Tuesday, August 31, 2010

[Lib-helig-l] New federated search tools for legal information

Law librarian's may find this useful.

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From: "Ballard, Terry" <Terry.Ballard@nyls.edu>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:36:03 -0400
Subject: [Web4lib] New federated search tools for legal information
To: web4lib@webjunction.org

The New York Law School's Mendik Library has recently developed DRAGNET,
a search tool that allows the user to find a topic simultaneously in
more than 80 legal web sites and databases. DRAGNET stands for
"Database retrieval access using Google's new electronic technology. "
It is located at
http://www.nyls.edu/library/research_tools_and_sources/dragnet

DRAGNET was developed over the summer by librarians at the New York Law
School's Mendik Library, using Google's free custom search option. In
addition, we used the same search tool to track 150 law journals with
free online content at
http://www.nyls.edu/library/research_tools_and_sources/current_awareness
_sources/law_reviews_with_online_content
Because it is provided by an
educational institution, Google allows the site to run ad-free.

This federated search returns results in less than one second, but the
response is limited to 100 hits, so users are encouraged to be very
specific - we suggest that they add the year 2010 if they want the most
current information. The same sort of project could also be set up for
other specialties such as medicine and education. For questions or
suggestions about this, please contact the school's systems librarian
Terry Ballard at terry.ballard@nyls.edu .

Terry Ballard

Assistant Director of Technical Services for Library Systems

New York Law School, Mendik Library

185 W. Broadway

New York, NY, 10013

Telephone: 212-431-2106

Web: www.terryballard.org

Blog: librariansonedge.blogspot.com

Tweets: twitter.com/terryballard

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Monday, August 30, 2010

[Lib-helig-l] LIASA Annual Conference

The LIASA 12th Annual Conference

“Libraries driving access to knowledge”

 

The 2010 Conference theme has been chosen in support of the Presidential theme of the current IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) President, Ms Ellen Tise, who is the first South Africa and only the second IFLA president from Africa.

Join us on Tuesday 28 September 2010 for a talk by Ms Ellen Tise on “Innovation and development through access and technology”

 

 

 

Click here to register or contact Engela Barnard on 0861 921 921.

More information is on available on www.liasa.org.za

 

 



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Friday, August 27, 2010

[Lib-helig-l] SECOND REMINDER: 3rd Carnegie Library Leadership Academy 5-19 November 2010

Please be reminded that the closing date for applications is Friday 3 September 2010.
Applications should be send via courier, be posted or delivered in person.

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The Carnegie Centre for African Library Leadership will be hosting

its third two-week Library Leadership Academy in Pretoria,

South Africa, from 5-19 November 2010

 

In 2008 the University of Pretoria Library Services was awarded a $1m grant by the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) to establish the Centre for African Library Leadership (CALL), within the Merensky Library. The CALL addresses the library leadership development needs within the South African Library and Information Services context by facilitating appropriate library leadership training and development programmes.

 

Following the success of the two Carnegie Library Leadership Academies held in July 2009 and March 2010, this Academy will be the third in a series of six to be held over a period of three years.

 

The Academy is designed to build leadership expertise in the national, academic and public/community library sectors.  The programme focus is on best practices in library management, organisational leadership, personal leadership & styles, advocacy and communication skills, reconciliation and cultural integration in the workplace, introduction to Web 2.0 technologies, knowledge management, marketing and branding, etc. 

 

Applications are invited from middle to senior level managers at national, academic and public/community library services in South Africa. 

 

All Academy expenses will be covered by the Carnegie grant.  Successful candidates will:

  • Travel to Pretoria and Leriba Lodge in Centurion at their own cost
  • Share double occupancy accommodation
  • Comply with the requirements and adhere to the arrangements of the Academy from the initial selection to the completion of the Academy, including pre- and post Academy projects.

For more information regarding the application process and instructions, stipulations of the Academy, eligibility and criteria, please visit: http://www.library.up.ac.za/carnegie/academy.htm

 

Closing date for applications: Friday September 3, 2010.

 

All inquiries may be directed to the CALL Programme Co-ordinator, Ms Martha de Waal: (012) 420-5308 or martha.dewaal@up.ac.za

 

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Tel.: +27 12 420 5308
Fax: +27 12 362 5182
 
 

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[Lib-helig-l] NMMU Missionvale Campus Library

Dear Colleagues
 
A story about the new Missionvale Campus library at NMMU.  
 
<snip>
THE Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's Missionvale campus's new state-of-the-art library, which was opened earlier this month, is fully equipped to serve staff, students and the residents living near the campus.

