Lighton Phiri

Full Name
Lighton Phiri
Email Address
lighton.phiriATunza.zm
Role
Academic Staff
Biography

Dr. Lighton Phiri is a Lecturer and Researcher 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.

Publications
2023
Phiri, Lighton. 2023. “Electronic Journal Publishing Using Open Journal Systems”. presented at the Higher Education Authority.
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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 25 (2). Springer: 139-55. doi:10.1007/s00799-023-00374-1.
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Phiri, Lighton, and Ernest Obbie Zulu. 2023. “Enterprise Medical Imaging for Streamlined Radiological Diagnosis in Zambian Public Health Facilities”. presented at the 2023 DRGS Research Seed Grant Symposium, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Chisale, Adrian, and Lighton Phiri. 2023. “Towards Metadata Completeness in National ETD Portals for Improved Discoverability”. In 26th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD 2023). Gujarat, India: INFLIBNET Centre. http://ir.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/1944/2446.
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Chalwe, Christabel, Chisanga Chanda, Lweendo Muzyamba, Joe Mwape, and Lighton Phiri. 2023. “WikiMotivate: A Facebook Plugin for Motivating Content Creation and Contribution on Wikipedia”. Lusaka: University of Zambia.
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