Judging by the load of activities of the first two months of 2012, the library staff can look forward to a fruitful year.
We started off with hands-on training sessions for the new "Diploma in Veterinary Nursing" students and our new series of library lectures for the new curriculum’s BVSc II students.
The library has the privilege to become part of the new BVSc curriculum introduced in 2011 and will be delivering lectures as part of the newly introduced Veterinary Professional Life module. Our lectures will focus on “Identifying and describing the need for, finding, evaluating, utilizing and managing information”. As part of the training the students will complete a practical assignment and demonstrate their ability to apply their newly acquired information literacy skills effectively. This is a first for the library as the time allocated for library training in the past was much less and the training was not integrated with the formal curriculum.
This couldn’t have come at a better time, as we started using our premier database CAB on the ISI platform since the beginning of the year and students had to receive the relevant training. Lunch hour training sessions are also offered to staff and students to acquaint themselves with CAB on the new platform.
Another bit of good news was when our colleague Tertia Coetsee was informed towards the end of last year that she was one of a privileged few academic librarians from South Africa chosen to, as part of the Carnegie Research Academy initiative in South Africa, participate in a ten week long study tour to the USA. The purpose of the visit is to gain insight in effectively supporting researchers at an academic institution. As with our colleague Marguerite Nel who had the same opportunity in 2011, Tertia will undergo a training program at the Mortenson Centre of the University of Illinois Library, have the opportunity to network with overseas colleagues, visit institutions like the OHIO State University, the Online Computer Library Center in Dublin, Ohio and the Association of College and Research Libraries in Chicago, Illinois. She will also spend a considerable amount of time at her host institution, the Purdue University Libraries. We look forward to learn from her when she returns in May.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Dr Jotello F. Soga (Jesse Lewis presentation)
Research reveals remarkable life of SA’s first veterinarian
Cape Argus, October 17 2011 at 12:06pm
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Dr Jotello Soga, the first South African-born veterinarian.
NEO MADITLA
Staff Reporter
FOR 26 years, he was the only South African-born veterinarian - a remarkable achievement for a man whose race meant he could not hold a position with the colonial government.
Dr Jotello Soga, the son of Reverend Tiyo Soga, a Xhosa man from the Eastern Cape, and his Scottish-born wife Janet Burnside, qualified at the University of Edinburgh.
This and other fascinating information emerged from research into Soga’s life by American former journalist Jesse Lewis, who presented his findings at the 30th World Veterinary Congress at the Cape Town International Convention Centre last week. Lewis told delegates he became fascinated by Soga’s story after stumbling across his name.
Soga was just 21 when he graduated from the Royal (Dick) College of Veterinary Medicine in Edinburgh in 1886. And, said Lewis, he was “far more than just a statistical first”.
“For 26 years he was the only South African-born veterinarian. The second South African veterinarian did not qualify until 1912.”
During his remarkable life, Soga played a leading role as a member of a small team of vets in eradicating rinderpest, which threatened South Africa in the late 19th century.
“His efforts were publicly acknowledged by Lord Alfred Milner, the British governor, yet the British colonial government denied him a permanent position because of his race.”
Soga’s biography on the website of the University of Pretoria’s library, which is named after him, says he was born in 1865 at the Mgwali Mission, in the former Transkei. He was the fourth son of Reverend Tiyo and Janet Soga, and went to Scotland with his family when his father pursued religious studies in 1846.
In 1892 Soga returned, and Lewis said that as a trained vet his skills were vital when rinderpest and other diseases threatened herds and flocks.
“While formal apartheid was not introduced until after 1948, racial discrimination was already entrenched in British-controlled South Africa, and the status of ‘non-whites’ was restricted.”
It worked to Soga’s advantage that he spoke English and Xhosa.
At the time there were only a few other vets here, but they were from outside the country. His immediate task was to contain the spread of lung sickness, which was decimating cattle. He did his own inoculation experiments, and his methods were later accepted as standard.”
Soga also lectured farmers on ways to control and treat livestock diseases.
But in 1902 his health began to fail. He left government service and tried to set up a private practice. Later, he worked as a farm supervisor near East London, and ran a small clinic.
Soga died at 41.
neo.maditla@inl.co.za
Cape Argus, October 17 2011 at 12:06pm
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Dr Jotello Soga, the first South African-born veterinarian.
NEO MADITLA
Staff Reporter
FOR 26 years, he was the only South African-born veterinarian - a remarkable achievement for a man whose race meant he could not hold a position with the colonial government.
Dr Jotello Soga, the son of Reverend Tiyo Soga, a Xhosa man from the Eastern Cape, and his Scottish-born wife Janet Burnside, qualified at the University of Edinburgh.
