Goals for 2008 +

For 2008 and ahead:
COLLECTION MANAGEMENT:
Update book shelves with Dewey nos.
Indicate e-journals on journal display shelves
Duplicate journals list for Vetlib-L
Collection Development policy

PHYSICAL FACILITIES
Computer connecting cords refit
Connect printers at user terminals
Re-apply for security system at exit (dismantled when new circulation desk installed)
Re-apply for carpet next to study tables

DIGITAL PROJECTS (E-Information strategy)
1. National Veterinary Repository:
- include parties outside University e.g.private practitioners
- market at next SAVA conference (Sun City) to encourage participation
- involve Vet Museum at OVI
- ask Librarian at OVI to help with content
- ask Dr Verwoerd and Dr Bigalke to help with metadata (Identify photos)
2. Publish the Proceedings of our 2005 Conference (5ICAHIS) and our 1995
conference electronically in UPSpace
3. Digitisation of 2 SA veterinary journals (Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research (1903 - 1996) and Journal of the SA Veterinary Association) (1924 - 1997)
4. OpenUP: we must actively begin to upload UP articles. (Marguerite and Tertia will consult with Dr J Van Wyk re his documents to be included)
5. Veterinary Theses - the early ones borrowed from UNISA Archives must be digitised and placed in the e-theses collection.
Important to coincide with Faculty's centenary celebration

WEB PAGES
- Jotello Festire SOGA: new web page to be created. Contact author of book,
Jesse Lewis, and University of Edinburgh Libraries, and Internet. Cape Archives and National Archives
- Normal values of animals (Tertia) - new web page
- Others to be updated: Ostrich, Goat, Poultry, Dental Formulae (juveniles),
Poisonous plants, Disaster management
- LINK OUR BLOGS ON OUR WEB PAGES

TRAINING
: Lunch hour sessions for Postgraduate students, lecturers: Tertia is compiling an online help for postgraduate students re research methodology

BIBLIOGRAPHIES to be updated:
Ostrich 2000 - 2008
Rhino 1997 - 1008
Publish in paper format and electronically
Convert previous years from InMagic to RefWorks to be able to issue them as a complete electronic database.
New Bibliography : BLACK FLY (Prof Bath)

CONFERENCES in 2008
3-5 June - SA Online- Erica, Antoinette, Amelia and Tertia to submit abstract: The Librarian as author and publisher in the web environment
16-19 June - Joint Conference of Digital Libraries, Pittsburgh USA - Amelia has submitted an abstract on the National Veterinary Repository, for the poster session
15-19 June SLA Special Libraries Association, Seattle WA, USA
June - SAVA conference, Sun City (to market products and services, and the National Veterinary Repository)
7-9 October - Pan African Veterinary Congress, Onderstepoort (to market as above)

OUR INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Create a listserv for Veterinary Librarians in African countries (AFRICANVETLIB) to encourage cooperation and sharing of knowledge
Participate in the Livestock Library project (Australia)

TECHNICAL SERVICES (IMPS)
Amelia is overall responsible for quality of metadata and training of cataloguers and other UP staff in assigning metadata
Amelia to serve on the Oracle committee (Metadata)
Amelia responsible to Data Curation Metadata applications for Library Services
Amelia responsible for E-Books web page (new one to be completed)
Amelia responsible for UP Archives metadata
Marguerite metadata editor for Engineering and Architecture
She will help with the metadata editing of collections in the National Veterinary Repository
(Will have to re-look at her work load as she is cataloguer for 4 of our 5 departments and also responsible for the journal orders/collection and IL National and External market's SDI service)Marguerite will do benchmarking of parts of our collection, with Tertia Coetsee (for paper at Conference ? 2009)