[Lib-helig-l] Survey for teachers and librarians on copyright: making sense of the South African copyright environment

This has been sent out to a variety of lists, so apologies for any
unintentional cross-posting.

As part of a dissemination strategy for the findings of an important
project that explored the impact of local copyright regimes on access
to educational materials within eight African countries - called The
African Copyright and Access to Knowledge Project (ACA2K), the local
non-profit organisation The African Commons Project has developed a
short survey aimed specifically at South African teachers and
librarians.  The survey hopes to  analyse teachers' and librarians'
understanding and responses to copyright in their personal working
environments.  The survey will lay the groundwork in preparation for a
workshop that we will be hosting around copyright and access to
educational materials.  The aim of the workshop is to structure the
ACA2K South Africa-specific project findings into a user-friendly
resource for teachers and librarians.

Please note that this survey is highly confidential and aims to
encourage librarians and teachers to express their understanding or
uncertainties around daily copyright challenges.    As an incentive to
answering the survey, the first 30 respondents will receive free
branded ACA2K flashdrives.

The survey will be open until 30 March 2011, and thereafter the
findings will be analysed and shared with the teaching and library
communities.

The survey can be accessed at the following link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/aca2k

For more information, or should you require a pdf copy for those who
do not have email access, please contact:  info@africancommons.org

Regards
Kerryn McKay
The African Commons Project

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[Lib-helig-l] South African Library Week 2011 celebrations around the country

South African Library Week 19-26 March 2011:  “Read in your Language @ your library®”

 

Read all about the SALW2011 celebrations across the country by visiting the SALW2011 page on the LIASA website at:

 

http://www.liasa.org.za/node/518

 

You are invited to share your Library Week activities with everyone by sending your programmes and highlights to cicd@liasa.org.za for posting to the LIASA website.

 

Let us all use this opportunity to promote the important role of libraries in our communities and in the national developmental agenda.   It is a time to celebrate and focus the spotlight on libraries and librarians.

 

Enjoy South African Library Week!!

 

Naomi Haasbroek

President

Library and Information Association of South Africa

president@liasa.org.za

http://www.liasa.org.za

Twitter: www.twitter.com/LIASANews

 

South African Library Week 2011: 19-26 March 2011

"Read in your language @ your library"

 

 

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] 'Embedded Librarian’ on Twitter Served as Information Concierge for Class

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/embedded-librarian-on-twitter-served-as-information-concierge-for-class/30000?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

'Embedded Librarian' on Twitter Served as Information Concierge for Class
February 25, 2011, 2:08 pm

By Jeff Young
What if a reference librarian was assigned to a college course, to be
on hand to suggest books, online links, or other resources based on
class discussion? A media-studies course at Baylor University tried
the idea last semester, with an "embedded librarian" following the
class discussion via Twitter.

At the start of each class session, the professor, Gardner Campbell,
asked the 11 students to open their laptops, fire up Twitter, and say
hello to their librarian, who was following the discussion from her
office. During the hourlong class, the librarian, Ellen Hampton Filgo,
would do what she refers to as "library jazz," looking at the
questions and comments posed by students, responding with suggestions
of links or books, and anticipating what else might be helpful that
students might not have known to ask.

"I could see the sort of germination of an idea, and what they wanted
to talk about," she said, noting that it let her in on the process of
students' research far sooner than usual. "That was cool for me," she
added. "When I work with students at the reference desk, usually
they're already at a certain midpoint of their research."

When the class was discussing the work of the science-fiction author
Clifford D. Simak, for instance, she tweeted a link to his archives at
the University of Minnesota.

"One of the students said, 'Hey, is there anything like that for
Rilke?'," Ms. Filgo said. "He was all excited. I don't even think he
knew of the idea that a library might collect an author's papers."

Mr. Campbell, who just left Baylor to take a job as a professor and
e-learning administrator at Virginia Tech, said one moment, in
particular, made the experiment worthwhile. The students were
discussing a rare book by Theodor Holm Nelson, a sociologist who
coined the term "hypertext." The book, Computer Lib, is really two
books in one, with an unconventional layout that tries to simulate
linking among segments and marginal comments that Mr. Nelson said
would come as text was increasingly stored on computers.

Ms. Filgo tweeted that she had something for the class. Then she
grabbed a copy of Computer Lib from the library's shelves and walked
over to the classroom. She had never actually met the students in
person, so they were surprised when she appeared with a copy of the
book to pass around, as they were still discussing it.

"There was apparent magic to it," Mr. Campbell said. "It made that
class unforgettable."

Ms. Filgo said she would try it again, but she worries that it would
be difficult to expand the effort to a wider number of classes. "It
took out three hours of my workweek," she says. "The question is how
can you scale this up?"