Not only can high-school children make use of the library's internet facilities but there are materials available for them to do research for homework and form study groups.

Here's the rest of the story
 
Regards
Ingrid Thomson
 
 
Ingrid Thomson
Librarian: Humanities Information Division
Chancellor Oppenheimer Library
University of Cape Town Libraries
Private Bag
7700 RONDEBOSCH
SOUTH AFRICA
 
Tel: +27 21 650 3703  Fax: +27 21 689 7569
 
 
 

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

[Lib-helig-l] UCT Library School closing in 2011

Dear colleagues

I am making this call in my personal capacity as a graduate of UCT's
School of Library and information Science as it was called when I
graduated.

I have just heard that it will be closed in 2011 .

I am outraged!!!

I cannot believe that UCT has made such a shortsighted decision and is
not taking into consideration the contribution and value of the School
in the national landscape.

I am particularly concerned because this decision does not seem to
take into consideration the DAC report which showed a 16 % shortage of
qualified librarians.

I call on graduates of the School and other outraged and concerned
librarians to write letters in your individual capacities to the VC of
UCT and the Minister of HET. And express your concern and call on both
to keep the School open.

A flood of individual letters could stem this tide.

I would further call on all graduates of the School to contact me on
darriesfa at gmail dot com, not to the list, with regards to meeting
to discuss the matter further.

Many thanks.


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Re: [Lib-helig-l] Protection of Information Bill - Statement from LIASA

Thank you very much indeed, our stand is very clear...Phansi with the proposed bill, phansi.
 
Kind regards
 
Maropene Ramabina.


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From: Kim Baker <kbaker.nlsa@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Protection of Information Bill - Statement from LIASA
To: "Ingrid Thomson" <Ingrid.Thomson@uct.ac.za>
Cc: lib-liasawc-l@lists.uct.ac.za, lib-helig-l@lists.uct.ac.za
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 6:04 PM

Outstanding!

Thank you very much.

Regards,
Kim

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Ingrid Thomson <Ingrid.Thomson@uct.ac.za> wrote:
Dear Colleagues
 
*  Message has been cross-posted *
 
Here is the statement from LIASA.
 
 
Thanks
Ingrid
 
 
Ingrid Thomson
Librarian: Humanities Information Division
Chancellor Oppenheimer Library
University of Cape Town Libraries
Private Bag
7700 RONDEBOSCH
SOUTH AFRICA
 
Tel: +27 21 650 3703  Fax: +27 21 689 7569
 
 
 

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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

[Lib-helig-l] First Ellen Tise Leadership Grant to Rebecca Senyolo

Dear Colleagues
Congratulations to Rebecca on receiving the First Ellen Tise Leadership Grant!
Regards
Ingrid

 
 

Sent to you by IngridThomson via Google Reader:

 
 

via Chatter Box by Sabelo Mavuso on 8/18/10

Congress theme: "Open access to knowledge – promoting sustainable progress"   The Library & Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), has awarded Rebecca Senyolo with the Ellen Tise Leadership grant. The new Ellen Tise Leadership grant, which is named after the current IFLA president, recognizes active involvement in LIASA on any level. Rebecca Senyolo, the first grantee, has [...]

 
 

Things you can do from here:

 
 

Re: [Lib-helig-l] Protection of Information Bill - Statement from LIASA

Outstanding!

Thank you very much.

Regards,
Kim

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Ingrid Thomson <Ingrid.Thomson@uct.ac.za> wrote:
Dear Colleagues
 
*  Message has been cross-posted *
 
Here is the statement from LIASA.
 
 
Thanks
Ingrid
 
 
Ingrid Thomson
Librarian: Humanities Information Division
Chancellor Oppenheimer Library
University of Cape Town Libraries
Private Bag
7700 RONDEBOSCH
SOUTH AFRICA
 
Tel: +27 21 650 3703  Fax: +27 21 689 7569
 
 
 

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[Lib-helig-l] "Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies" now available online

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From: Terry Kuny <terry.kuny@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:06:32 -0400
Subject: [DIGLIB] "Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies" now available online
To: diglib@infoserv.inist.fr

From: ZENG, MARCIA <mzeng@kent.edu>
Date: Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 02:41
Subject: FW: "Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies" now available online

Just to let you know that Patricia Harpring,s book, "Introduction to
Controlled Vocabularies, Terminology for Art, Architecture, and Other
Cultural Works" is now available on the Web at
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/intro_controlled_vocab/
.

Each chapter is available as HTML and also as a printer-friendly PDF.

