I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

16 Days Of Activ-

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Eastwood

Library

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Young Boys Club 3

Lenovo Innova-

tion Centre

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Year-end

function

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S.A. Library

Week Launch

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S.A. Library

Week Launch

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Information Liter-

acy Workshop

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Development

Seminar

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LIASA KZN

N E W S L E T T E R D A T E V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

July 2015 marks 11 months since the current branch execu-tive committee was voted at the AGM in August 2014. The period under review has been one serious reflection for the branch and serious planning by the executive committee to sustain and grow the association. The branch came up with the action plan in January which is aligned to the association’s strategic plan so as to have the guided progress on the planned activities. It has not been easy to meet the objectives due to a number of challenges including time constraints, funding and sparsely geographical locations of the institutions. Other challenge the branch had to deal with is the stagnant membership subscriptions especially from the school and special library sector. This is a major hiccup as without mem-bership there is little that can be achieved.

There has been notable achievements that have been driven by the branch and interest groups. The branch executive committee and Ethekwini Municipal Library hosted the South African Library Week Launch that was held a Tongaat Civic Hall. Apart from the LIS workers and stu-dents, the launch was attended by over 300 school learners and local municipal leadership. HELIG and DUT Library organized the information literacy workshop in June that was also attended. The branch executive committee and Msunduzi Municipal Li-brary organized a branch seminar in support of the President’s theme, “Libraries for develop-ment: Action, integration and collaboration”. This was intended for the branch to succeed in strengthening, informing and initiating the long envisaged collaborations of the LIS sector with relevant stakeholders. PACLIC, KZN LOY and DUT Library organized a seminar on Promoting Library Services in July. There were number of lessons that were learnt from these initiatives that will increase the collaborations between the stakeholders. On behalf of the BEC, I would like to congratulate the follow-ing branch members: Shireen Deoraj for winning the 2nd runners up Librarian of the Year Award, Mandla Ntombela for his nomination to be the Chairperson of the Public & Community Libraries Section of IfLIA Africa and this qualifies him to serve on the IFLA Governing Council 2015 - 2017, Public Libraries 2015 – 2018, Tebogo Mzizi for being appointed to serve in NCLIS 2015 – 2017 . We also wish to extend our congratulations to our members that got appointed to HOD/senior positions in a number of institutions and those that have presented in a number of international conferences, e.g. IATUL and those that will be presenting papers at IFLA. Finally I wish to thank the KZN BEC members and LIASA members for their support, com-mitment, hard work and team spirit during this period under review. We also extend our gratitude to the Library managers and Directors who have made their staff and facilities to be available for the various branch activities. Without them it would be indeed difficult to con-tinue in our portfolios and render services to our members.

Words from the Chairperson

Mr Siza N. Radebe

AfLIA

Conference

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Children building

a Christmas tree

from old books

16 Days of Activism against Women and Child Abuse

L I A S A K Z N

Christmas at Eastwood Library

16 Days of activism for No Violence Against Women and Children

Held every year from 25 November to 10 November, 16 Days of activ-

ism for No Violence Against Women and Children, is a campaign that

raises awareness about violence against women and children.

Msunduzi Municipal Library Service’s staff wore white and held a

placard vigil outside the Bessie Head Library on the 5th of December

2014 in support of this campaign.

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Lenovo Innovation Centre

V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Msunduzi Municipal Library Service –

Eastwood library

Msunduzi Municipal Library Service –

Eastwood library held a two day holiday

program from 17 to 18 December 2014.

The library staff ran a library orientation

for the Young Boys Club (YBC). The

young boys were given information on

how to use and how to join the library.

Groups from Thembelihle & Cinderella

Park join the Young

Boys Club and they all

participated in building

a Xmas Tree for Christmas out of old

books. Chess, which has become popu-

lar amongst youth, was included in the

holiday program.

Mzo Ndlela - Librarian

Msunduzi Municipal Library Services

Lenovo Innovation Centre for the Li-brary – (DUT) The Library at the Durban University of Technology and Lenovo South Africa launched the country’s first Lenovo Innovation Centre; a state of the art walk-in centre aimed at increasing the University’s interactivity with the latest technology. The launch took place on Wednesday, 8 October 2014 at the BM Patel Library, DUT ML Sultan Campus where the In-novation Centre is located. Conceptualised roughly nine months ago, the Innovation Centre is aligned to Student Centredness; one of the two major threads in the University’s stra-tegic plan. The Innovation Centre is also aligned to the University’s trajec-tory on online learning, with 50 percent of its (DUT) programmes set to be on an e-learning platform by January 2015. “The need for technology in the uni-versities has always been a grey area plagued by limited budgets and exces-sive requirements,” said Graham Braum, Lenovo Africa General Manag-er. “Lenovo feels that technology should be part of our everyday lives, and not be seen as a ‘nice to have’. In his opinion technology is what will take South Africa to the next level. Lenovo has had some first-hand experi-

