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Dear GAELIC friends
Is that the smell of spring in the air? Things are definitely "hotting up" at the
GAELIC Office especially with our Objective 2 plans starting to come together.
We look forward to a busy and successful second half of the year with all our colleagues.
from the Team
Zodwa, Anke, Tanya, Lawson, Lorraine & Carole
The GAELIC Strategic Plan report back
The GAELIC Governing Board held a very successful and enjoyable meeting at the University of Botswana Library and the Strategic Plan is back on track once again. There was an air of excitement and enthusiasm and we hope that all the members will soon experience similar confidence in GAELIC
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UNISA moves to a new level by allowing access to their catalogue on a cell phone using the Airpac III product
Wits University trains sangomas for the first time  Read More>>
 BOLOKA is the North West University's own institutional research repository.
Boloka', which means to preserve, store, protect and/or maintain in Tswana has been active since Mar 09
'UPSpace' … a comparison was done on the ROAR (register of open access repositories) data and University of Pretoria is amongst the top 10 repositories. Well done!
 Wits Library is going cashless. From June 2009 the Wits Main Library implemented a no-cash payment pilot project requiring users of the library to pay all fines and conduct any other cash transactions through pre-loaded ICAM swipe cards
 UNISA celebrated its 2 millionth book by purchasing the 2 volume "Highgrove Florilegium", a limited edition publication of wonderful botanical drawings, including some by South African Artists. A fitting celebration of good company, food and refreshment was enjoyed by all.
We have been updating the websites and added new documents Please see the Brochures for the various programmes… And the 2008 Annual Report
Disability Interest
New web tool for the deaf …Spread the sign Read more>>>
Wits University welcomes Dr Anlia Pretorius as the new manager of the Disability Unit. Dr Pretorius who was previously at the University of Johannesburg is the chairperson of Fotim's Disability Project.
VUMA! Focus - your varsity survival guide
Look at the new Find it space on the web that aims to help students cope with the total university experience and the new access at the Portal 'self-tests'.
Great Note!!
Gutenberg Bible online at Cambridge University Library
The British Library puts 19th century newspapers online with access via a pay-as-you-go service
Feature of Note
New online copyright education tools
 The Fair Use Evaluator (how to determine if the use of a protected work is a fair use) and the Exceptions for Instructors eTool (guides users through the educational exceptions in U.S. copyright law).
Noteworthy Publication
The SARUA Handbook 2009 is the first attempt to present one publication about all
state-funded public universities in Southern Africa. The document includes sets of
basic university data and the region's dominant historical trends of the past 50 years
which have influenced the development of national higher education efforts.
Objective 1 : Promote Optimal Use of the Millennium System in GAELIC member libraries
Team meeting and workshop outcomes:
The Group held a very successful and interesting Show 'n Tell workshop at the National Library of South Africa. Over 80 delegates attended and shared their experiences so that all could learn about the challenges in the set up and use of the Millennium system
North West University (Potchefstroom) created a bulletin board for the event and the presentations can be viewed here. Please register to log on as there is restricted access.
Welcome to the website of the IUG-SA ….
Take a look at the new IUG-SA website that was launched in August and which is independent of any institution. Some access is password protected.
SEALS have been working hard organizing the 2009 conference. The theme this year is : Millennium Maximized! and they are looking for additional presentations and calling for the sharing of examples of innovative and/or optimal use of III Products. Contact: Hester.kritzinger@nmmu.ac.za.
Don't forget the Third Director Symposium to be held on 11 November 2009
Objective 2 : Build capacity through identification and provision of training needs and services for the optimal utilization of resources
We warm welcome Janet Zambri as the new Operational Manager for this Objective area. Janet has been working really hard to get the Team up and running. We held a workshop in July to discuss the strategic plan and the way forward and have some wonderful plans for the future.
A very successful GAELIC and Friends Marketing Fair was enjoyed by about 80 attendees at the National Library on the 11th September . The presentations were really impressive and the mood was of general excitement. Prizes that were sponsored by our ever faithful vendors were awarded and staff are now celebrating the event by blowing their blue GAELIC vuvuzelas. Many of the presentations will be placed on the website for all to see as well as some photos of the event .
The Team are now busy planning a Summer Training Camp scheduled for the end of the year. Keep a look out for the notices.
Objective 3 : Improve cost efficiency through joint procurement and resources sharing
Open access and Institutional Repository Notes
 The African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources (AVOIR) builds capacity in software engineering in Africa using Free Software (Open Source). Read more>>>>
Over 100 UK universities to participate in the EThOS (Electronic Theses Online Service) project.
View the survey of OA repositories in developing countries.
JISC released its roadmap for repositories for 2009-2013.
IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing section has updated the International Resource Sharing and Document Delivery: with its Principles and Guidelines for Procedure.
Traditional Knowledge challenges (with thanks to Denise Nicholson)
WIPO Indigenous and Local Community Experiences and issues Read more>>> & On "Intellectual Property" and Indigenous Peoples Read more>>>
Support Notes
Suffering from networking fatigue? Have you registered on several social networking sites and are now losing control? Here are 20 tips to help you manage.
By Mahendra Palsule. Read also Part 2
So you have barely worked web 2.0 and now there is 3.0. Read about the Web 3.0 concepts explained in Plain English (Presentations)
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Digital curation Blog and tools : Digitization 101
From the Sabinet BLOG  Helena Theron marks 25 years at Sabinet. Congratulations!
Blogging in SA libraries
The Education sector seems to be on a roll: Read more>>>> about the work of Johann van Wyk of the University of Pretoria & the Education Blog at the NWU
Wits Library creates a blog … subscribe here
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Tom Larney (Director of Library Services, NWU Potchefstroom Campus) with insights from recent international events attended (InfoForum, vol 7(2) Aug 09, p.11-12)
"The commonality of certain core themes in the USA and Britain and also in South Africa that arise time and again as strategic priorities not only for libraries, but for universities as a whole. Two of the main themes are the increasing role of non-conventional teaching patterns and students (the support of distance students, for example), and the role of the library in establishing information literacy and supporting research."
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Upcoming Conferences and workshops
25-27 May 2010: International Conference on Digital Scholarship and Emerging Technologies.
University of Botswana, Gaborone. Organised by University of Botswana, University of Pretoria and CSIR (SA). Contact: Prof Stephen M. Mutula Read more>>>>
12-14 October 2010: ICT4D 1st International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development. Cape Town Read more>>>>
3-5 August 2010: 10th Southern African Online Information Meeting. CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria. Organised by SLIS, SAOUG and OSALL. A first call for papers has been posted. Read more>>>
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 The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem."
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What do you call a Group of Librarians?