Marcia Zeng

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[Lib-helig-l] Protection of Information Bill - Statement from LIASA

Dear Colleagues
 
*  Message has been cross-posted *
 
Here is the statement from LIASA.
 
 
Thanks
Ingrid
 
 
Ingrid Thomson
Librarian: Humanities Information Division
Chancellor Oppenheimer Library
University of Cape Town Libraries
Private Bag
7700 RONDEBOSCH
SOUTH AFRICA
 
Tel: +27 21 650 3703  Fax: +27 21 689 7569
 
 
 

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Re: [Lib-helig-l] Lib-helig-l Digest, Vol 22, Issue 17

Ingrid has just pointed out this article about Connie Mulder's speech in 1977. http://www.capeargus.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5615517 - Déjà vu re Information Protection Bill?
In my information service today, I have sent out a number of articles about this Bill. Librarians should be encouraged to write to Mr. Burgess in Parliament to express concern about the Bill.

Thanks
Regards
Denise

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Today's Topics:

1. Archive of posts to HELIG list (Fatima Darries)
2. Fwd: Bloglines Continues to Lead Google Reader (Fatima Darries)
3. Is There A Social Media Librarian In Your Library?s Future
(Fatima Darries)
4. Fwd: Protection of Information Bill (Ingrid Thomson)
5. Fwd: [Wolpe-cape] Invitation to the 92nd Open Dialogue
(Fatima Darries)
6. Fwd: [DIGLIB] Wellcome Library announces major digitisation
project (Fatima Darries)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:09:57 +0200
From: Fatima Darries <darriesfa@gmail.com>
Subject: [Lib-helig-l] Archive of posts to HELIG list
To: lib-helig-l <Lib-helig-l@lists.uct.ac.za>
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Dear Collleagues

The activity of the lib-helig list that you are subscribed to, can be
found on a blog we created in order to archive the posts on the
listserv. All posts to the list are automatically posted on the LIASA
HELIG Blog. The blog is available at
http://www.liasahelig.blogspot.com

The blog also has an RSS feed if you would like to use an aggregator.

We hope that you will find this usefull.

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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:11:54 +0200
From: Fatima Darries <darriesfa@gmail.com>
Subject: [Lib-helig-l] Fwd: Bloglines Continues to Lead Google Reader
To: lib-helig-l <Lib-helig-l@lists.uct.ac.za>
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Dear colleagues
An interesting bit of information for those of you who use either
Google reader or bloglines, or both as a news and rss feed aggregator.

Heather Hopkins of Hitwise has a new post for all you Blogliners out
there. She's a VP of Research at Hitwise, a leading web analytics
firm. She writes, "It (Bloglines) is the most popular web-based feed
reader based on share of US visits." Or in other words, Bloglines is
beating Google Reader in the U.S. In an interview done by RW/W on
August of 2007, I said it was a "2 horse race." It still is.

Heather goes onto write about the differences between the user bases.

Bloglines users are also more inclined toward Photography websites,
while Google Reader users are more inclined to visit Television
websites.
...Bloglines users are 24% more likely to continue on to a retail
(Shopping & Classifieds) website.

It would be interesting to hear from Blogliners on your blogs to see
if you really do track more photography websites. We launched a Flickr
feed module in Bloglines Beta for our photography enthusiasts. We hope
you liked the feature and also like Bloglines Beta.

Enjoy!

- Eric Engleman and the Bloglines Team

http://www.bloglines.com/about/news#164

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:13:33 +0200
From: Fatima Darries <darriesfa@gmail.com>
Subject: [Lib-helig-l] Is There A Social Media Librarian In Your
Library?s Future
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Subject: Is There A Social Media Librarian In Your Library?s Future

Academic libraries are leveraging social networks to increase
opportunities to connect with students and faculty. Facebook or
Twitter are the primary social media tools used for this purpose, but
others are exploring how geo-location sites may play into a social
strategy. It's not clear how academic libraries are tackling these new
methods of marketing and promoting services and resources. Is
oversight for social media accounts and activity assigned to a single
librarian? Is the same staff member who oversees marketing and PR
taking on social networking? Are all library workers empowered to
contribute to the effort? We know little about how social media
responsibilities are handled, but it's unlikely that any academic
library has yet to create a dedicated Social Media Librarian position
- although whenever I say something like this in a post before the end
of the day there's a comment along the lines of "No you're wrong - we
have a Social Media Librarian here". With Facebook reaching its 500
millionth member and Twitter members tweeting over 50 million times
per day these behemoths can't be ignored. Corporate America certainly
isn't ignoring them.

