Once again staff members have been sharpening their skills at a number of conferences and workshops during the period October 2004 to February 2005:
 

Marianna Kritzinger

Annemarie Maritz

Carine Tymbios

Hanlie Strydom

Marianna Kritzinger attended the "Off the shelf: a workshop on the provision and use of e-books in libraries" between 13 and15 December which was presented at the UCT Graduate School of Business. The workshop was jointly organised by the UCT Centre for Information Literacy and the University of Wales Department of Information Studies.

Annemarie Maritz, Carine Tymbios, and Hanlie Strydom attended a workshop hosted by the Library & Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) Special Libraries Interest Group (LiSLIG) titled "Beyond Google: Keeping up with new search tools". The presenter at this workshop was Karen Hartman, Regional Information Resource Officer, U.S. Embassy, South Africa.

A vast amount of time was also invested in training all involved staff members with regards to a new version of the Library Service’s computer system, Aleph v.16; the University’s new appraisal system as well as the University’s human resources system, SUN-e-HR.

Also read about Johan Mouton’s (Electronic Resources Manager) interesting visit to the Frankfurt Book Fair 2004  between 6 and 8 October 2004.