ence with fresh gradu-ates from universities across South Africa who joined them as interns. The one short-coming that they identified in the students was the lack of or limited ex-posure to technology. To become con-versant with technology one has to be exposed to an environment with IT abundance, and what better place than to locate such an environment within Academic library setting. The Innovation Centre has been provid-ed to the DUT University Library at zero cost. Lenovo, together with its technol-ogy partner Intel, provided the Library with a multitude of devices, ranging from ThinkPads, Thinkcentre All in One, IdeaPads, Multi-Mode Yoga tablets and Yoga laptops. It is hoped that the Inno-vation Centre will assist students and staff to acquaint themselves in the use of the latest technology to gain access to various online content that is being developed on the e-learning platform. This would also educate them in the use of these various products and help them when seeking employment. With the rapid evolution of technology and the limited finances available to higher education institutions, the sponsorship of this Innovation Centre is well re-ceived.

Braum said DUT will be the first SA Uni-versity to be rolled out with the Innova-tion Centre, adding that the company has already been in communication with other IT leaders at other universi-ties in the country with regards to the company’s intention to activate more Innovation Centres. Reports from Library staff at the site indicate that the centre has been well received by the student and staff com-munity and that it is always in use. Lucille Webster – Director: Library Ser-

vice (DUT)

websterl@dut.ac.za

With acknowledgment to information

from the DUT website

Young Boys Club

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YEAR-END FUNCTION KZN LIASA Year-end Function – 04 December 2014

The morning started with an introduction to the vision for the new Durban City

Library which will be developed in the Workshop area in Durban. It will be the

huge multi-million rand, state of the-art library.

A tour of the KwaMuhle Museum followed. This museum is housed in a beauti-

ful old building which was once the headquarters of the Native Administration

Department and the centre of Durban’s harsh system of labour control. The

building has been transformed into a museum which seeks to reflect the city’s

urban growth.

The tour, on a very hot December morning, was followed by a delicious and

relaxing lunch at the Oriental Restaurant at the Workshop.

LIBRARY WEEK LAUNCH IN PICTURES LIASA KZN SALW LAUNCH – 16 MARCH 2015

LIASA KZN partnered with the eThekwini Municipal Library for the

provincial launch of SALW 2015 which kicked off at the Tongaat

Civic Centre on the 16th March 2015 with the Theme “Connect at

Your Library”.

The purpose was to celebrate the start of South African Library

Week and highlight the importance of libraries in shaping people’s

lives.

Over 200 learners from both primary and secondary schools attend-

ed from the surrounding areas. The programme included formal

speeches from the ward councillor Mr Michael Abraham; Mr Siza

Radebe (LIASA KZN Chair), Mr Thembinkosi Ngcobo (eThekwini

Municipality PRC Head). The key- note speaker was Ms Carol Slater,

Director of KZN Provincial Library Services in Msunduzi, whose pas-

sion for the profession shone through in her words.

Learners from the local schools provided entertainment in the form

of poetry recitals and dance and it was heart-warming to see such

talent and confidence from the youth. Master story teller Gcina

Mhlophe had the learners eating out of her hands with her wonder-

ful way of expression.

The learners had an opportunity to visit the mobile Durban Natural

Science Museum and also attended a demonstration on connecting

to the internet at the library by eThekwini Municipal Library Senior

Systems librarian Ms Ntombi Ngcamu.

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LIBRARY WEEK LAUNCH IN PICTURES

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The workshop

was attended

by 52 people

from different

high education

institutions &

special libraries

INFORMATION LITERACY WORKSHOP

L I A S A K Z N

KZN LIASA HELIG in partner-

ship with Durban University

of Technology (DUT) hosted

the Information Literacy

Workshop on 02 June 2015

at Emakhosini Boutique Ho-

tel.

The presentations focussed

on topics that are relevant

to High Education LIS practi-

tioners. The five presenta-

tions covered the following:

Reference tools

(covering Endnote

and Mendeley) and

Turnitin – Romeo

Matumba from

MUT.

Institutional reposito-

ries – Margaret

Bass, an ex-UKZN

Subject Librarian.