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[Lib-helig-l] Textbook Publisher Announces ‘App’ Approach to Learning Materials

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/textbook-publisher-announces-%e2%80%98app%e2%80%99-approach-to-learning-materials/30090?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

Textbook Publisher Announces 'App' Approach to Learning Materials
March 2, 2011, 10:00 am

By Jeff Young

Long Beach—The phrase "there's an app for that" may be coming to textbooks.

Today a major textbook company, Cengage Learning, announced a new
e-textbook publishing platform that lets professors plug in apps, some
made by other software companies, to add to traditional textbook
content features like tutoring services or the ability to trade margin
notes with other students.

The system is called MindTap, and it is scheduled to be announced at
the annual TED conference here. When Chris Vento, Cengage's executive
vice president for technology and development, explained the system to
a reporter, he felt the need to put the word "textbook" in air quotes,
since traditional textbook content is a small part of the new product.
These digital textbooks essentially bundle together several products
sold by Cengage and its subsidiaries, including their electronic
test-bank system, called Aplia, as well as videos and other materials
that the company owns the rights to, including the archives of
Newsweek. And MindTap allows professors to customize the presentation
of the material, by adding their own slides, video lectures, articles,
or free online content from elsewhere.

The wider implications of this view–the textbook as a small part of a
learning experience that's now focused on related interactive
software–were spelled out for publishing as a whole last week by
William D. Rieders, executive vice president for new media at the
company, in an interview with The Chronicle.

Competing textbook publishers already offer similar bundles of
learning materials, but what appears unique is that Cengage officials
are working with third-party e-learning companies to let them build
add-ons that can be added directly into the e-textbooks. In that way,
the system might work something like Apple's popular online store for
apps that work on its smartphones or tablet computers.

Students will read the online textbooks via a standard Web browser,
though Mr. Vento says the Web pages are coded so that they adapt to
fit whatever device the student is using, whether it is a laptop,
iPad, or a smartphone. The system's interface consists of two
side-by-side windows, one displaying a page of a textbook and the
other allowing users to open another app within the system, such as a
notebook page to type and share notes, or any of the other apps that a
professor enabled for his or her course.

In some ways, the Cengage system appears to be competing with
course-management systems like Blackboard, which have also added
features and customization so that professors can bring together
learning materials and services in one interface. Mr. Vento said his
company was not trying to compete with course-management providers,
however, noting that professors will still want to use a
course-management system for things like managing enrollment and
submitting grades.

The move is the latest in a growing platform war among textbook
publishers, as traditional textbook companies seek to define what a
textbook should be in the digital age and possibly even control the
online storefront for textbook publishing.

Cengage officials said that nine colleges and universities are testing
MindTap, though it declined to name them. It plans to make it more
widely available for sale starting in June.

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[Lib-helig-l] New Librarians International/National Association Activity and Career Attitudes Survey

Posted on behalf of Loida Garcia-Febo and   Robin Kear

Dear colleagues:

In 2007, individuals from five continents answered a survey about new
librarians, leadership, library associations and professional futures.
Results including a proposed plan of action were published under the
title "International Perspectives of the New Librarian Experience,"
(Feliciter, Issue #2, 2007). This year we are following up on that
survey and kindly asking for help in finding out more about the
perspectives of new librarians from different regions of the world.

Recently, library associations from a number of countries have
developed various initiatives to introduce new librarians to their
group's existence, include them in their activities, develop their
careers, and encourage them to stay in the profession. This brief,
general survey intends to measure the success of these initiatives.
Findings will be presented at library associations' conferences and
discussed in journal articles.

Please, take a few minutes to answer the survey. It will be available
until March 15. Answers are confidential. Participants will remain
anonymous.

Link to the survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/newlibrariansinternationalsurvey

Thanks for your participation!

Loida Garcia-Febo and   Robin Kear

Loida: Coordinator, Special Services, Queens Library, 89-11 Merrick
Blvd., Jamaica, N.Y. 11432
phone: 1 + 718-990-8569; fax: 1 + 718-990-8626

ALA IFRT Chair, ALA Membership Meetings Committee Chair, ALA Councilor-at-Large

IFLA FAIFE Secretary, IFLA NPSIG, REFORMA Immediate Past President
2009-2010 email: loidagarciafebo@gmail.com

http://loidagarciafebo.com/
http://www.youtube.com/Loidagarciafebo

Robin: Reference/Instruction Librarian, University of Pittsburgh, 266
Hillman Library, 3960 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
phone: 1+ 412-648-7728, email: rlk25@pitt.edu

ALA IRRT Connections Committee Chair, ALA Website Advisory Committee
Round Table Rep, ALA LIRT Website Advisory Committee,