Two trends point to a growing interest in taking social network
marketing quite seriously. First, many companies that market to
consumers are rushing to create positions for social media officers -
and that's at a time when no one is even quite sure what someone in
this position even does or what qualifies someone for such a position.
But who's waiting to figure all that out? Not companies like Sears,
Petco, Ford, Pepsi and many others. Second, MBA programs are adding
courses in social media to provide students with the skills needed to
get jobs as social media officers or at least help their future
employers create social media strategies. According to the article
these courses "focus on thinking broadly about social media, not just
Facebook and Twitter. Topics include the underlying psychological and
sociological foundations of social media and the metrics and
measurement tools for gauging the effectiveness of social media
campaigns. Students are required to participate in social media
marketing projects for big brands."

An important point made in these articles is that someone who is
merely a user of or participant in social media is not the same as
someone who truly understands how to use it in a business or marketing
context. Just because you tweet all day and watch lots of YouTube
video doesn't mean that you know how to turn social media into
proactive tools for getting consumers excited about your organization
and what it offers. For businesses social media is all about
influencing purchase decisions. How does that translate to an academic
library environment? One way in which academic librarians might become
better at using social media to influence library use decisions is to
become more adept at using the tools to get user community members to
do the work for us - by sharing the word about the library with their
friends. That's what happens when your user community members share
your library video with their friends - but you have to know how to
get that started. Another is to pay more attention to what is
happening in the world of business to learn how companies are
leveraging social media. Having said that, I always like to remind my
colleagues that saying we should pay attention to what corporations
are doing is not a statement that libraries are businesses and should
be run like one. Some good ideas emerge from the world of business,
and we should pay attention when they do.

Does librarianship, like the MBA programs, need to provide more
opportunity for LIS students to gain these skills, and if so how
should it happen? I still lean on the side of not dedicating entire
courses to social networking and media tools. There are too few
courses LIS students get to take, and they can learn about the
mechanics of social networking tools on their own time. Perhaps what
is needed is a course dedicated to library marketing and promotion.
Marketing and promotion appear to be the primary reasons to use social
media in the context of library operations. If that's the case we
should be educating LIS students how to leverage social networking and
media tools to create more library awareness and to get the community
to spread the word. That seems like a sensible way to introduce these
increasingly important skills for the Social Media Librarian.

http://acrlog.org/2010/08/03/is-there-a-social-media-librarian-in-your-librarys-future/

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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:57:39 +0200
From: "Ingrid Thomson" <Ingrid.Thomson@uct.ac.za>
Subject: [Lib-helig-l] Fwd: Protection of Information Bill
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Dear Colleagues
Some more on the Protection of Information Bill. I understand that LIASA is putting a statement together.

Regards
Ingrid

>>> Jeremy Martens <jeremy.martens@UWA.EDU.AU> 8/25/2010 4:02 AM >>>
Date: 25 August 2010
From: Sarah Duff
<sarahemilyduff@googlemail.com<mailto:sarahemilyduff@googlemail.com>>

What follows is not of much relevance research-wise, but is, I think, of
critical importance to the future of academia in South Africa.

Last night, PenSA and and The Book Lounge in Cape Town hosted Keep
Information Free, a discussion on the Protection of Information Bill now
before Parliament (here's a blog on it
http://book.co.za/blog/2010/08/24/a-night-for-media-freedom-in-south-africa-tweets-from-the-book-lounge-wits-and-the-university-of-johannesburg/).
I don't think that I need to go into a great deal of detail about the fact
that the Act has profound implications not only for press and academic
freedom, but for every South African's right to access information.

The internet is abuzz with opposition to the Bill, and I'm sure that the
press will be be flooded with angry letters within the next few weeks. I
think, though, that contacting Cecil Burgess, the chair of the ad hoc
committee steering the Bill through Parliament, would make more of an
impact. Burgess accused NGOs and other advocacy groups of being 'obsessed
with openness'. (Here's a rather depressing description of the hearings,
http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/shock-and-awe-at-parliament-street/.)
His email address is cburgess@parliament.gov.za<mailto:cburgess@parliament.gov.za> and I, and a few friends and
colleagues, have contacted him, explaining our opposition to the Bill.

The more people who email Burgess, the more of an impact we'll make. (I
should add that this is only about the Protection of Information Bill and
not the proposed Media Tribunal - for more on the Bill, see
http://www.idasa.org.za/index.asp?page=output_details.asp%3FRID%3D2180%26oplang%3Den%26OTID%3D50%26PID%3D44)
Would you consider adding your voice?

