/0011090300003182.	More Info.