UPSPACE HIGHLIGHTS 2008 – VETERINARY SCIENCE LIBRARY
1) 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
2) PRESENTATION AT SA ONLINE CONFERENCE, CSIR, THE LIBRARIAN AS AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT: launching veterinary science in UPSpace
Antoinette Lourens, Erica van der Westhuizen, Amelia Breytenbach, Tertia Coetsee and Ria Groenewald
Department of Library Services, University of Pretoria, South Africa
David Swanepoel
ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute Library, South Africa
3) PARTICIPATION in the IR workshop, 3 October to show role of faculty library manager and information specialist in getting buy-in from faculty and doing marketing
PROJECTS 2008 in UPSpace
1) Proceedings 5ICAHIS (5th International Conference of Animal Health Information
Specialists, July 2005, Onderstepoort)
2) Proceedings of the 1st Conference of African Animal Health Information Specialists, July
1995, Onderstepoort
3) Proceedings of the Pan African Veterinary Conference of 1929
4) SA National Veterinary Repository (UP Faculty of Vet Sci and OVI)
5) Theiler Memorial Lectures
2009 PROJECTS
1) NEXT YEAR we would like to digitise South Africa’s 2 veterinary journals, from their start date till 1996/7 when they began their electronic format as SAePublications. Looking for funds! (JSAVA and OPJVR)
2) METADATA for digitised slides of various departments at the Faculty: some funds have been given by EI for students to upload the metadata, and to pay the experts who will supply the descriptions of these “learning objects”.
Erica van der Westhuizen 22 October 2008
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
Family of Jotello Soga and Arnold Theiler visit Library
The great granddaughter of Dr Jotello F. Soga, the first South African to qualify as a veterinarian (1886, University of Edinburgh) visited the Veterinary Science Library in October 2008. She is Carole Gallagher, and lives in England.
The photo shows Carole and her husband, with Erica van der Westhuizen, head of the library.
The grand daughter of Sir Arnold Theiler who founded the Faculty of Veterinary Science in 1920, the only veterinary training institution in South Africa, also paid the library a visit in October. Elizabeth Theiler Martin was accompanied by her husband. They live in New York.
They were most interested to see the photo albums of Sir Arnold's world travels which we are now digitising and uploading in the university's institutional repository, UPSpace.
Pan African Centenary Veterinary Conference 2008
MEETING THE THEILER AND SOGA DESCENDANTS
During the Pan African Centenary Veterinary Conference, 6-9 October 2008 the Veterinary Science Library held a display featuring various collections in the electronic Institutional Repository, UPSpace.
These include the Theiler collection.
Special posters were designed by Ria Groenewald to highlight the Open Access research articles in OpenUP, the Arnold Theiler Memorial Lectures collection in UPSpace, Christine Seegers biomedical illustrations in UPSpace, and slide material from various departments at the Faculty.
A powerpoint presentation designed by Antoinette Lourens ran throughout the conference, explaining the importance of digitising unique information sources.
The Librarians were thrilled to meet the direct descendants of both Sir Arnold Theiler and Dr Jotello Soga, two prominent veterinary figures of the late 19th, early 20th centuries. In the photo taken at the library display can be seen in front from l. to r.
Mr Gallagher, Dr Emily Mogojane, Carole Gallagher (great granddaughter of Dr Soga), Elizabeth Theiler Martin (grand daughter of Sir Arnold) and her husband behind her.
During the Pan African Centenary Veterinary Conference, 6-9 October 2008 the Veterinary Science Library held a display featuring various collections in the electronic Institutional Repository, UPSpace.
These include the Theiler collection.
Special posters were designed by Ria Groenewald to highlight the Open Access research articles in OpenUP, the Arnold Theiler Memorial Lectures collection in UPSpace, Christine Seegers biomedical illustrations in UPSpace, and slide material from various departments at the Faculty.