This and other fascinating information emerged from research into Soga’s life by American former journalist Jesse Lewis, who presented his findings at the 30th World Veterinary Congress at the Cape Town International Convention Centre last week. Lewis told delegates he became fascinated by Soga’s story after stumbling across his name.
Soga was just 21 when he graduated from the Royal (Dick) College of Veterinary Medicine in Edinburgh in 1886. And, said Lewis, he was “far more than just a statistical first”.
“For 26 years he was the only South African-born veterinarian. The second South African veterinarian did not qualify until 1912.”
During his remarkable life, Soga played a leading role as a member of a small team of vets in eradicating rinderpest, which threatened South Africa in the late 19th century.
“His efforts were publicly acknowledged by Lord Alfred Milner, the British governor, yet the British colonial government denied him a permanent position because of his race.”
Soga’s biography on the website of the University of Pretoria’s library, which is named after him, says he was born in 1865 at the Mgwali Mission, in the former Transkei. He was the fourth son of Reverend Tiyo and Janet Soga, and went to Scotland with his family when his father pursued religious studies in 1846.
In 1892 Soga returned, and Lewis said that as a trained vet his skills were vital when rinderpest and other diseases threatened herds and flocks.
“While formal apartheid was not introduced until after 1948, racial discrimination was already entrenched in British-controlled South Africa, and the status of ‘non-whites’ was restricted.”
It worked to Soga’s advantage that he spoke English and Xhosa.
At the time there were only a few other vets here, but they were from outside the country. His immediate task was to contain the spread of lung sickness, which was decimating cattle. He did his own inoculation experiments, and his methods were later accepted as standard.”
Soga also lectured farmers on ways to control and treat livestock diseases.
But in 1902 his health began to fail. He left government service and tried to set up a private practice. Later, he worked as a farm supervisor near East London, and ran a small clinic.
Soga died at 41.
neo.maditla@inl.co.za
Dr Jotello F. Soga tribute:30th World Veterinary Congress
Report from SABC news: Oct 2011
The 30th World Veterinary Congress in Cape Town has paid a special tribute to the first South African veterinarian, Dr Jotello Soga for his leading role in eradicating rinderpest. Soga graduated from Edinburgh University in the United Kingdom in 1886. He died in 1906 at the age of 41.
Jotello Festire Soga was the son of Tiyo Soga, the first black South African to be ordained as minister in the United Presbyterian Church in December 1856. Soga became the first South African to become a qualified veterinarian in 1886 at the age of 21.
Former American journalist Jesse Lewis has described Jotello Soga as a veterinarian who played a leading role in eradicating rinderpest, a merciless killer of cattle that threatened South Africa in the late 19th Century. Lewis who is also a short film maker of South African history says Soga's name should not end with his death.
It is very special that Dr Soga who is a South African travelled and qualified as veterinarian about 120 years ago
"Dr Soga has been dead for over 100 years, and I think he is a role model, a beacon for young South Africans of all races and culture to explore veterinary science as a career and for them to achieve that excellence, I think he is a model to show all South Africans of whatever colour that they too can contribute meaningfully to South Africa's future."
In 2008 the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Veterinary Science marked its 100th anniversary by naming its Library in Dr Soga's honour. The South African Veterinary Association has an annual award known as the Soga Medal for community service.
Professor Banie Penzhorn says: "It is very special that Dr Soga who is a South African travelled and qualified as veterinarian about 120 years ago, that is why we like to commemorate his contribution to veterinary science in South Africa."
The 30th World Veterinary Congress under the theme, "Caring for Animals, Healthy Communities" ends today with a visit to the Khayelitsha Animal Clinic.
The 30th World Veterinary Congress in Cape Town has paid a special tribute to the first South African veterinarian, Dr Jotello Soga for his leading role in eradicating rinderpest. Soga graduated from Edinburgh University in the United Kingdom in 1886. He died in 1906 at the age of 41.
Jotello Festire Soga was the son of Tiyo Soga, the first black South African to be ordained as minister in the United Presbyterian Church in December 1856. Soga became the first South African to become a qualified veterinarian in 1886 at the age of 21.
Former American journalist Jesse Lewis has described Jotello Soga as a veterinarian who played a leading role in eradicating rinderpest, a merciless killer of cattle that threatened South Africa in the late 19th Century. Lewis who is also a short film maker of South African history says Soga's name should not end with his death.
It is very special that Dr Soga who is a South African travelled and qualified as veterinarian about 120 years ago
"Dr Soga has been dead for over 100 years, and I think he is a role model, a beacon for young South Africans of all races and culture to explore veterinary science as a career and for them to achieve that excellence, I think he is a model to show all South Africans of whatever colour that they too can contribute meaningfully to South Africa's future."
