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.
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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.
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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.
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Zulu, Ernest Obbie, and Lighton Phiri. 2022. “Enterprise Medical Imaging In The Global South: Challenges And Opportunities”. In 2022 Ist-Africa Conference. IEEE.
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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.
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