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Dear GAELIC friends
August was a busy month for GAELIC, with the Focus Groups holding a variety of workshops and events. Take a look at what they have been up to in the Noteworthy Section. Keep in touch with upcoming events in the LIS sector by looking at the Notices.
Please note that Tanya Healey's new phone number is 011 794 6396.
Happy spring wishes
From the GAELIC Office
GAELIC Support Services Workshop
Was it a whimper, is it a whisper? No it was a roaring success!
Give us more, give us more was the roar...!
It was the event of the year for 96 Library Shelvers and Support Services staff from various libraries who came to the University of the Witwatersrand for a day of fun, learning and networking...
Strategic Planning
The GAELIC Governing Board will meet on 14 November 2006 at Tshwane University of Technology (Soshanguve Campus). The meeting will be followed by a strategic planning session to consider digital initiatives for GAELIC as well as trends and developments in information systems.
Focus Groups
- Cataloguing and Innovative Focus Groups
Presentations of the Cataloguing and Innovative Focus Groups Workshop, held on 19 May 2006 at UNISA are now available on the website...
- Innovative Focus Group
Presentations of the WWWOptions Workshop, held on 15 August 2005 at Tshwane University of Technology are available on the GAELIC Website...
- Collection Development Focus Group
The GAELIC / SASLI ProjectCOUNTER workshop was held on 28 July and UNISA.
The GAELIC / SASLI Arnold Hirshon Workshop was held on 4 August 2006 at Tshwane University of Technology.
IUGSA Conference 2006
Back to the Basics...How to... How not to...(bridging the digital divide)
9 - 10 November 2006, CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria
LIASA Ninth Annual Conference 2006
Libraries: partners in learning, nation building and development
25-29 September 2006, Saint George Hotel, Pretoria
Ninth Annual Stellenbosch Symposium
Academic libraries: proactive partners in learning and research
2-3 November 2006, JS Gericke Library, Stellenbosch
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FOTIM is in the process of appointing a new Director.
GAELIC welcomes Dr Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Executive Director of the UNISA Library.
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NOTABLE
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The proceedings of the FOTIM / CHELSA Quality Assurance Conference held on 20 - 22 June 2006 are available on the FOTIM website.
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NOTE
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Please share your news, promotions, retirements, awards etc with your colleagues. Send all nosey notes to tanya@fotim.ac.za
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NOSEY NOTES
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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library?
Lily Tomlin
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QUOTE OF NOTE
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