Dr. Ina Fourie is a full professor, Head of Department of Information Science and Chair of the School of Information Technology, University of Pretoria. She is a rated South African researcher with international acknowledgement of her work. Her main research focus is on information behaviour, current awareness services, information literacy and autoethnography with special reference to cancer, palliative care and existential contexts. She is a regular speaker and author in national and international contexts (library and information science, education and healthcare). Ina serves on the editorial advisory boards of several international journals. She is Vice Chair of the ISIC (Information Seeking in Context) Steering Committee and part of the ASIS&T (Association of Information Science and Technology) Executive Board (Treasurer). She has published more than 130 articles, books and conference papers and has presented in more than 17 countries.
