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Dear GAELIC friends
At the GAELIC AGM held on 22 February 2006, Mr Felix Ubogu handed over to Ms Dudu Nkosi as Chairperson. Mrs Rachel More accepted the nomination as chair-elect.
Congratulations - we wish you a happy GAELIC year.
With best wishes from
The GAELIC Office
The new GAELIC Exco - Mr Felix Ubogu (Past Chair),
Ms Dudu Nkosi (Chairperson) and Ms Rachel More (Chair-elect).
GAELIC says Farewell to its Founder and former Chairperson
Since GAELIC's establishment in 1996, Professor Heather Edwards has played an integral role in its development, growth and achievements. It was, therefore, with a sense of sadness and nostalgia that the GAELIC Governing Board, at its meeting in February 2006, took leave of Heather on the occasion of her retirement...
GAELIC Marketing & Friends Fair - 2007
With planning for 2007 already on the drawing board, GAELIC is planning to present its 4th Marketing and Friends Fair during the first quarter of 2007 in the Johannesburg/Pretoria region. GAELIC is keen to repeat its successful Fair of the previous years and would like the organizing team to start its planning as soon as possible. Keen and enthusiastic GAELIC members are urged to make themselves to work on the organising team - we would like between 8-10 members so that there are plenty of hands to share the work. If you are a keen believer of library marketing - this is your chance to share your skills and talents and make this a bumper success.
If you like to be a member of the Organising and Planning team - contact Jenny Taylor of FOTIM (Jenny@forim.ac.za) or tel: 011 717-9362. We would love to hear from you.
Forthcoming conferences of interest:
- 4th Southern African Library Acquisitions Conference.
Theme: Acquisitions Boot Camp. CSIR International Convention Centre, 16-17 May 2006. Contact person: Carol van Zijl (carolvz@cyberserv.co.za)
- Association of Southern African Indexers & Bibliographers (ASAIB)
Theme: Africana: from Papyrus to metadata. Johannesburg, 11-12 May 2006.
Contact person: M du Preez (preezm@unisa.ac.za)
- SASLI will be presenting a two day interaction from 26-27 July, CSIR International Conference Centre.
Theme: An integrated approach to e-content: structure through technologies and standards.
Contact person: Susan Veldsman (sasli@cosalc.ac.za)
ARL survey on journal bundling
The Office of Scholarly Communications at the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a report on a recent survey of the ARL membership regarding their experiences with journal bundling. The article appears in the April issue of the ARL bi-monthly report is available on the web at http://www.arl.org/newsltr/245/bundle.html. The survey provides overview and aggregate information on topics such as uptake of bundles, non-disclosure clauses, cancellation terms, contract length and satisfaction.
For an update on news and events at Sabinet Online - have a look at the February 2006 newsletter http://www.sabinet.co.za/news/
- GAELIC bids farewell to Ria Viljoen
Ria Viljoen, Director of Library Services at the University of Namibia, will be retiring on 31 July 2006. On behalf of the GAELIC members, we wish Ria and rewarding and fulfilling retirement and would like to thank her for her active support of GAELIC activities and projects.
- HESA appoints Chief Executive
In a press statement released on 6 March 2006, the Board of Directors of Higher Education South Africa (HESA) appointed Dr Enoch Duma Malaza as Chief Executive of HESA. Dr Malaza currently serves as the Director: Quality Assurance at the University of Pretoria. He has served in senior management positions at UCT and the University of Transkei where he was acting Vice-Chancellor for two years. He has also occupied senior academic positions at the Universities of the North and Transkei.
- Library Director appointed at University of Pretoria
On behalf of the GAELIC leadership and members, we would like extend our congratulations to Mr Robert Moropa on his appointment as Library Director of the Academic Information Services at the University of Pretoria with effect from 1 March 2006. We wish success and wisdom in the challenges of his new position.
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Dr Hester Marais, the GAELIC representative on the StanSa TC 46 committee, recently represented South Africa on the annual ISO/TC 46 meetings in Chiang Mai.
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A library is an arsenal of liberty.
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