[Lib-helig-l] Post: Section Manager Law Library at UCT Libraries

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Tessa Davies
Manager, SciTech Division
UCT Libraries
University of Cape Town
Tel: +27 21 650 4151
Fax: +27 21 689 7568
Email: tessa.davies@uct.ac.za
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

 

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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

Email: Ingrid.Thomson@uct.ac.za

 

 

 

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[Lib-helig-l] Advert for Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in LIS at UCT

Posted on behalf of Prof Jaya Raju.

Attached please find an advert for the post of Senior Lecturer / Lecturer at
the Library and Information Studies Centre - UCT Libraries

Jaya Raju (PhD)
Associate Professor and Head: Library and Information Studies Centre
University of Cape Town
Tel: 021-6503091
Fax: 021-6505497
Email: jaya.raju@uct.ac.za
Address: 4.03 Hoerikwaggo Building, North Lane , Upper Campus of University
of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701

[Lib-helig-l] Fwd: [Teachtech-l] e/merge 2012: Programme attached

Dear Colleagues

e/merge 2012 starts today (Monday).    See below for the programme and Registration link.

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

Email: Ingrid.Thomson@uct.ac.za

>>> "Tony Carr" <Tony.Carr@uct.ac.za> 7/3/2012 6:23 PM >>>

Dear colleague,

The e/merge 2012 online conference (9-20 July) about the use of educational technology in African universities is a few days away from starting. We already have 191 registered participants from 24 countries in five continents including 17 African countries.

The latest version of the e/merge programme is attached. e/merge 2012 includes five keynotes, 35 papers and presentations, six online workshops and opportunities for rich participant initiated conversations in the Open Space forums. Programme updates will be posted to our Programme page and to the e/merge Facebook group each evening.

On Friday afternoon 6th July we will invite participants into the site for the Welcomes phase.

On Monday 9th July we will start the presentations and workshops in the Setting the Scene phase. Later that day we will have a combined online and face to face opening of e/merge 2012 from 5-6 pm (South African time) including the keynote by Nnenna Nwakanma on "From Kilimanjaro to the Rift  Valley: A sneak view of openness in education through an African's eyes". If you will be in Cape Town and are able to make the face to face opening event from 5-7 pm please RSVP to info@emerge2012.net by Thursday 5th July.

Please inform your networks about e/merge 2012. There is an excellent opportunity to draw in some of your face to face colleagues for shared experiences of online professional learning and greater impact on local practices and thinking after the conference. 

Registration is free for all participants based in Africa and costs R750 (approximately $90) for participants in other continents who are not presenters. If you're based outside Africa and can't afford the registration fee then you are welcome to contact us on info@emerge2012.net and tell us about the value that you will bring to e/merge 2012.

Best wishes
:)
Tony Carr

___________________________________________________________

Contact details:

General inquiries: info@emerge2012.net

Website: http://emerge2012.net

Registration: http://emerge2012.net/registration/

Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/303640366396764/

Twitter hashtag: #emergeafrica

Tony Carr
Staff Development and Curriculum Projects Coordinator

Centre for Educational Technology
University of Cape Town
phone: +27216505033
e-mail: tony.carr@uct.ac.za

Join us at the e/merge 2012 online conference from 9-20 July. Free registration for colleagues based in Africa. http://emerge2012.net

Please note that as of 1st July 2012 Associate Professor Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams is the Acting Director of CET. She can be contacted directly on cheryl.hodgkinson-williams@uct.ac.za .