<http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/nicholas-dawes-a-grotesque-law-that-must-be-rejected-in-the-name-of-freedom-2060148.html>


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From: Fatima Darries <darriesfa@gmail.com>
Subject: [Lib-helig-l] Fwd: [Wolpe-cape] Invitation to the 92nd Open
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From: Wolpetrust Cape Town <wolpe-cape@mail.unwembi.co.za>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:52:16 +0200
Subject: [Wolpe-cape] Invitation to the 92nd Open Dialogue
To: wolpe-cape@mail.unwembi.co.za


The Harold Wolpe Memorial Trust takes pleasure in
announcing its 92nd Open Dialogue.

The aim of these dialogues is to create a space for open and
informed dialogue and debate around key local and global political,
social and economic issues facing South Africa.

Everyone is welcome and entrance is free. Please feel free to
circulate this notice.


There is a racial paradox in our public (and private) renditions of
'the black domestic worker'. 'Eve' is white South Africa's favorite
mischievous 'maid;' the 'black madam' tantalizes both the black and
white imagination, and all while the democratic state mobilizes 'the
maid' as part of its statecraft for and of 'the vulnerable.' How is
this accomplished? How does the figure of 'the maid' come to embody
racial anxieties and fantasies? How do domestics labor in service, not
only of homes and families, but nothing less than the social order(s)
of our times?
IN SERVICE OF RACIAL DYSTOPIA: ANXIETY AND FANTASY IN THE FIGURE OF "THE MAID"

Speaker:

Dr. Shireen Ally
Wits University

Tuesday 7 September 2010
17h30 for 18h00
Venue: Zoology, LT2, UCT

RSVP: wolpeforums@mweb.co.za / 021-6740361

The Trust acknowledges the support of our donors, particularly the
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the National Lottery Distribution Trust
Fund


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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:03:36 +0200
From: Fatima Darries <darriesfa@gmail.com>
Subject: [Lib-helig-l] Fwd: [DIGLIB] Wellcome Library announces major
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Subject: [DIGLIB] Wellcome Library announces major digitisation project
To: DIGITAL-PRESERVATION@jiscmail.ac.uk, diglib@infoserv.inist.fr,
MASS-DIGITIZATION@jiscmail.ac.uk

The Wellcome Library has announced the launch of an ambitious
digitisation project, to provide free, online access to its collections,
including archives and papers from Nobel prize-winning scientists
Francis Crick, Fred Sanger and Peter Medawar
http://wellcomelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/08/wellcome-library-launches-ma
jor.html

<http://wellcomelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/08/wellcome-library-launches-m
ajor.html
> . This pilot project will see the digitisation of up to 1m
images from the Wellcome's archival and book holdings. A new digital
library infrastructure will also be created as part of this project for
long-term preservation, management and delivery of digital content.

The project is highlighted in a BBC audio slideshow published today:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11016755.


Dr Christy Henshaw
Digitisation Project Manager
Wellcome Library <http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/>
183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE
+44 (0)20 7611 7333

Website: Wellcome Library Digitisation programme
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

[Lib-helig-l] Fwd: Protection of Information Bill

Dear Colleagues
Some more on the Protection of Information Bill.     I understand that LIASA is putting a statement together.
 
Regards
Ingrid

>>> Jeremy Martens <jeremy.martens@UWA.EDU.AU> 8/25/2010 4:02 AM >>>
Date: 25 August 2010
From: Sarah Duff
<sarahemilyduff@googlemail.com<mailto:sarahemilyduff@googlemail.com>>

What follows is not of much relevance research-wise, but is, I think, of
critical importance to the future of academia in South Africa.

Last night, PenSA and and The Book Lounge in Cape Town hosted Keep
Information Free, a discussion on the Protection of Information Bill now
before Parliament (here's a blog on it
http://book.co.za/blog/2010/08/24/a-night-for-media-freedom-in-south-africa-tweets-from-the-book-lounge-wits-and-the-university-of-johannesburg/).
I don't think that I need to go into a great deal of detail about the fact
that the Act has profound implications not only for press and academic
freedom, but for every South African's right to access information.

The internet is abuzz with opposition to the Bill, and I'm sure that the
press will be be flooded with angry letters within the next few weeks. I
think, though, that contacting Cecil Burgess, the chair of the ad hoc
committee steering the Bill through Parliament, would make more of an
impact. Burgess accused NGOs and other advocacy groups of being 'obsessed
with openness'. (Here's a rather depressing description of the hearings,
http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za/shock-and-awe-at-parliament-street/.)
His email address is cburgess@parliament.gov.za<mailto:cburgess@parliament.gov.za> and I, and a few friends and
colleagues, have contacted him, explaining our opposition to the Bill.

