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Dear GAELIC friends
WINTER has arrived with a vengeance accompanied by the many "dreaded lurgies" and midyear exam stress raised its ugly head once more. So dress up warmly and try to avoid all monsters!!! If you are planning a winter break- then travel safely...
from the Team
Zodwa, Anke, Tanya, Lawson, Lorraine & Carole
The GAELIC Strategic Plan report back
The Strategic plan is back on track after a few "wobblies" and I am pleased to welcome on board Janet Zambri from Wits University as the new Operational Manager for the objective 2 group. Janet has lots of good ideas and we will be offering workshops galore soon. We will also be running the Marketing Fair for GAELIC and Friends later in the year and we have some useful training sessions planned for the end of the year. Watch out for these events.
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An OA mandate for the University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria senate voted unanimously to adopt an OA mandate with immediate effect
The University of Johannesburg's One Book One Library project provides the UJ community with a shared reading experience that leads to open dialogue
UNISA joins the Institutional Repository group.. Visit the site...
Wits University beat other applicants from France, the United Kingdom, Qatar and Germany where they were selected by the local IBM University Relations team to participate in the IBM/Google Cloud Academic Initiative. The University will be able to utilize the vast computing resources available on the Cloud. Read about this & more
Two events worth noting: LIASA and IFLA (Africa Desk)
LIASA 11th Annual Conference (South Africa) Theme: Library and Information Services on the move 28 September - 2 October 2009 Bloemfontein, South Africa www.liasa.org.za
IFLA
Regional Office for Africa. 2nd public lecture. "African Librarianship in the 21st Century" by Peter Underwood. 29 July 2009 (14h30 for 15h00) Senate Hall, 2nd Level, Theo van Wyk Building, Unisa Muckleneuk Campus (main Campus), Pretoria. Lindy Nhlapo: lnhlapo@unisa.ac.za
ALSO
Read the June 2009 issue of IFLA Journal online (be patient the 116 pages take time to open) and also the the article by Peter G. Underwood on page 131: Diffusion of Professional Norms: the impact of IFLA in South Africa
There have been wonderful responses to the Disability conference. The papers are on the web.
VUMA! Held a strategic workshop in June with stakeholders at various universities and there is great enthusiasm and support for this initiative with many new ideas and suggestions being presented. Read the careers section which is growing daily.
Feature of Note
Cloud computing the implications for HEI's and libraries…
Great Note!!
Sabinet on WorldCat.org now allows all Internet users to search for items that are available in South African libraries with no subscription required. See the South African Union Catalogue (SACat) database on the WorldCat http://sabinet.worldcat.org
Sabinet is tweeting away... Read their blog for details
Objective 1 : Promote Optimal Use of the Millennium System in GAELIC member libraries
Team meeting and workshop outcomes:
The Objective 1 group is also offering their Show n Tell workshop on the 15th July so come along and share experiences with your colleagues. Contact the GAELIC Office for more details
First Call for papers : IUG-SA 2009. The Committee is pleased to announce that the 8th Annual Conference of the Innovative Users Group South Africa is to be held in the "Friendly City", Port Elizabeth, from 11-13 November 2009.
Objective 2 : Build capacity through identification and provision of training needs and services for the optimal utilization of resources
Team meetings and workshops
The group will be holding a strategic workshop to discuss the plans for 2009/10 on both the identification of training needs and ways to best provide them on the 28th July. If you have an interest in this area and would like to attend please contact the GAELIC office.
Marketing Fair
The Team are planning on holding their ever popular Marketing Fair once again this year in September with a theme around virtual challenges. Watch this space...
Notes to Ponder Changing skills and competencies...
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ALA defines core competences of librarianship : the document defines the basic knowledge to be possessed by all persons graduating from an ALA-accredited master's program in library and information studies and includes working in all sectors, school, academic, public, special and governmental libraries
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"Librarians need a new branch of skill sets specific to utilizing and leveraging social networking sites to provide quality services and maintain their role as information experts in a Web 2.0 world" : Read the report :Social Networking Literacy Competencies for Librarians: Exploring Considerations and Engaging Participation |
Objective 3 : Improve cost efficiency through joint procurement and resources sharing
Always a major challenge to libraries is that of having to justify their fiscal demands. Several good articles have appeared recently to assist in this area.
Academic libraries ROI :
University investment in the library: What's the return? A case study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Connect White Paper, #1 (2008):
Peter Suber's Open access policy options for funding agencies and universities is an important and timely resource for everyone working on open access policy development. SPARC Open Access Newsletter FEB 2009
Information Services Add Value: Measuring and Proving It. Written by Dennie Heye
Do yourself a favour and have a look at the new DSpace web (from Ina Smith at UP Library Services)
May 2009. Fedora Commons and DSpace Foundation join together to create DuraSpace Organization, Jointly, they will provide leadership and innovation in open source technologies for global communities who manage, preserve, and provide access to digital content
Did you know ….There are now 22 IR's in Africa and 14 of these are in SA
Gaining the momentum: eIFL marks five year commitment to Open Access in South Africa. Read more >>>>>
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NOTEWORTHY
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TAKE NOTE
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LIBRARY TRIVIA NOTES
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Upcoming Conferences and workshops
11th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications. 2-4 Sept 2009, NMMU, Port Elizabeth. Part of (IW3C2) International World Wide Web Conference Committee
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FUTURE NOTE
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If you're good to your staff when things are going well, they'll rally when times go bad.
Mary Kay Ash
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