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[Lib-helig-l] Presentations from CILIP Information Literacy day #infolit2012

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Presentations from CILIP Information Literacy day #infolit2012

via Information Literacy Weblog by Sheila Webber on 7/6/12

There was a one-day event on Information Literacy at the UK's Chartered Institute for Library and Information Professionals yesterday. Speakers were:
- Chair's Welcome and introduction to Information Literacy: Debbi Boden-Angell, Director of Information Learning Services & University Librarian, York St John University
- Welsh Information Literacy Framework: Andrew Eynon, Library and Learning Technology Manager, Grŵp Llandrillo Menai
- Developing digital literacies: Paul Bailey, Programme Manager, e-Learning, JISC
- LolliPop & Sir LearnaLot: Moira Bent, Faculty Liaison Librarian & National Teaching Fellow, Newcastle University
- A new curriculum for Information Literacy: Jane Secker, Copyright and Digital Literacy Advisor, at Centre for Learning Technology, LSE & Emma Coonan, Research Skills and Development Librarian, Cambridge University Library
- SMILE - Supporting the graduate skills and the employability agenda: Debbi Boden-Angell, Director of Information Learning Services & University Librarian, York St John University
- Information Literacy: the cure for health information obesity: Caroline De Brún, Clinical Support Librarian, University College London – Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Workplace Information Literacy: Mark Hepworth, Reader in People's Information Behaviour, Department of Information Science, Loughborough University
- The Public Library Information Offer: Sally McMahon, Head of Libraries and Information Services, Brighton & Hove City Council
The presentations, powerpoints in pdf form, are all here: http://www.cilip.org.uk/infolit2012/pages/presentations.aspx and the twitterstream is here: https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23infolit2012
Photo by Sheila Webber: Foxgloves (lightly photoshopped), July 2012, Sheffield.

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[Lib-helig-l] Fwd: Panel by outstanding global experts on changing scholarly communication- at UCT on 10th August

Global participation in e-research and scholarly communication: Open access strategies for African institutions

What are the emerging trends in e-research, scholarly communication and open access?
What do these trends mean for institutions?
What is the role of open access in the context of development?
What does the university need to do to align itself as a global research partner?

The Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP), OpenUCT and Berlin10 invite you to a seminar and discussion on the key trends in addressing impact, development and policy in new forms of e-research and open access dissemination.

Featuring presentations by international experts Alma Swan, Cameron Neylon and Leslie Chan, the seminar provides an opportunity to discuss the issues with global thought leaders in the area of open access and scholarly communication.

Date: Friday 10 August 2012
Venue: African Studies Gallery
Time: 14pm
The event will be opened by UCT Vice Chancellor Dr Max Price.
Please join us for a light lunch at 12h00.

RSVP to Thomas King <thomas.king@uct.ac.za> by Monday 6 August.

This is an official pre-event to the international Berlin10 open access conference Networked scholarship in a networked world: Participation in Open Access, Stellenbosch, 68 November 2012.
http://www.scaprogramme.org.za/
http://openuct.uct.ac.za/
http://www.berlin10.org/programme.html




( http://www.cet.uct.ac.za )
Associate Professor Laura Czerniewicz
University of Cape Town
Ph: 27 (0)21 650 5036
Fax: 27 (0)21 650 3841
http://lauraczerniewicz.uct.ac.za
http://openuct.uct.ac.za
twitter: czernie

 

 

 

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

Email: Ingrid.Thomson@uct.ac.za

 

 

 

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[Lib-helig-l] Happy 15th Birthday LIASA-Message from Robert Pearce

Dear Colleagues

 

Happy Birthday to Our LIASA-Robert Pearce

 

 

Below is what I wrote when LIASA turned 10 years of age and when I was invited by the Gauteng North Branch to address them as the first Chairperson of the Gauteng Branch:

 

LIASA 10 years: A Chairperson and Editor’s Memoirs

                                                  Robert  J Pearce

 

5 May 2007-National Botanical Gardens, Silverton Pretoria

 

Launch

 

It was the year 1997 and  the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) was  formally launched at the University of Pretoria on 10 July.