Open access – a virtual

presentation by Ina

Smith from ASSAf.

Information literacy

guidelines – Shir-

lene Neerputs from

DUT.

The workshop was attended

by 52 people from different

High Education institutions

and special/reference librar-

ies as follows:

UKZN = 19

DUT = 13

UniZulu = 6

MUT = 6

Engen = 3

Varsity College = 2

Cedara College = 2

Unemployed = 1

The delegates indicated in

the evaluation forms that

they would like future HELIG

workshops to cover the fol-

lowing topics:

Digital libraries

Open Learning systems

Mobile technology

User Education

Blended Learning

Information Literacy

Library Guides

Library Spaces

Social Media and Blogs

Mendeley (Advanced)

Metrics in research

Cloud services

Data Management

Blackboard

The delegates were happy

with the presentations, pre-

senters and length of

presentations.

Compiled by: Nonhlanhla

Ngcobo – KZN LIASA Chair-elect

and Manager: Library Information

Services at UKZN

ngcobon15@ukzn.ac.za

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Libraries for development, action, integration & collaboration seminar

LIASA KZN in partnership with Msunduzi

Municipal Library Services hosted a sem-

inar on the 12 of June 2015 at Msunduzi

Municipal Library Services. The theme of

the seminar was Libraries for develop-

ment, action, integration and collabora-

tion.

Several speakers made presentations

related to the theme of the day. The

speakers included Professor D. Ocholla

and Mrs. L. Ocholla (University of Zulu-

land) on “Scholarly communication and

role of the university library”; Ms Khanyi

Dubazane (Department of Education) on

“Promoting equitable access to school

libraries as centres of academic excel-

lence”; Ms Nora Buchanan (SANLIC) on

“Electronic resources: Issues and chal-

lenges”, Ms Golly Odendaal (KwaZulu-

Natal Provincial Library Services) on

“Web 2.0 and its impact on library cul-

ture”, Mr. Musa Radebe (eThekwini

Municipal Libraries) on “Re-inventing

library spaces and services”, Ms Lindiwe

Magazi (KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Li-

brary Services) on The importance of

provincIalization of public libraries ,

Dr. T. Sifunda (KZN Department of Arts

and Culture) on “The need to develop

arts, culture and heritage strategy” and

Ms Elrica Henning (KZN Museum Ser-

vices) on Museums adding value in

social development

The presentations were followed by the

question and answer sessions. The

presentations provided valuable infor-

mation and opportunities for collabora-

tions between different LIS stakeholders

in the KZN region.

Submitted by:

Mzo Ndlela – LIASA KZN PRO

mzo.ndlela@gmail.com

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AFLIA is an inde-

pendent, interna-

tional, non-

governmental & non

-profit organization

which pursues the

interests of library &

information in

Africa

AfLIA CONFERENCE

L I A S A K Z N

Mr. Mandla Ntombela the Msunduzi Municipal Library Services Director / City Librarian attended the African Library and Infor-mation Associations Con-ference – AfLIA in Ghana on the 29th May to 3rd June 2015. Mr. Ntombela was elected Chair of Pub-lic and Community Librar-ies in Africa. AfLIA is an independent, international, non-governmental, non-profit organisation, which pur-sues the interests of li-brary and information in Africa. AfLIA enables all its members to engage in and benefit from its activities regardless of citizenship, disability, ethnic origin, gender, geographical loca-tion, language, political

philosophy, race or reli-gion. AfLIA further em-braces the principles of freedom of access to in-formation, ideas and works of imagination and freedom of expression embodied in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Article on African Charter of People’s Rights. AfLIA is the trusted African voice for the library and information community, and drives equitable ac-cess to information and knowledge for all. In his interview with Kailene Pillay of Witness Newspaper, 23 June 2015, he put emphasis at look-ing at “transforming libraries across the digital-friendly zone

and another aspect of his new leadership role is finding ways to draw youth to the libraries.” He will also focusing on “uplifting the standards of libraries on the continent and in the country and find out whether libraries are still speaking to the needs of the people and advanced them techno-logically.” Submitted by: Mzo Ndlela – LIASA KZN PRO mzo.ndlela@gmail.com

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WORDS FROM THE EDITORS

Welcome to the first issue of the LIASA KZN Newsletter. The next

issue will follow soon. We really appreciate your input, please

keep on providing us with news from your institutions.

Contact us at: mzo.ndlela@gmail.com & busiex@gmail.com

Mzo Ndlela Busi Xulu