{"id":3097,"date":"2026-02-24T15:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ndltd.org\/?page_id=3097"},"modified":"2026-03-02T21:18:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:18:57","slug":"daisy-selematsela","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ndltd.org\/directory\/prior-board-members\/daisy-selematsela\/","title":{"rendered":"Daisy Selematsela"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ndltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DSC4355dd_1-743x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1634\" width=\"254\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ndltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DSC4355dd_1-743x1024.jpg 743w, https:\/\/ndltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DSC4355dd_1-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/ndltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DSC4355dd_1-768x1058.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ndltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DSC4355dd_1-1115x1536.jpg 1115w, https:\/\/ndltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DSC4355dd_1.jpg 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Daisy Selematsela (PhD) is the University Librarian at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wits.ac.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of the Witwatersrand<\/a> (Wits University). She previously served as the Executive Director Library &amp; Information Services at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unisa.ac.za\/sites\/corporate\/default\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of South Africa<\/a> (UNISA) and Acting Vice Principal for Research and Innovation; Executive Director Knowledge Management Corporate at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrf.ac.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NRF<\/a>. An appointed Professor of Practice of Knowledge Management of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uj.ac.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Johannesburg<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her role in academic citizenship involves serving on international Boards of Directors of, <a href=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CODA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/\">TA<\/a> (Committee on Data of the International Science Council) of the <a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Science Council<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.research4life.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research4Life<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getfulltextresearch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GetFTR<\/a> (Get Full Text Research). Served two terms on the board of <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ORCID<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coar-repositories.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COAR<\/a> (Confederation of Open Access Repositories). At national level serves on the Board of Directors of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itoca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ITOCA<\/a> (Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa), <a href=\"https:\/\/sanlic.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SANLiC<\/a> (South African National Licensing Consortium) and serves as Chairperson of both <a href=\"https:\/\/chelsa.ac.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CHELSA<\/a> (Committee for Higher Education Librarians of South Africa) the South African National Committee of CODATA through the National Research Foundation. She previously served on the Board of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlsa.ac.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Library of South Africa<\/a>, Council for Library and Information Services (NCLIS) and Council of the National Archives of South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She served on the Editorial Board of Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Data Science Journal (DSJ). Currently on the Editorial Board of both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geodoi.ac.cn\/WebEn\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Change Research Data Publishing and Repository<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/journal\/key\/pdtc\/html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Preservation, Digital Technology &amp; Culture<\/a> (PDT&amp;C) Journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daisy is the recipient of the 2016 and 2019 Knowledge Management Leadership Award by the Global Knowledge Management Congress &amp; Awards in association with World Education Congress; and the 1st International Conference on Knowledge and Innovation Management (ICKIM) Babcock University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is an alumnus of <a href=\"https:\/\/hers-sa.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERS-SA<\/a> and HERS- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brynmawr.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bryn Mawr College<\/a> (Philadelphia).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daisy Selematsela (PhD) is the University Librarian at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University). 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