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South African Library Week 2009
Department of Arts and Culture Theme: "Access for all @ your library"

Date: 16-21 March 2009

LIASA Tenth Annual Conference 2008 LIASA has declared 16-21 March 2009 South African Library Week. During this week stakeholders will celebrate and promote library and information services throughout South Africa with the theme: “Access for all @ your library”.
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11th Annual LIASA Conference
Theme: Library and Information Services on the Move LIASA Tenth Annual Conference 2008

Dates: 28 September - 2 October 2009
Venue: Bloemfontein

 
LIASA Annual Report: August 2007 to October 2008
The past year was started on a very high note with the hosting of an extremely successful 10th Anniversary celebration and more importantly the 73rd IFLA Conference between the 19th and 23rd of August 2007...
 
New Executive Committee takes office at 10th LIASA Conference
President: Rachel More
President-Elect: Naomi Haasbroek
Secretary: Judy Henning
Treasurer: Karin Kitching
Public Relations Officer: Rebecca Senyolo
 
Additional members: Nazeem Hardy
Robert Moropa
Ujala Satgoor
Flippie van der Walt

Congratulations and best wishes to the new team.
 
LIASA-in-Touch
LIASA-in-Touch: June 2009 June issue of LIASA-in-Touch on its way to members.

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Communiqué from the President
It is now a month after the exciting conference in Cape Town. I hope you have all recovered and back at your desks with renewed strength and inspiration to make a difference in the lives of the communities we serve. Information is power. As library and information workers we are in a powerful position to assist in building an informed nation.
 
Librarian of the Year 2008
Dora Ackerman At the 10th LIASA Annual Conference Gala Dinner held on 8 October 2008, Dora Ackerman of the Free State Branch, was named as the 2008 South African Librarian of the Year.

In second place, was Ujala Satgoor of Gauteng North Branch, while Lindi Nhlapo of Gauteng South Branch was in third place.

The Branch Librarians of the Year, including Dora, Ujala and Lindi, all received certificates.

This award was made possible with the generous sponsorship from Sabinet.
 
LIASA - CiCD
Winter Seminar

LIASA and CiCD are hosting a 3 day Winter Seminar from 29 June to 1 July 2009. This seminar is to take place at NLSA. Each of the 3 days will be dedicated to a specific sector or topic of importance for Academic and Public Libraries.


Leadership & Management Workshop

LIASA, in conjunction with CBM Training, is proud to offer this intensive two-day course, specially designed to give managers, supervisors and leaders a wealth of valuable information and practical skills for use in improving the way they manage others.
 
Minister of Arts and Culture's Budget Vote Speech
Minister of Arts and Culture, Z Pallo Jordan: Budget Vote Speech on 6 June 2008.

 
WSIS: The World Summit on the Information Society
World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva 2003 - Tunis 2005 IFLA and the WSIS: http://www.ifla.org/III/wsis.html

International Telecommunication Union (ITU): http://www.itu.int/wsis/

Alexandria Manifesto on libraries: the Information Society in Action
 
Report on the Conditional Grant for public/community libraries
The Minister of Arts and Culture, Dr Z Pallo Jordan, announced in 2007 the National Treasury's allocation of a conditional grant to the Department of Arts and Culture for the period 2007 to 2010.

 







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