In 2008 the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Veterinary Science marked its 100th anniversary by naming its Library in Dr Soga's honour. The South African Veterinary Association has an annual award known as the Soga Medal for community service.
Professor Banie Penzhorn says: "It is very special that Dr Soga who is a South African travelled and qualified as veterinarian about 120 years ago, that is why we like to commemorate his contribution to veterinary science in South Africa."
The 30th World Veterinary Congress under the theme, "Caring for Animals, Healthy Communities" ends today with a visit to the Khayelitsha Animal Clinic.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
30th World Veterinary Congress, Cape Town 2011
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the veterinary medical profession in the world, a history session was included in the program of the 30th World Veterinary Congress, held in Cape Town in October 2011. The Jotello F. Soga Library librarians participated in this session by presenting a paper (see details below). Libraries have a most important role in preserving and documenting historical developments so this paper was definitely a highlight. To read the full text click on the link given.
The authors focused on the importance of making valuable and scarce veterinary information available on an open access platform such as an institutional repository, to ensure the preservation of the veterinary history of a country.
http://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/568
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17556
The digital preservation of the history of veterinary science in South Africa
authors: Amelia Breytenbach, Antoinette Lourens and Susan Marsh
Jotello F.Soga Library, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria
ABSTRACT
The history of Veterinary Science in South Africa can only be appreciated, studied, researched and passed on to coming generations if historical sources are readily available. Material and sources with historical value in any country are often difficult to locate, are often dispersed over a large area and not part of the conventional book and journal literature. The Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Pretoria and its library have access to a large collection of historical sources. The collection consists of photos, slides, documents, proceedings, posters, audiovisual material, postcards and other memorabilia. Other institutions in the country are also being approached if relevant sources are identified in their collections. In 2006 the University of Pretoria’s institutional repository, UPSpace, was launched. This provided the Jotello F Soga library with the opportunity to populate the repository with relevant digitised collections of diverse heritage and learning resources that can contribute to the long term preservation and accessibility of historical veterinary sources. These collections can be utilised not only by historians and researchers in South Africa but also Africa and the rest of the world.
Description:
Paper presented at the 30th World Veterinary Congress: 'Caring for animals: healthy communities', Cape Town, South Africa, 10-14 October 2011.
The authors focused on the importance of making valuable and scarce veterinary information available on an open access platform such as an institutional repository, to ensure the preservation of the veterinary history of a country.
http://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/568
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17556
The digital preservation of the history of veterinary science in South Africa
authors: Amelia Breytenbach, Antoinette Lourens and Susan Marsh
Jotello F.Soga Library, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria
ABSTRACT
The history of Veterinary Science in South Africa can only be appreciated, studied, researched and passed on to coming generations if historical sources are readily available. Material and sources with historical value in any country are often difficult to locate, are often dispersed over a large area and not part of the conventional book and journal literature. The Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Pretoria and its library have access to a large collection of historical sources. The collection consists of photos, slides, documents, proceedings, posters, audiovisual material, postcards and other memorabilia. Other institutions in the country are also being approached if relevant sources are identified in their collections. In 2006 the University of Pretoria’s institutional repository, UPSpace, was launched. This provided the Jotello F Soga library with the opportunity to populate the repository with relevant digitised collections of diverse heritage and learning resources that can contribute to the long term preservation and accessibility of historical veterinary sources. These collections can be utilised not only by historians and researchers in South Africa but also Africa and the rest of the world.
Description:
Paper presented at the 30th World Veterinary Congress: 'Caring for animals: healthy communities', Cape Town, South Africa, 10-14 October 2011.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The Dept of Library Services becomes a member of BioMed Central (a Science, Technology & Medicine open access publisher)
The Department of Library Services has become a member of BioMed Central (a Science, Technology & Medicine publisher) and will as such cover the costs of the articles researchers publish in BioMed Central’s accredited Open Access journals for the next year. Stellenbosch University is the only other current member of BioMed Central in South Africa.
Prepay Membership enables the University of Pretoria to cover the whole cost of publishing for our researchers when publishing in BioMed Central’s accredited Open Access journals. No additional fees will be paid by individual researchers. This is an advance payment system whereby the Department of Library Services pay up-front for accepted articles authored by UP researchers to be processed and published. Upon publication, the full Article-Processing-Charge (APC) for the journal in question, minus a loyalty discount, will be deducted from the UP account.
What are the benefits of Prepay membership?
Full support to UP researchers and Open access to their research:
• UP researchers do not have to pay anything directly for publishing in BioMed Central’s Open Access journals;
• UP researchers are automatically recognized as full Members through IP address or password recognition;
• Without any cost-barriers researchers are encouraged to choose accredited Open Access journals when publishing their research.
For questions about the BMC membership, please contact Elsabé Olivier (Manager: Open Scholarship, UP Dept of Library Services) e-mail elsabe.olivier@up.ac.za or telephone 012 420 3719.