 

Branch Chairperson

 

Elections were held for Branch Chairpersons for all Nine Provinces and I stood as Candidate for Gauteng, but was beaten by my Colleague and Mentor, Joan de Beer. I was disappointed, but accepted defeat. Disappointed, because I was part of the ULIS 2 conference and workgroups that worked under the guidance of  Peter Lor and I thought that it should be automatic that I should serve on the Executive of the new LIASA. However, my disappointment was short-lived when I was requested by the LIASA Executive Committee to Chair the Gauteng Branch as Joan de Beer had to attend to a pressing work schedule and could thus not fulfil her duties as Gauteng Chair. Enthusiastically, I embarked on building the  Gauteng Branch, which when it started was not yet divided into North and South. With a Team of Librarians consisting of  John van Niekerk, later replaced by the late Joe Mulidzwi as Treasurer, Simon Mohatli as Secretary, Gugu Maseko, Nelly Sithole, Lindile Nhlapo, Refiloe Mabaso, Nelly Sithole and Marie  Reynecke. Others that would also play a significant role were, Joan de Beer, Andries Kekana, Segametsi Molawa, June Matlala, Dennis Esau, Lukie Ferreira, Zola Mdledle, Victor Ndaba, Esther Sibanyoni, Christine Mallo, Mary Reynolds, Lukie Ferreira, Mercy Mokgele and Nomvula Nhlabati. Gauteng had the largest Membership and geographically it is a vast area. I had to travel to Medunsa (far north), around Pretoria, Johannesburg, Springs and Germiston and also to the Vaal Triangle on the borders of the Free State Province to attend to Meetings and Workshops and canvass for more Members. It was also the time when I had to persuade Members of LIWO and READ to become LIASA Members as well as the “old” SAILIS Members, some of them who adopted a wait-and-see attitude. Furthermore, some of the “old” ALASA Members  propagated the inclusion of a “Black Caucus” within LIASA –based on the idea of a such a Caucus within the American Library Association. Fortunately, this did not succeed. As I have served on the SAILIS Executive for a number of years, I thought that it should be automatic to persuade my fellow SAILIS Members to join LIASA and I held meetings at various Universities, Technikons, Public and School Libraries only to be informed that they regard LIASA as a “Blacks only association” or a “Young Peoples association”. This did not deter me from still requesting them to join and share their expertise. Some eventually did and others remained in the wilderness.

 

The first conference in Bloemfontein from 15-17 November 1998 was a huge success and the theme was: “Towards a Library and Information Renaissance in South Africa. Ellen Tise was elected President. To me, this was a watershed conference for the Gauteng Branch. At that conference, with the full backing of the Gauteng Branch, I tabled the motion to divide the Gauteng Branch into “North” and “South”-which was accepted.

 

The 1999 Conference was held in Bellville and organized by the Western Cape Branch. I was present one morning at one o’ clock when the LIASA Executive had to vote on the “Colours”,  “Design/Lettering” and the “Logo” for LIASA. All Executive members were tired, and half asleep but still chose the best from what was presented and that is still in use today.

 

Newsletter

 

It was the year 1999, the turn of the Millennium and Librarians and others had Y2K fears. Layla Vahed was the first Editor of  LIASA-in-TOUCH. I received a call from Haffy Haffajee and an Air Ticket that I needed to travel to Durban urgently as the LIASA Executive wanted to consult with me. At that meeting, I was requested to become Editor-in-Chief. The Executive gave me leeway and I could choose an Editor, which was my Colleague from the then Vaal Triangle Technikon Library, Mrs Alida Nel. As LIASA’s  funding was sparse, and advertising was slow in coming, we had to opt for an A5 format with Black and White pictures. I envy the colour pictures and colourful layout of the new Newsletter. At the end of 1999, I had to relinquish the Editor-in-Chiefship as I moved to the University of South Africa’s Library and could not take on the more responsibilities due to a hectic work schedule.

 

Conclusion

 

As with any Parent, who experienced the birth of a child, I was fortunate to be there where it all started. Although not active on Executive level anymore, I am still a Gauteng North Member and Reflective Practice Editor for the LIASA South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science. I  Peer-review articles and write Book reviews. Also as a Parent, I am watching the progress of LIASA and am always in an advisory position when needed. Congratulations to our child LIASA that is 10 years old. Looking forward to the next 100 years!