The more people who email Burgess, the more of an impact we'll make. (I
should add that this is only about the Protection of Information Bill and
not the proposed Media Tribunal - for more on the Bill, see
http://www.idasa.org.za/index.asp?page=output_details.asp%3FRID%3D2180%26oplang%3Den%26OTID%3D50%26PID%3D44)
Would you consider adding your voice?

<http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/nicholas-dawes-a-grotesque-law-that-must-be-rejected-in-the-name-of-freedom-2060148.html>

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[Lib-helig-l] Fwd: [DIGLIB] Wellcome Library announces major digitisation project

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Henshaw, Christy" <C.Henshaw@wellcome.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:51:15 +0100
Subject: [DIGLIB] Wellcome Library announces major digitisation project
To: DIGITAL-PRESERVATION@jiscmail.ac.uk, diglib@infoserv.inist.fr,
MASS-DIGITIZATION@jiscmail.ac.uk

The Wellcome Library has announced the launch of an ambitious
digitisation project, to provide free, online access to its collections,
including archives and papers from Nobel prize-winning scientists
Francis Crick, Fred Sanger and Peter Medawar
http://wellcomelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/08/wellcome-library-launches-ma
jor.html

<http://wellcomelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/08/wellcome-library-launches-m
ajor.html
> . This pilot project will see the digitisation of up to 1m
images from the Wellcome's archival and book holdings. A new digital
library infrastructure will also be created as part of this project for
long-term preservation, management and delivery of digital content.

The project is highlighted in a BBC audio slideshow published today:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11016755.


Dr Christy Henshaw
Digitisation Project Manager
Wellcome Library <http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/>
183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE
+44 (0)20 7611 7333

Website: Wellcome Library Digitisation programme
<http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/node350.html>
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JPEG 2000 <outbind://4/jpeg2000wellcomelibrary.blogspot.com>

Twitter: Chenshaw <http://www.twitter.com/Chenshaw> / WellcomeDigital
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[Lib-helig-l] Fwd: [Wolpe-cape] Invitation to the 92nd Open Dialogue

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Wolpetrust Cape Town <wolpe-cape@mail.unwembi.co.za>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:52:16 +0200
Subject: [Wolpe-cape] Invitation to the 92nd Open Dialogue
To: wolpe-cape@mail.unwembi.co.za


The Harold Wolpe Memorial Trust takes pleasure in
announcing its 92nd Open Dialogue.

The aim of these dialogues is to create a space for open and
informed dialogue and debate around key local and global political,
social and economic issues facing South Africa.

Everyone is welcome and entrance is free. Please feel free to
circulate this notice.


There is a racial paradox in our public (and private) renditions of
'the black domestic worker'. 'Eve' is white South Africa's favorite
mischievous 'maid;' the 'black madam' tantalizes both the black and
white imagination, and all while the democratic state mobilizes 'the
maid' as part of its statecraft for and of 'the vulnerable.' How is
this accomplished? How does the figure of 'the maid' come to embody
racial anxieties and fantasies? How do domestics labor in service, not
only of homes and families, but nothing less than the social order(s)
of our times?
IN SERVICE OF RACIAL DYSTOPIA: ANXIETY AND FANTASY IN THE FIGURE OF "THE MAID"

Speaker:

Dr. Shireen Ally
Wits University

Tuesday 7 September 2010
17h30 for 18h00
Venue: Zoology, LT2, UCT

RSVP: wolpeforums@mweb.co.za / 021-6740361

The Trust acknowledges the support of our donors, particularly the
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the National Lottery Distribution Trust
Fund


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[Lib-helig-l] Is There A Social Media Librarian In Your Library’s Future

Subject: Is There A Social Media Librarian In Your Library's Future

Academic libraries are leveraging social networks to increase
opportunities to connect with students and faculty. Facebook or
Twitter are the primary social media tools used for this purpose, but
others are exploring how geo-location sites may play into a social
strategy. It's not clear how academic libraries are tackling these new
methods of marketing and promoting services and resources. Is
oversight for social media accounts and activity assigned to a single
librarian? Is the same staff member who oversees marketing and PR
taking on social networking? Are all library workers empowered to
contribute to the effort? We know little about how social media
responsibilities are handled, but it's unlikely that any academic
library has yet to create a dedicated Social Media Librarian position
- although whenever I say something like this in a post before the end
of the day there's a comment along the lines of "No you're wrong - we
have a Social Media Librarian here". With Facebook reaching its 500
millionth member and Twitter members tweeting over 50 million times
per day these behemoths can't be ignored. Corporate America certainly
isn't ignoring them.

