Dear Subject Librarians and e-Librarians,

My name is S’fiso Mbusi Sibiya, I am a Masters Candidate registered for the programme Masters in Information Science, at the University of Zululand.

You are invited to participate in a study which seeks assist academic libraries in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa at large in improving and reorganizing their programmes and services while formulating effective measures related to digital/multimedia literacy.

The research aims to:

1. To identify available multimedia literacy programmes in selected academic libraries
2. To ascertain resources supporting the provision of multimedia literacy programmes in selected academic libraries.  
3. To find out the digital literacy competencies of the librarians           
4. To establish the challenges facing academic libraries in the provision of multimedia literacy programmes.

Research participant criteria

All subject librarians and Electronic Librarians (e-Librarians).

Study Procedure

If you agree to participate in this study, you will be asked to participate in an online interview (Via Microsoft Teams), which will last approximately 30 Minutes.

Participation is voluntary, and your answers will be kept confidential and used solely for research purposes.

For any additional information, please email me on: mbusisfiso878b@gmail.com or 201914286@stu.unizulu.ac.za.

This study has been granted external ethical review and approval by the UKZN Research Ethics Committee and University of Zululand Research Ethics Committee- Ethical Clearance Ref No: UZ-REC 0691-008

Kindly find attached the Gate keepers' letter, Informed consent document and the Ethical clearance.

Kind Regards

S’fiso Mbusi Sibiya
Mbusisfiso878b@gmail.com or 201914286@stu.unizulu.ac.za

Supervisor: Dr MS Mthembu (mthembusm@unizulu.ac.za)

Co-Supervisor: Professor DN Ocholla (ocholladn@unizulu.ac.za)