 

 

 

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Re: [Lib-helig-l] Happy 15th Birthday LIASA

Happy Birthday Liasa, Happy Birthday! HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaappppppppppppppppppppppyyyyyyyyyyy Birthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhdaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, haaappy Birthdaay happy Birttttttttttttttthday.

(Supposed to be Stevie Wonder Singing…sing along)

 

Celebrate good times come on! It’s a celebration!

 

Congratulations to all those role players who have made this 15^th birthday of LIASA possible. Well done! Those of us who are impacted by LIASA on a daily basis are grateful for your efforts.

Julia

 

From: Annamarie Goosen [mailto:cicd@liasa.org.za]
Sent: 10 July 2012 04:55 PM
To: sabinet-sabinews@googlegroups.com; SLIS; saoug@googlegroups.com; osall-list@googlegroups.com; lib-helig-l@lists.uct.ac.za
Subject: [Lib-helig-l] Happy 15th Birthday LIASA
Importance: High

 

Happy 15^th Birthday LIASA!!

 

I am delighted to invite you to join us in celebrating 15 years of existence of LIASA.   How time flies when you are having fun!   LIASA is going from strength to strength.

 

Join me in commemorating the bold steps that members of the LIS profession in South Africa took 15 years ago – to unite as library workers and to take the first steps into a brave new and exciting future!    Let us celebrate the achievements and huge milestones that we have reached.    In this brief period of time LIASA has grown into a strong and vibrant professional association that truly takes the lead and is placing libraries and librarianship in the limelight!    LIASA is widely acknowledged for its leadership on the continent and on the global arena.   LIASA members are indeed leaders!

 

Thank you to those strong and committed LIS leaders who paved the way and created a strong foundation on which we are continuing to build.   We salute you.

 

I proudly launch the special 15^th Anniversary Logo we designed and which already appears on the website.

 

I would like to invite LIASA members,  our partners,  stakeholders,  past presidents,  honorary members  and friends to join us in the celebrations by sending your anniversary wishes to the LIASA office for uploading to the website or sharing your personal memories with all of us.   You will be able to post these to the LIASA website from tomorrow onwards.

 

We plan various celebrations over the next few months and will have an extra special Anniversary Gala Dinner at the LIASA Conference in Durban on 4 October, so please be on the lookout for more information.

The Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) was launched on 10 July 1997. The launch marked the end of the process of unification of all existing library organisations in South Africa. This process was initiated in January 1995 at the Conference on Libraries and Information Services in Developing South Africa (LISDESA), which was an initiative of the two largest existing organisations at the time, the South African Institute for Librarianship and Information Science (SAILIS) and the African Library Association of South Africa (ALASA). It was at LISDESA that the first Steering Committee for the Unification of Library and Information Stakeholders (ULIS) was elected and given the mandate to carry forward the process for a new organisation.

At the ULIS-1 conference, held in July 1996 in Johannesburg, an Interim Executive Committee (IEC) was elected and mandated to draft a constitution for discussion by all the stakeholders. The IEC, supported by the Provincial Support Groups (PSGs) representing all nine provinces in the country, arranged the Constituent Conference (aka ULIS-2) at the University of Pretoria in July 1997.

Approximately four hundred and fifty library and information workers representing all nine provinces in South Africa attended the Constituent Conference.  The primary focus was to debate and approve the draft constitution. All delegates were given the opportunity to discuss and propose amendments. On the final morning the final edited draft of the constitution was presented and accepted unanimously. The delegates also voted for the name of the new organisation.   A Transitional Executive Committee (TEC) was elected to manage the Association, to prepare for the election of the first Representative Council, and to organise the first annual conference, which took place in November 1998.  

Of significant note, the acronym LIASA, if pronounced "liyasa", in the Nguni languages, means "the dawning".

Peter Johan Lor is known for being the very first LIASA member.   He proudly carries the Membership Number 1.

