2008 achievements

* The creation of the South African National Veterinary Repository in UPSpace - a unique electronic collection of photos and slides as a result of the collaborative effort of the Veterinary Science Library, University of Pretoria (UP) and the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI) (https://www.up.ac.za/dspace/handle/2263/3809).

* The publishing of the electronic version of the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, in September 2008, in UPSpace
https://www.up.ac.za/dspace/handle/2263/4655
This is the first such e-publication by the Dept of Library Services. It was done by Antoinette Lourens, with metadata editing by Amelia Breytenbach.

* MARKETING (displays, posters, brochures and powerpoint ) at client conferences - VETERINARY COLLECTIONS (SA National Veterinary Repository, Theiler, Biomedical illustrations)

- SA Veterinary & Paraveterinary Conference, Sun City, July 2008

- Faculty Day, September 2008

- Pan African Centenary Veterinary Conference, 6-9 October 2008

* PRESENTATION at SA Online conference, CSIR: The librarian as author and publisher in the digital environment:launching veterinary science in UPSpaceAntoinette Lourens, Erica van der Westhuizen, Amelia Breytenbach, Tertia Coetsee and Ria Groenewald
(Department of Library Services, University of Pretoria, South Africa) and
David Swanepoel
(ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute Library, South Africa)

* IMPORTANT VISITORS in 2008
The descendants of Jotello Soga and Arnold Theiler visited the Library. We were honoured to welcome the grand daughter of Sir Arnold Theiler, Elizabeth Theiler Martin and her husband as well as the great grand daughter of Dr Jotello F. Soga, Carole Gallagher and her husband in October 2008.

* Amelia Breytenbach attended the 2008 Dublin Core Conference in Berlin, Germany, representing the UP Library Service as metadata specialist. http://dc2008.de/
She visited the Wellcome Trust Library in London where she held worthwhile discussions with their digital experts. http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/
View her powerpoint description of her visits and the conference at https://www.up.ac.za/dspace/handle/2263/8923
(Visits to Libraries, London, 18-19 September 2008 and DC-2008 Conference, Berlin, Germany, 23-25 September 2008 )

* Amelia and Ria Groenewald, UP Digitisation Manager, published an article in 2008 The African Elephant: A digital collection of anatomical sketches as part of the University of Pretoria's Institutional Repository – a case studyhttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do;jsessionid=306310C220CFFAAD3E2ACB1225B482BA?contentType=Article&contentId=1748002

* The University Council approved the new name for the UP Veterinary Science Library: Jotello F. Soga Library. A special function will be held in May 2009.