Ms Ellen Tise, Senior Director: Library and Information Service at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been elected to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Online Computer Library Centre (OCLC), based in the United States of America. She will be the first board member representing the African continent and will serve a four-year term. The purpose of the OCLC is to establish, maintain and operate a computerised library network and to promote the evolution of library use, of libraries themselves, and of librarianship. The OCLC members cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the worlds most comprehensive database of library materials. The Board of Trustees consists of 16 members, more than half of whom are librarians.
We would like to congratulate Ms Tise on this great achievement.
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July 2014
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LIBRARY DIGITAL FAIR
All students and staff are invited to a Library Digital Fair in the JS Gericke Library on Friday 25 July. The aim of the Fair is to introduce them to the cutting-edge electronic resources that are available to them via the Library. Read more / Lees in Afrikaans
LIBRARY RESEARCH WEEK
The Library will be presenting its second Library Research Week this year from 4 to 8 August 2014. The aim of the event is to equip new upcoming researchers with the necessary SMARTs to guide them on their research path.
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NEW LIBRARY STAFF
Marie Theron was appointed as Faculty Librarian for the Science Faculty from 1 June 2014. She previously worked at the Faculty Library of Natural and Agricultural Sciences of University of Pretoria Academic Library Service.
GET YOUR FREE MENDELEY PREMIUM ACCOUNT
The Library is participating in a special premium programme allowing you to upgrade to Mendeley Premium, with no additional cost. Mendeley is a free reference management and academic networking tool.
RESEARCH COMMONS SOCIAL HOURS
The popular Research Commons Social Hours started again in May 2014 with a talk by Dr Nox Makunga about medicinal plants. The next Social Hour will take place in August and Prof Linus Opara will be the speaker.
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HENNIE AUCAMP DIGITAL COLLECTION
Selected items from the Hennie Aucamp collection are now available on SUNDigital Collections, the digital heritage platform of the Library. These items include an overview of the different genres of Afrikaans literature in which Aucamp worked.
FREDERICK VAN ZYL SLABBERT COLLECTION
The Library is now officially the custodian of the Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert manuscript collection. The Manuscripts Section in the JS Gericke Library received this unique documentary heritage in April this year.
PATRON-DRIVEN ACQUISITIONS FOR E-BOOKS
There is a new buzz word in the world of library e-book acquisitions, namely patron-driven acquisitions, (PDA). In 2014, the Library decided to find out what the buzz is all about, if it is something that could work for us.
BOOKS DONATED TO SCHOOLS - NEKNOMINATION
Following a NEKNomination from the International and Postgraduate Office, the Library decided to collect children's books and donate them to two schools in Stellenbosch. The Library wishes to thank everyone who contributed to this project.
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