Best regards

Naomi

Naomi Haasbroek

President

Library and Information Association of South Africa

president@liasa.org.za

http://www.liasa.org.za

Twitter: www.twitter.com/LIASANews

 

 

 

 

Immediate Past Chair:  IFLA Africa Section

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

http://www.ifla.org/en/africa

 

HEAD:  Library and Information Services

iThemba LABS

P O Box 722

Somerset West

7129

 

Tel:  +27 21 843 1000

Tel:  +27 21 843 1259 (Direct)

Fax:  0866116096 or +27 21 843 3525

Mobile:  0828959931

E-Mail:  naomi@tlabs.ac.za

http://www.tlabs.ac.za

 

 

 

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[Lib-helig-l] C&RL News – July/ August 2012

 

 

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C&RL News – July/ August 2012

via ACRL Insider by David Free on 7/10/12

The July/August 2012 issue of C&RL News is now freely available online. As noted in last issue's "2012 top ten trends in academic libraries" report, scholarly communication issues continue to be a major focus in our profession. Micah Vandegrift and Gloria Colvin provide valuable advice for developing awareness of open access and scholarly publishing issues on campus in their Scholarly Communication article "Relational awareness."

Providing framework and peer support for producing scholarship can additionally build awareness and improve connections. To this end, Glenn Ellen Starr Stilling discusses the development of a faculty learning community of scholarly writing at Appalachian State University in her article "Learning to 'light out after it with a club.'"

Jim Hahn, Jennifer Bylsma, and Elizabeth Sullivan continue our discussion of the ongoing mobile Web trend by outlining an iPhone app design workshop held by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Undergraduate Library in this month's ACRL TechConnect feature. Their discussion of "Teaching mobile Web development" shows one way libraries can contribute to technology efforts on campus.

Sarah Gewirtz continues the technology conversation with a focus on library instruction applications in her article "Make your library instruction interactive with Poll Everywhere." Barb Macke and Pam Bach provide information on a project to provide instruction services in an environment of reduced staffing in their article "The dilemma of the 'disappearing' FYE librarian."

This issue marks a milestone in C&RL News history as George M. Eberhart files his final New Publications column after 32 years of service. In addition to his always informative and entertaining book reviews, George served as editor of this publication from 1980–90. I want to personally thank him for his exceptional contributions to C&RL News in both capacities.

Make sure to check out the other features and columns this month, including Internet Resources on sustainable agriculture and essays on the ethics of information and library aesthetics.

 

 

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[Lib-helig-l] Happy 15th Birthday LIASA

Happy 15^th Birthday LIASA!!

 

I am delighted to invite you to join us in celebrating 15 years of existence of LIASA.   How time flies when you are having fun!   LIASA is going from strength to strength.

 

Join me in commemorating the bold steps that members of the LIS profession in South Africa took 15 years ago – to unite as library workers and to take the first steps into a brave new and exciting future!    Let us celebrate the achievements and huge milestones that we have reached.    In this brief period of time LIASA has grown into a strong and vibrant professional association that truly takes the lead and is placing libraries and librarianship in the limelight!    LIASA is widely acknowledged for its leadership on the continent and on the global arena.   LIASA members are indeed leaders!

 

Thank you to those strong and committed LIS leaders who paved the way and created a strong foundation on which we are continuing to build.   We salute you.

 

I proudly launch the special 15^th Anniversary Logo we designed and which already appears on the website.

 

I would like to invite LIASA members,  our partners,  stakeholders,  past presidents,  honorary members  and friends to join us in the celebrations by sending your anniversary wishes to the LIASA office for uploading to the website or sharing your personal memories with all of us.   You will be able to post these to the LIASA website from tomorrow onwards.

 

We plan various celebrations over the next few months and will have an extra special Anniversary Gala Dinner at the LIASA Conference in Durban on 4 October, so please be on the lookout for more information.

The Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) was launched on 10 July 1997. The launch marked the end of the process of unification of all existing library organisations in South Africa. This process was initiated in January 1995 at the Conference on Libraries and Information Services in Developing South Africa (LISDESA), which was an initiative of the two largest existing organisations at the time, the South African Institute for Librarianship and Information Science (SAILIS) and the African Library Association of South Africa (ALASA). It was at LISDESA that the first Steering Committee for the Unification of Library and Information Stakeholders (ULIS) was elected and given the mandate to carry forward the process for a new organisation.

At the ULIS-1 conference, held in July 1996 in Johannesburg, an Interim Executive Committee (IEC) was elected and mandated to draft a constitution for discussion by all the stakeholders. The IEC, supported by the Provincial Support Groups (PSGs) representing all nine provinces in the country, arranged the Constituent Conference (aka ULIS-2) at the University of Pretoria in July 1997.

Approximately four hundred and fifty library and information workers representing all nine provinces in South Africa attended the Constituent Conference.  The primary focus was to debate and approve the draft constitution. All delegates were given the opportunity to discuss and propose amendments. On the final morning the final edited draft of the constitution was presented and accepted unanimously. The delegates also voted for the name of the new organisation.   A Transitional Executive Committee (TEC) was elected to manage the Association, to prepare for the election of the first Representative Council, and to organise the first annual conference, which took place in November 1998.  

Of significant note, the acronym LIASA, if pronounced "liyasa", in the Nguni languages, means "the dawning".

Peter Johan Lor is known for being the very first LIASA member.   He proudly carries the Membership Number 1.

Best regards

Naomi

Naomi Haasbroek

President

Library and Information Association of South Africa

president@liasa.org.za

http://www.liasa.org.za

Twitter: www.twitter.com/LIASANews

 

 

 

 

Immediate Past Chair:  IFLA Africa Section

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

http://www.ifla.org/en/africa

 

HEAD:  Library and Information Services

iThemba LABS

P O Box 722

Somerset West

7129

 

Tel:  +27 21 843 1000

Tel:  +27 21 843 1259 (Direct)

Fax:  0866116096 or +27 21 843 3525

Mobile:  0828959931

E-Mail:  naomi@tlabs.ac.za

http://www.tlabs.ac.za

 

 

 

[Lib-helig-l] Job posting: Information Services Librarian at UCT Libraries

Dear Colleagues

See attached advertisement for an Information Services Librarian at UCT Libraries.

 

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

Email: Ingrid.Thomson@uct.ac.za

 

 

 

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[Lib-helig-l] Career Opportunity

Administrative vacancy at Monash South Africa

Subject Librarian

Ref.LIB/S-LIB/06/2012

 

The Opportunity
Monash is a dynamic university with a reputation for quality education, outstanding research and meaningful international engagement. We want to make a difference, not only to the communities we work within but the world. If you want to challenge yourself, then Monash could be the place for you
This Subject Librarian position is a pivotal part of a team that provides information research skills programs for staff and students on the Monash South Africa campus. As Subject Librarian, you will have demonstrated experience in the provision of information services. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required to work in partnership with faculty and students and to further develop services for learning, teaching and research.
In this role you will be a member of a team responsible for the provision of information services within the Library including responsibility for selection, collection management and information research skills programs.
Key selection criteria
Essential
1. A university degree and a tertiary qualification in librarianship or information science, or equivalent, alternate combination of relevant knowledge, training and a minimum of five years' experience in providing information services in an academic
2. Demonstrated experience in the provision of information services, including the design and delivery of information literacy programs and the development of print and electronic information literacy resources. 
3. Proven capacity to effectively liaise and negotiate with a range of clients including staff and students.
4. Well developed oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, together with the capacity to deliver a quality client service.
5. Sound organisational and time management skills including ability to set priorities, work independently or as part of a team, and perform well under pressure.
6. Demonstrated knowledge of relevant e-learning systems and the ability to search electronic resources using advanced techniques 
7. Demonstrated experience in collection development and budget monitoring. 
Your application must address the selection criteria.