Two trends point to a growing interest in taking social network
marketing quite seriously. First, many companies that market to
consumers are rushing to create positions for social media officers -
and that's at a time when no one is even quite sure what someone in
this position even does or what qualifies someone for such a position.
But who's waiting to figure all that out? Not companies like Sears,
Petco, Ford, Pepsi and many others. Second, MBA programs are adding
courses in social media to provide students with the skills needed to
get jobs as social media officers or at least help their future
employers create social media strategies. According to the article
these courses "focus on thinking broadly about social media, not just
Facebook and Twitter. Topics include the underlying psychological and
sociological foundations of social media and the metrics and
measurement tools for gauging the effectiveness of social media
campaigns. Students are required to participate in social media
marketing projects for big brands."

An important point made in these articles is that someone who is
merely a user of or participant in social media is not the same as
someone who truly understands how to use it in a business or marketing
context. Just because you tweet all day and watch lots of YouTube
video doesn't mean that you know how to turn social media into
proactive tools for getting consumers excited about your organization
and what it offers. For businesses social media is all about
influencing purchase decisions. How does that translate to an academic
library environment? One way in which academic librarians might become
better at using social media to influence library use decisions is to
become more adept at using the tools to get user community members to
do the work for us - by sharing the word about the library with their
friends. That's what happens when your user community members share
your library video with their friends - but you have to know how to
get that started. Another is to pay more attention to what is
happening in the world of business to learn how companies are
leveraging social media. Having said that, I always like to remind my
colleagues that saying we should pay attention to what corporations
are doing is not a statement that libraries are businesses and should
be run like one. Some good ideas emerge from the world of business,
and we should pay attention when they do.

Does librarianship, like the MBA programs, need to provide more
opportunity for LIS students to gain these skills, and if so how
should it happen? I still lean on the side of not dedicating entire
courses to social networking and media tools. There are too few
courses LIS students get to take, and they can learn about the
mechanics of social networking tools on their own time. Perhaps what
is needed is a course dedicated to library marketing and promotion.
Marketing and promotion appear to be the primary reasons to use social
media in the context of library operations. If that's the case we
should be educating LIS students how to leverage social networking and
media tools to create more library awareness and to get the community
to spread the word. That seems like a sensible way to introduce these
increasingly important skills for the Social Media Librarian.

http://acrlog.org/2010/08/03/is-there-a-social-media-librarian-in-your-librarys-future/

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[Lib-helig-l] Fwd: Bloglines Continues to Lead Google Reader

Dear colleagues
An interesting bit of information for those of you who use either
Google reader or bloglines, or both as a news and rss feed aggregator.

Heather Hopkins of Hitwise has a new post for all you Blogliners out
there. She's a VP of Research at Hitwise, a leading web analytics
firm. She writes, "It (Bloglines) is the most popular web-based feed
reader based on share of US visits." Or in other words, Bloglines is
beating Google Reader in the U.S. In an interview done by RW/W on
August of 2007, I said it was a "2 horse race." It still is.

Heather goes onto write about the differences between the user bases.

Bloglines users are also more inclined toward Photography websites,
while Google Reader users are more inclined to visit Television
websites.
...Bloglines users are 24% more likely to continue on to a retail
(Shopping & Classifieds) website.

It would be interesting to hear from Blogliners on your blogs to see
if you really do track more photography websites. We launched a Flickr
feed module in Bloglines Beta for our photography enthusiasts. We hope
you liked the feature and also like Bloglines Beta.

Enjoy!

- Eric Engleman and the Bloglines Team

http://www.bloglines.com/about/news#164

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[Lib-helig-l] Archive of posts to HELIG list

Dear Collleagues

The activity of the lib-helig list that you are subscribed to, can be
found on a blog we created in order to archive the posts on the
listserv. All posts to the list are automatically posted on the LIASA
HELIG Blog. The blog is available at
http://www.liasahelig.blogspot.com

The blog also has an RSS feed if you would like to use an aggregator.

We hope that you will find this usefull.

