Prof Mashilo Modiba

Prof Mashilo Thomas Modiba is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Science at the University of South Africa. He is an information science scholar and researcher specialising in artificial intelligence, archives and records management, smart libraries, cloud computing, big data, blockchain, robotics and other emerging technologies. He holds qualifications from the University of Limpopo and UNISA, including a PhD in Information Science.

His doctoral research examined the use of artificial intelligence in records management at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa. His current scholarship explores the application of emerging technologies within information management, archives, records management and library services, with a particular interest in the Fifth Industrial Revolution and smart information environments. He is actively involved in postgraduate supervision, academic publishing, conference participation and the development of emerging scholars.