BioMed Central Journals on
Web of Science (ISI)
BMC BIOCHEMISTRY
BMC BIOINFORMATICS
BMC BIOLOGY
BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY
BMC CANCER
BMC CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
BMC CELL BIOLOGY
BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
BMC FAMILY PRACTICE
BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY
BMC GENETICS
BMC GENOMICS
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
BMC IMMUNOLOGY
BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
BMC MEDICAL ETHICS
BMC MEDICAL GENETICS
BMC MEDICAL GENOMICS
BMC MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND DECISION MAKING
BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
BMC MEDICINE
BMC MICROBIOLOGY
BMC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
BMC NEPHROLOGY
BMC NEUROLOGY
BMC NEUROSCIENCE
BMC OPHTHALMOLOGY
BMC PEDIATRICS
BMC PLANT BIOLOGY
BMC PSYCHIATRY
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH
Prepay Membership enables the University of Pretoria to cover the whole cost of publishing for our researchers when publishing in BioMed Central’s accredited Open Access journals. No additional fees will be paid by individual researchers. This is an advance payment system whereby the Department of Library Services pay up-front for accepted articles authored by UP researchers to be processed and published. Upon publication, the full Article-Processing-Charge (APC) for the journal in question, minus a loyalty discount, will be deducted from the UP account.
What are the benefits of Prepay membership?
Full support to UP researchers and Open access to their research:
• UP researchers do not have to pay anything directly for publishing in BioMed Central’s Open Access journals;
• UP researchers are automatically recognized as full Members through IP address or password recognition;
• Without any cost-barriers researchers are encouraged to choose accredited Open Access journals when publishing their research.
For questions about the BMC membership, please contact Elsabé Olivier (Manager: Open Scholarship, UP Dept of Library Services) e-mail elsabe.olivier@up.ac.za or telephone 012 420 3719.
BioMed Central Journals on
Web of Science (ISI)
BMC BIOCHEMISTRY
BMC BIOINFORMATICS
BMC BIOLOGY
BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY
BMC CANCER
BMC CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
BMC CELL BIOLOGY
BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
BMC FAMILY PRACTICE
BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY
BMC GENETICS
BMC GENOMICS
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
BMC IMMUNOLOGY
BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
BMC MEDICAL ETHICS
BMC MEDICAL GENETICS
BMC MEDICAL GENOMICS
BMC MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND DECISION MAKING
BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
BMC MEDICINE
BMC MICROBIOLOGY
BMC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
BMC NEPHROLOGY
BMC NEUROLOGY
BMC NEUROSCIENCE
BMC OPHTHALMOLOGY
BMC PEDIATRICS
BMC PLANT BIOLOGY
BMC PSYCHIATRY
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Retrospective issues of JSAVA available as full text
Issues of the Journal of the South African Veterinary Association are now retrospectively available in full text from volume 1(1) 1927-volume 67(4) 1996 through SABINET Gateway’s African Journal Archive. The digitisation process is not completed yet and some of the issues are still lacking.
The African Journal Archive Project is a retrospective digitisation project of full-text journal articles published in Africa. The project is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
The African Journal Archive Project is a retrospective digitisation project of full-text journal articles published in Africa. The project is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Veterinary Science represented in UPeTD high ranking
The Ranking Web of World Repositories which was released recently ranked UPeTD (University of Pretoria electronic Theses and Dissertations) at number 162.
According to webalizer which keeps track of the UPeTD statistcs, UPeTD has received 26437086 hits during the last year (Aug 2010 to July 2011). http://upetd.up.ac.za/webalizer/
A Veterinary Science Masters Dissertation of V Naidoo, done under the supervision of Proff G E Swan and J N Eloff, Dept of Paraclinical Sciences in 2004, was listed in the fourth position in the list of top 20 items accessed in UPeTD. The dissertation had 5515 hits during the period.
Naidoo, Vinasan
Screening of four plants commonly used in ethnoveterinary medicine for antimicrobial, antiprotozoal and anti-oxidant activity
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03082005-091015/
According to webalizer which keeps track of the UPeTD statistcs, UPeTD has received 26437086 hits during the last year (Aug 2010 to July 2011). http://upetd.up.ac.za/webalizer/
A Veterinary Science Masters Dissertation of V Naidoo, done under the supervision of Proff G E Swan and J N Eloff, Dept of Paraclinical Sciences in 2004, was listed in the fourth position in the list of top 20 items accessed in UPeTD. The dissertation had 5515 hits during the period.
Naidoo, Vinasan
Screening of four plants commonly used in ethnoveterinary medicine for antimicrobial, antiprotozoal and anti-oxidant activity
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03082005-091015/
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