Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Highlights 2007


STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS

- 4 staff members presented a paper at the IFLA conference in Durban on 18 August. This was at the Satellite Session of the Health and Biosciences Section. The title of the presentation:
Disasters and Diseases in Africa: Information Support for Animal and Human Health. Tertia Coetsee, Antoinette Lourens, Marguerite Nel and Erica van der Westhuizen
(http://www.ais.up.ac.za/vet/ifla/iflapap.htm)

- Amelia Breytenbach, the Library Services' metadata specialist, presented a paper on metadata at the IGBIS section of LIASA at a meeting held in Pretoria.

- Amelia Breytenbach enrolled for the online course on metadata for digital collections presented by the University of Wisconsin:Milwaukee, USA in November.

- Erica van der Westhuizen completed the editing of the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists.

- Antoinette Lourens was responsible for the layout of the above Proceedings and final preparation to enable the publication to be printed by the University of Illinois in November.

- Erica van der Westhuizen was asked to write the history of the Veterinary Science Library for publication in the special Centenary Book about the Faculty and the Institute (OVI) in 2008.

MARKETING

- UPSpace collections were marketed during Faculty Day in September. A special display was mounted and the collections could be viewed online at the display stand. The focus was The Elephant illustrations of the Christine Seegers Biomedical Illustrations collection.

- The Library's role in the Faculty was emphasised during the function held to celebrate the 20 years that the library has been in the Sir Arnold Theiler building. (http://www.ais.up.ac.za/vet/quilt.htm)

This was a marketing opportunity, enhancing communication with the Dean and Departmental Heads in particular. A special issue of the library newsletter, Infomania, focused on the history of the library and its services and products during the past 20 years. It can be viewed electronically at http://www.ais.up.ac.za/vet/infomania/infomania17/infoma17.htm

The making of the special commemorative quilt improved team spirit and it is a beautiful addition to the original art collection in the library.
Special mention must be made of Barbara Kellermann who designed the quilt and ensured a professional end-product.

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