A powerpoint presentation designed by Antoinette Lourens ran throughout the conference, explaining the importance of digitising unique information sources.
The Librarians were thrilled to meet the direct descendants of both Sir Arnold Theiler and Dr Jotello Soga, two prominent veterinary figures of the late 19th, early 20th centuries. In the photo taken at the library display can be seen in front from l. to r.
Mr Gallagher, Dr Emily Mogojane, Carole Gallagher (great granddaughter of Dr Soga), Elizabeth Theiler Martin (grand daughter of Sir Arnold) and her husband behind her.
Marketing at SA Veterinary & Paraveterinary Conference 2008
SA VETERINARY AND PARAVETERINARY CONGRESS 7-11 JULY 2008, Sun City
THE LIBRARY WAS THERE!
Erica van der Westhuizen
The Veterinary Science Library once again participated in this biannual event by sharing the Faculty’s exhibition stand. This important occasion in the veterinary calendar is an opportunity for marketing the library’s services and products to veterinary practitioners. With CPD now compulsory for practitioners the library plays a role in helping with the earning of points. We run an electronic monitoring system, keeping a record of the articles requested by veterinarians who have enrolled for our contents pages service.
Antoinette Lourens and Erica van der Westhuizen promoted the Library Services the first 2 days of the conference, and were followed by Tertia Coetsee and Marguerite Nel for the next 2 days.
We were kept very busy as most of the attendees visited the exhibits. There was no time for us to attend any of the lectures unfortunately, as we had been able to do at past conferences. (No time for gambling either!)
We hope that all the contacts made and information communicated about how the library can help practitioners to keep up-to-date will result in an expansion of our “external” market, for the benefit of animal health in South Africa.
PHOTOS SHOW LIBRARIANS AT THE EXHIBIT STAND
Antoinette Lourens promoting our services
From left to right:
Tertia Coetsee, Antoinette Lourens, Erica van der Westhuizen and Marguerite Nel
THE LIBRARY WAS THERE!
Erica van der Westhuizen
The Veterinary Science Library once again participated in this biannual event by sharing the Faculty’s exhibition stand. This important occasion in the veterinary calendar is an opportunity for marketing the library’s services and products to veterinary practitioners. With CPD now compulsory for practitioners the library plays a role in helping with the earning of points. We run an electronic monitoring system, keeping a record of the articles requested by veterinarians who have enrolled for our contents pages service.
Antoinette Lourens and Erica van der Westhuizen promoted the Library Services the first 2 days of the conference, and were followed by Tertia Coetsee and Marguerite Nel for the next 2 days.
We were kept very busy as most of the attendees visited the exhibits. There was no time for us to attend any of the lectures unfortunately, as we had been able to do at past conferences. (No time for gambling either!)
We hope that all the contacts made and information communicated about how the library can help practitioners to keep up-to-date will result in an expansion of our “external” market, for the benefit of animal health in South Africa.
PHOTOS SHOW LIBRARIANS AT THE EXHIBIT STAND
Antoinette Lourens promoting our services
From left to right:
Tertia Coetsee, Antoinette Lourens, Erica van der Westhuizen and Marguerite Nel
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
New staff member, Veterinary Science Library
We welcome our new staff member, Joe Sindane. He will be mainly responsible for Interlibrary loans and document delivery.
Joe Sindane and Antoinette Lourens, August 2008.
See also our library newsletter, September 2008 issue.
E-products display in Veterinary Science Library
We are concentrating on bringing the growing e-collections in the university's Institutional Repository (UPSpace) to our users' attention (and others too!).
During August 2008 we featured the various collections which we have been digitising and uploading to UPSpace, in a display in the Veterinary Science Library.
These include the Biomedical illustrations of Christine Seegers (the African elephant), the Theiler collection of photos and other memorabilia, the Arnold Theiler Memorial Lectures (an annual event), and the South African National Veterinary Repository. (https://www.up.ac.za/dspace/handle/2263/3809)
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