Interested persons are invited to submit a covering letter quoting the reference number, together with their detailed CV responding to the selection criteria and details of two referees, to fax: 086 664 7941 or e-mail: za-hr-enquiries@monash.edu

Enquiries in relation to this advertisement should be addressed to the Recruitment Officer, Upasna Dayanand, on tel :( 011) 950-4126.

 Closing Date: 06 July 2012

Monash South Africa is an Equal Opportunity employer

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Kind regards,

Yanelisekani {Yani} MfundisiLending Services/ Serials
Monash South Africa Library
Private Bag X60
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Telephone: +27 11 950 4205
Fax: +27 11 950 4055
Email: yanelisekani.mfundisi@monash.edu

"A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult"

[Lib-helig-l] LIASA statement on the burning of the Welgelee Library in the Northern Cape.

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

BURNING OF WELEGEË LIBRARY:  HUGE LOSS TO THE COMMUNITY

The Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) is shocked and appalled at the burning down of the Welgeleë Library, Olifantshoek, Gamagara Local Municipality in the Northern Cape.

The Welgeleë Library was opened in 1984, revamped in 2004 and served a community of 15,000 residents, as well as 2 crèches, 2 primary schools and 1 high school. The library had a collection of 40,000 items.  These books and audiovisual materials were completely destroyed, as well as a photocopy/fax machine and 6 computers for library patrons, 1 admin computer, a television, fax machine and of course furniture.   All the educational toys and games of the Toy Library were also destroyed in the fire.  The materials for the Soul Buddies and Love Life programmes were burnt.  The library purchased materials and school clothing for the “Back to School” project.  Unfortunately these items were lost in the fire.

The following services were rendered to the community during April 2012:

• 885 registered library users, of which 720 are children;
• 1 222 books and 15 magazines issued;
• 799 photocopies were made;
• On average 2000-3000 learners used the library as a study facility and for access to information for school projects;

Public protests have been ongoing in the town of Olifantshoek for the past month, but police are denying that the library was torched due to the public protests.

The destruction of this valuable resource is a great loss to the community and should be condemned.  LIASA calls upon all stakeholders, the government and the community to speak out in support of libraries, to strongly condemn such actions and to protect libraries as valuable national assets.    The library as an institution is critical for the preservation of our culture and heritage, the growth and development of individuals and the community, the stimulation of a culture of reading, plays a fundamental role in education and learning and contributes to the well-being of South Africa.  The community at large and South Africans should defend and protect their libraries and not tolerate such acts of violence.

ROLE OF LIBRARIES IN COMMUNITY

LIASA aims to create awareness of the role that libraries play in developing their respective communities.  During the recent SA Library Week, the theme – Develop @ your library - aligns to government’s agenda of encouraging job creation by focusing on the role that libraries can and do play in contributing to this call by the government. Libraries are perfectly situated to contribute to this agenda through the various programmes organized by libraries. Libraries enable their users to find information for their development whether it is to find a job, doing research, or starting a business. Libraries are also instrumental in developing programmes and activities to increase the knowledge and skills of members of their communities. These programmes can include:

·         providing access to computers for internet access and word processing for job hunting, honing computer skills, typing a C.V. or doing research;

·         programmes to teach a craft or skill;

·         literacy and abet programmes, to improve the nation’s literacy levels;

·         programmes to help learners find information, enabling them to become independent in finding credible information;

·         Story-telling; 

·         Access to books, magazines, audiovisual and other educational and recreational resources.

ABOUT LIASA

LIASA is the national professional association for all library and information workers in South Africa.  LIASA aims to unite, develop and empower all people in the library and information field.  It represents the interests of and promotes the development and image of library and information services in South Africa.   More information can be found at:  http://www.liasa.org.za.

NAOMI HAASBROEK

LIASA President

Tel: 021 843 1259

Mobile:  082 895 9931

E-Mail:  president@liasa.org.za