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Dear GAELIC friends
In this month's newsletter, we bring you an invitation to join the Virtual Learning Focus Group. Then we look at upcoming GAELIC Events and other activities in the LIS sector. Please remember to send notices for inclusion in this newsletter to tanya@fotim.ac.za.
Our e-mail system has been giving us über-cyber-trouble for the last few weeks. If we have missed a mail from you, or have not responded to something you sent us, or if an item does not appear in this newsletter, our sincere apologies and please resend us your message.
We have been sending emails from wits.ac.za addresses for the last week or so, but are still receiving mail via our old emails. This situation might change, and we will confirm details in the next newsletter…watch this space!
With warm regards
Tanya, Jenny and Anke
Invitation to join the GAELIC Virtual Learning Focus Group
The objective of this group is to dovetail the library with the virtual learning environment. We are focusing on:
- Developing new and refining existing ways and means of accessing electronic library resources such as the catalogue and electronic databases from within course management systems e.g. Blackboard/WebCT.
- Investigating the use of Web 2.0 and Library 2/0 functionalities in the web based learning environment. We are currently investigating social book marking
Please contact one of the following people if you would like to join us:
Dr Anette van Vuren
UJ Library and Information Centre
011 489 2624
Mr. Cor Niemand
UJ Library and Information Centre
011 489 2177
You do not need any special skills to participate in this group - just interest in the topic and a willingness to learn and work with colleagues from other GAELIC member libraries. Please let us hear from you!
Digital library standards and metadata, the basics
A one-day joint Seminar presented by the LIASA Interest Group for Bibliographic Standards (IGBIS) and the GAELIC Focus Group for Digitisation and Metadata.
Topics such as institutional repositories, metadata, XML, digital imaging technology and text encoding will be addressed at an introductory level.
Venue: Senate Hall, Unisa, Muckleneuk Campus, Pretoria
Date: 20 June 2007
Closing dates and registration fees:
IGBIS members and staff members from GAELIC institutions: R300 pp
Non-members: R350
Closing day for registration: 6 June 2007
Please take note: No registration will be accepted without payment.
Contact persons:
Welna van Eeden, Nonnie van Wyk, Hester Marais, Susan Battison, Ansie Watkins
Effective Business Meetings
29 June 2007. Venue to be advised
Do you get anxious when you have to Chair a meeting? Are you able to keep control of your meetings? Do all attendees participate in and contribute to discussions and decisions in the meetings you Chair? Have you been nominated Chairperson recently and are unsure of your role and the ground rules of meetings?
GAELIC is offering a one-day course designed for senior support staff to train in the smooth running of meetings in the role of Chairperson.
Cost : R700 per head (includes comprehensive workbook, and refreshments)
Maximum attendees : 20 (so reserve your place quickly)
Please contact Jenny Taylor (011) 717 9362 for more information and registration details.
Association of Southern African Indexers and Bibliographers
Conference theme: Biography, The Beautiful
International conference, 8 and 9 May 2007
GEM Hall, Irene (near Smuts House Museum)
DITCHE National Library-IT event 2007
Dates: 22 - 24 May 2007
Venue: NMMU Conference Facilities, Port Elizabeth.
The National Library-IT Event is a national gathering specifically for IT practitioners working in libraries in public higher education. Its purpose is to deepen and strengthen the bonds that exist within this community, by bringing people together once a year to talk, listen, share ideas, discuss experiences, plan collaborations, and learn from one another. There are no costs of attendance: travel and accommodation expenses are funded by TENET, and the only institutional commitment is the time and willingness of staff to share their experience with the rest of the community.
IFLA Information Literacy Section Satellite Pre-Conference
13 - 15 August 2007, University of Botswana
The main theme of the pre-conference is "Developing Information literacy Skills for Problem-Solving as part of Lifelong Learning."
World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council
"Libraries for the future: Progress, Development and Partnerships"
19-23 August 2007, Durban
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The Governing Board and Focus Group leaders met again to discuss the way forward for 2007 - 2008. New objectives and projects have been established for GAELIC. More details coming soon…
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"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
Albert Einstein
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Read about the latest COSALC / SANLIC developments.
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