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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Re: [Lib-helig-l] Fwd: Media Tribunal and POI Bill are not the same

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Colleagues

 

Kim I support your opinion, I was asked by a few at WLIC 2010 as to why up to now LIASA has not made any statement on the subject. I am  just glad is coming up

 

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Fax: +2712 429 6130

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Towards the African university in the service of humanity

 

From: Kim Baker [mailto:kbaker.nlsa@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 8:48 AM
To: Fatima Darries
Cc: liasa-faife-09@googlegroups.com; lib-helig-l
Subject: Re: [Lib-helig-l] Fwd: Media Tribunal and POI Bill are not the same

 

Shouldn't FAIFE SA be making a submission on this? (The Protection of Information Bill, especially?)

Kim

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Fatima Darries <darriesfa@gmail.com> wrote:

 

 

 

via Idasa's Weblog by idasa on 8/20/10

 

Idasa points out that the Protection of Information Bill and the proposed Media Appeals Tribunal are not one and the same, as their interchangeable use in the media has led many to believe. PIMS manager Judith February says: “The Protection of Information Bill will, if passed in its current form, have serious consequences for all ordinary citizens, not only journalists.”
Read more below.


PRESS RELEASE

20 August 2010

Idasa notes with concern the ongoing confusion within both print and electronic media as regards the Protection of Information Bill and the proposed Media Appeals Tribunal. The Protection of Information Bill currently before Parliament proposes to set up a system of classification of information. We are of the view that this Bill will lead to over-classification of information by the state with grave consequences for citizens wishing to obtain information from the state in order to exercise their Constitutional rights. The Bill, we believe, will be a step backwards in the fight for open democracy.

[...]

 

 

 

Things you can do from here:

 

 




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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Re: [Lib-helig-l] Fwd: Media Tribunal and POI Bill are not the same

Shouldn't FAIFE SA be making a submission on this? (The Protection of Information Bill, especially?)

Kim

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Fatima Darries <darriesfa@gmail.com> wrote:

 
 

via Idasa's Weblog by idasa on 8/20/10

Idasa points out that the Protection of Information Bill and the proposed Media Appeals Tribunal are not one and the same, as their interchangeable use in the media has led many to believe. PIMS manager Judith February says: "The Protection of Information Bill will, if passed in its current form, have serious consequences for all ordinary citizens, not only journalists."
Read more below.


PRESS RELEASE

20 August 2010

Idasa notes with concern the ongoing confusion within both print and electronic media as regards the Protection of Information Bill and the proposed Media Appeals Tribunal. The Protection of Information Bill currently before Parliament proposes to set up a system of classification of information. We are of the view that this Bill will lead to over-classification of information by the state with grave consequences for citizens wishing to obtain information from the state in order to exercise their Constitutional rights. The Bill, we believe, will be a step backwards in the fight for open democracy.

[...]

 
 

Things you can do from here:

 
 



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Friday, August 20, 2010

[Lib-helig-l] Fwd: Media Tribunal and POI Bill are not the same


 
 

via Idasa's Weblog by idasa on 8/20/10

Idasa points out that the Protection of Information Bill and the proposed Media Appeals Tribunal are not one and the same, as their interchangeable use in the media has led many to believe. PIMS manager Judith February says: "The Protection of Information Bill will, if passed in its current form, have serious consequences for all ordinary citizens, not only journalists."
Read more below.


PRESS RELEASE

20 August 2010

Idasa notes with concern the ongoing confusion within both print and electronic media as regards the Protection of Information Bill and the proposed Media Appeals Tribunal. The Protection of Information Bill currently before Parliament proposes to set up a system of classification of information. We are of the view that this Bill will lead to over-classification of information by the state with grave consequences for citizens wishing to obtain information from the state in order to exercise their Constitutional rights. The Bill, we believe, will be a step backwards in the fight for open democracy.

It would seem that the Protection of Information Bill and the Media Appeals Tribunal are being used interchangeably in our public discourse. The Bill is a separate instrument to the proposed tribunal, which is a proposal within a discussion document to be presented at the ANC's National General Council meeting next month. It is suggested that the tribunal deal with malicious reporting by journalists and such matters. Many are concerned, rightly, about its impact on press freedom. The Protection of Information Bill is not, however, the enabling legislation for the Media Appeals Tribunal. The Bill might have the unintended consequences of having a chilling impact on investigative journalism but it is not to be equated with the Media Appeals Tribunal.

Similarly, the Protection of Information Bill is not what is being referred to as a 'Media Bill'.

Confusing the tribunal and the Bill has the further consequence of blurring the debate and speaking at crosspurposes.

The Protection of Information Bill will, if passed in its current form, have serious consequences for all ordinary citizens, not only journalists.

For more information, contact Judith February, Manager: Idasa's Political Information and Monitoring Service, 083 4539817.



 
 

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