ACRL Instruction Section Awards Committee Member

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[Lib-helig-l] Join LIASA today to receive a bouquet of benefits

Join LIASA today and receive the following benefits:

 

Some of the benefits of being a LIASA member:

 

-Regular communication via the listserv LIASAOnline or SMS service

-Four issues of the LIASA-in-Touch,  our information-filled magazine for the LIS professional

-SAJLIS,  the academic and accredited professional journal

-Discounted rates for meetings,  workshops, seminars, Annual LIASA Conference

-Discounted rates for training sessions, courses and workshops

-Eligibility for the various prestigious LIASA awards

-Eligibility for grants, scholarships or other financial support opportunities

-Eligibility to attend the IFLA Conference on the membership rate

-Eligibility to serve on branch, interest group and other committees of LIASA

-Membership of your local branch and access to all its activities at discounted rates

-Membership of two Interest Groups of your choice and access to its activities at discounted rates

 

The membership fees for 2011 are as follows:

 

 

Membership category	Membership Fee
Individual membership	R375
Full time students / pensioner, etc.	R215
International Individual membership	US$110
Africa Individual membership	US$55
SA Institutional membership	R1650
International Institutional membership	US$220
Africa Institutional membership	US$100

 

 

Remember that you can now join or renew online at:  http://register.liasa.org.za/.   Please complete and update all your personal details online,  submit the form and make payment by internet transfer or direct deposit.    Please send a copy of your proof of payment with the reference number you will receive to admin@liasa.org.za to complete your renewal.    Your renewal will only be updated in the database once we have been able to match your payment in our bank statement.

 

Visit the new LIASA Website at:  http://www.liasa.org.za for much more information!

 

Naomi Haasbroek

President

Library and Information Association of South Africa

president@liasa.org.za

http://www.liasa.org.za

Twitter: www.twitter.com/LIASANews

 

South African Library Week 2011: 19-26 March 2011

"Read in your language @ your library"

 

 

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] Announcement: Participants: 4th Carnegie Library Leadership Academy: 5-19 Nov 2011

Announcement: Participants of the Fourth Carnegie Library Leadership Academy

 

The Centre for African Library Leadership (CALL), established at the University of Pretoria Merensky Library with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will be hosting its Fourth Carnegie Library Leadership Academy (CLLA) at The Villas Hotel and Conference Centre in Pretoria, from 11-25 March 2011.

The following middle to senior library managers, from the public, academic and national library sectors have been selected for participation:

 

-  Mr Anwa Adriaanse (City of Cape Town: Library and information Services)

-  Ms Phindile Bekwa (National Institute for Communicable Diseases)  

-  Ms Carin Bezuidenhout (University of Pretoria Library Services: Merensky Library)

-  Ms Sindy Hlabangwane (University of Pretoria Library Services: Merensky Library)

-  Ms Thembi Khawula (Hibiscus Coast Municipality)

-  Mr Abram Maboya (Monash University)

-  Mr April Mahlangu (University of Johannesburg: Kingsway Library)

-  Mr Edwin Maja (University of Pretoria Library Services:  Merensky Library)

-  Ms Zuki Maya (University of Fort Hare)

-  Ms Pinkie Mkhwanazi (Mangosuthu University of Technology)

-  Ms Cynthia Molepo (Tshwane University of Technology: Polokwane Campus Library)

-  Ms Happy Mphahlele (National Library of South Africa: Pretoria Campus)

-  Mr Harry Nkadimeng (National Library of South Africa: Pretoria Campus)

-  Ms Linda Ntaka (City of Cape Town: Kensington Library)

-  Ms Christel Oosthuizen (Midvaal Local Municipality Library)

-  Ms Rose Phasha (Dept of Arts and Culture: NCLIS)

-  Ms Susan Scheepers (University of Pretoria Library Services: Health Sciences Library)

-  Ms Elenor Shiburi (City of Johannesburg: Library and Information Services)

-  Ms Mashudu Singo (City of Johannesburg: Roodepoort Library)

-  Ms Annemarie Strydom (Unisa: Muckleneuk Branch Library)

 

Congratulations to the successful candidates! We wish you well and hope that this exceptional training opportunity will not only benefit you and your institution, but also the future library and information services sector in South Africa.

 

Best regards

 

'Developing library leaders for the future'

 

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Martha de Waal

Programme Co-ordinator: Centre for African Library Leadership

Department of Library Services

Merensky Library, Level 4, Room 4-7.1

University of Pretoria

Corner of Lynnwood Road and Roper Street

Hatfield 0083, South Africa 

Tel.: +27 12 420 5308

Fax: +27 12 362 5182

Email: martha.dewaal@up.ac.za

Website: http://www.library.up.ac.za