Bibnuus

December 2013

Dear client

We would like to welcome you to the first edition of a revamped BibNews. With this electronic newsletter we would like to keep you up to date with news about upcoming events, report on important past events and help you stay abreast with new services and resources available at the Library and Information Service. This edition includes articles about two important events which took place recently: our Annual Library Symposium and the launch of our Digital Collections. Other articles give feedback about staff issues and another highlight of the past semester: the book talk with Margie Orford. She is a lovely speaker and with her sharp-witted humor had the audience in the palm of her hand. We hope you enjoy the read.

Enjoy the festive season and the well-deserved rest.

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ANNUAL LIBRARY SYMPOSIUM:
EXPLORING NEW FRONTIERS OF LIBRARIANSHIP

As academic libraries find themselves challenged by perpetual technological change and a continuous shift in user behaviour, the Library and Information Service held a symposium in November to seek solutions to advance institutional objectives and augment the future of academic libraries. The symposium titled X-plore • X-pand • X-ceed: ensuring dynamic academic libraries for the future was attended by 125 delegates from across the country and neighbouring countries.

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LAUNCH OF DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

The Library and Information Service launched SUNDigital Collections, our new digital collections platform focusing on heritage collections owned by the Library, on 13 November 2013 to an audience of academics, researchers, librarians, donors of collections and members of the Stellenbosch heritage community. Alderman Conrad Sidego, executive mayor of Stellen-bosch, was the guest speaker at the launch.

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NUWE PERSONEELLEDE VERWELKOM

Drie nuwe personeellede is die afgelope paar maande by die Biblioteek- en Inligtingsdiens ver-welkom. Hazel Alexander is aan-gestel as Persoonlike Assistent van die Senior Direkteur vanaf 1 September. Nomonde Magqubela is aangestel as Direkteur: Tegniese Dienste en Bronwyn Bruton het as die nuwe hoof van Spesiale Versa-melings begin werk vanaf Oktober 2013. Lees hier meer oor hul onderskeie loopbane.

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BOOK TALK:
MARGIE ORFORD

During Margie Orford’s studies under JM Coetzee, the renowned author commented on one of her assignments that there were “glimmers of intelligence”. On 31 October 2013 the attendees at a Book Talk in the JS Gericke Library staff room had the pleasure of being exposed to more than just “glimmers” of her intelligence. Orford is not just intelligent, she is sharp-witted, open-minded and a lovely speaker who hardly needs any prompting to open up to the audience.

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PRET BY DIE WELWEES SPORTDAG

Die Universiteit Stellenbosch se eerste sportdag het op Vrydag 25 Oktober 2013 by die Coetzenburg-sportterrein plaasgevind. Veertig personeellede van die US Biblioteek- en Inligtingsdiens het in spanne aan die pretloop, sokker-strafdoel-uitkloppe en doelbal deelgeneem. Nadat die sportspanne gefinaliseer is, is die braai-vleisspanne saamgestel – al die harde oefening is later beloon met iets te ete en te drinke!

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LIBRARIANS AT THE LIASA CONFERENCE

Librarians of Stellenbosch University attended the Library and Information Association of South Africa's (LIASA)15th Annual conference held on 7-11 October 2013 at the CTICC. "The exciting theme Libraries in Dialogue for Transformation and Innovation challenges librarians to be pro-active and facilitate dialogue amongst themselves as well as librarians and their clients,” said Ujala Satgoor, LIASA president, in her opening speech.

Steven Fredericks het sy loopbaan by die Biblioteekdiens begin op die jong ouderdom van 24. Hy het op daardie stadium slegs 'n Standerd 8 sertifikaat gehad, maar later sy Matrieksertifikaat, sowel as Diploma in Biblioteekkunde behaal en 'n graad in Biblioteekkunde verwerf op 47-jarige ouderdom. Nou, na 42 jaar en baie interessante ervaringe in die Biblioteekwêreld, tree hy aan die einde van Desember 2013 af.

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