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Shireen Davis
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SAAO
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(021) 447 3639
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Alison Garlick
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Old Mutual
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Thea Rutherford
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The Knowledge Market
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(021) 671 2587
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Amy Bell Mulaudzi
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American Libraries, Cape Town
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Western Cape: LiSLIG Branch Interest Group Conveners Report
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18 September 2008
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Western Cape: LiSLIG Annual Report - 169Kb ~ 1 min
24 July 2007
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Launch of the Western Cape Special Libraries Interest Group (LiSLIG)
Approximately 70 library workers in the Cape Town area came to the launch of the Western Cape LIASA Special Libraries Interest Group (LiSLIG), held at the U.S. Consulate in Cape Town on January 26, 2005.
The launch was the much anticipated outcome of last year's meetings between LIASA members and the independent Cape Town-based Special Libraries Interest Group (SLIG) to figure out how to join forces. In August 2004, SLIG was formally disbanded; in September 2004, national LiSLIG members adopted the constitution, bringing us to January 2005, when the Western Cape LiSLIG branch was officially launched. Both SLIG and LIASA members have been in full support of the newly established LiSLIG, and this was apparent by the turnout of this meeting. (We just wish we could get our tongues around these acronyms!)
The morning event was opened by U.S. Consul General Moosa Valli, who expressed his support for the library community. Amy Bell Mulaudzi, director of the Information Resource Center at the U.S. Consulate, and Vice-Chair of the national LiSLIG committee, provided welcoming remarks and a history of the SLIG/LiSLIG transition. E-tv librarian and Western Cape branch Vice-Chair, Nohra Moerat, gave an overview of the LIASA structure and how it benefits interest groups and its members.
Nominations to the branch LiSLIG committee were then formally announced: Tabisa Konyashe of Cape Town Metrorail Library, Noxi Mniki of the Centre for Conflict Resolution Library, Sharon Jongens of Nampak Research and Development, Alison Garlick of Old Mutual's Knowledge Hub, Thea Rutherford, independent consultant, Linda Fedder of Surveys and Land Information Library, and Amy Bell Mulaudzi of the U.S. Consulate Library. The committee includes two former SLIG members, and two non-SLIG LIASA members, as stipulated in the SLIG/LiSLIG transition guidelines.
In addition to a lovely breakfast sponsored by Sabinet, the big drawing card for the meeting was the presentation by U.S. Embassy Information Resource Officer, Karen Hartman, "Beyond Google: Keeping Up with New Search Tools." Since most of the librarians present had been out of library school for a number of years (including myself!), the material was new and exciting.
Ms. Hartman gave us a whirlwind tour of the world of weblogs (no, they aren't all about sex), and described how to create a weblog for our own library community - something which has a lot of potential in the special library sector to help reach out to specific audiences. Ms. Hartman also deciphered the now ubiquitous term "RSS", and illustrated how to make a personal internet "newspaper" for ourselves by syndicating news and information feeds from other websites - truly a timesaver for being on top of news and new research. Part of the attraction of weblogs and RSS newsreaders is that they can be created on the internet, for free, without any special software or knowledge of HTML.
The LiSLIG launch meeting generated 18 new LIASA members, and it was wonderful to see how much support there is for LiSLIG in the Western Cape. The committee will be meeting soon to plan upcoming activities, so please keep your eye out for future events!
Amy Bell Mulaudzi
Karen Hartman takes "Beyond Google" around South Africa
More than 600 South African library workers and internet researchers now know how to set up their own RSS newsreader and weblogs thanks to Karen Hartman, U.S. Embassy Information Resource Officer.
In "Beyond Google: Keeping Up with New Search Tools" Hartman describes some of the freely available but not yet well known search strategy options at Google Labs, as well as new types of search engines (like brainboost, clusty, and mooter), and some of best library weblogs where we too can keep up with new internet technologies, and start our own weblog if we wish. Best of all (well, it's my favorite), Hartman illustrates how we can set up an RSS newsreader and feed our favorite web pages and weblogs into our own personal web "newspaper" saving our time, and enhancing our skills in one go.
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Western Cape LiSLIG Activities and workshops
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The Invisible Web - a Digital Video Conference
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The Invisible Web - a Digital Video Conference
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