SOUTH AFRICAN LIBRARY WEEK 16 - 23 MARCH 2013

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THEME


Educate Yourself @ your library
Libraries have always played a role in education, be it a school, academic, public or special library. In the current environment in which we operate, the public library has, for example, largely fulfilled a school library role to fill the gap left by the lack of school libraries. Apart from the “formal” role that libraries play in this arena, they have also always played an informal role in the education of our communities. The concept of lifelong learning is one embodied in all libraries especially public and community libraries. The fact that any person, young or old, rich or poor, employed or unemployed, can walk into a library and find information (in both electronic and traditional formats) to educate and enrich themselves, is one of the major plusses in the favour of libraries.

In our celebrations for SALW 2013, these are some of the areas that we will lay emphasis on and our messages will be adapted accordingly. The inclusion of the word Yourself also places a responsibility on the individual to empower themselves. The theme will also provide us with an opportunity to bring to the attention of the country and our leaders the role that libraries play in educating communities and the nation.


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Let’s come up with ideas on what type of activities can we perform during our visit at ELIM VHEMBE DISTRICT? Which day will it be suitable? What about inviting community radio stations? What to wear? The floor is all yours.

FROM THE CHAIRPERSON’S DESK

This is the first time that I am writing to you in my capacity as the Chairperson of LIASA Limpopo 2012 – 2014. Congratulations and welcome on board to all the members of the new Branch Executive Committee and Interest Group Committees for the term of office 2012-2014. Thank you for making yourself available to serve the Branch and the profession in this way.  We must take this opportunity to thank our employers for allowing and supporting us in our journey to continue building the Branch. I want to thank Branch members for trusting me to provide leadership in our Branch.

 I am indeed fortunate that I will be able to build upon a very strong foundation that has been put in place by the leaders of the Branch that went before me. Am taking this opportunity to thank and congratulate the previous Chairperson of the Branch, Ms Mercy Mokgele, for a good job she has done during her term of office.

What I want to achieve during my term of office:

 

Ø  To make our Branch competitive

Ø  To grow membership in the province, especially within the FET Sector

Ø  Visibility through Marketing and advocacy etc.

Ø  To form a good partnership with relevant stakeholders

For these to be achieved, we will need strong, dedicated, committed and capable cadres in the BEC to take our Branch forward. This is not an individual journey but a group one. We will need support from the Branch Members; we will need support from our employers and colleagues to build our branch.

This is the first newsletter from the new BEC, more like an introductory newsletter. The newsletter is for the Branch, not only Executive Committee. We encourage our members to contribute to it. Send your inputs, stories, advices, ideas etc. to the Branch PRO. The BEC met for the first time on Friday 30^th November 2012 at the University of Limpopo Library to draw our Year Plan. We have planned lots of activities, meetings, social gatherings, and workshops etc. where we are planning to meet all our members in the province. We are encouraging our members to come for the meetings and interact with the Branch Leadership. We have decided to create a social network page for the Branch which will give our members an opportunity to interact with each other in the name of LIASA. This will be communicated in due course.

The Branch Meeting of the year will be in February. Library Week will be celebrated from 16-23 March 2013 and the BEC decided to celebrate it in one of the Public Libraries in Vhembe District. More details to follow. The theme for this year’s SALW is “Educate Yourself at Your Library”. Contact Details of the BEC Members is available in this newsletter, Branch members must contact any of the BEC Members on the details provided.

 

The BEC is ready to take on the challenges faced by our Branch. In the words of the previous Chairperson, Mercy Mokgele, ‘Limpopo Branch is going places and it will grow stronger as we work together and support communities we serve. We should all be proud of being LIASA members and serve the Association with pride to make it a success’.

Thank you very much

Maropene Ramabina

Chairperson: LIASA Limpopo 2012 – 2014

University of Venda Law Library

Maropene.ramabina@univen.ac.za

Maropene.ramabina@gmail.com

BEC LIASA LIMPOPO BRANCH 2012-2014

                                                 



                                                    Chairperson                           

                                      

Maropene Ramabina

University of Venda Law Library

083 432 0372 / 015 962 8521

Maropene.ramabina@univen.ac.za 

                                                                                    

                                                       Chair-Elect / Deputy Chairperson

Abigail Chuene

Polokwane Municipal Libraries.

 0820758988 / 015 2902522

 abigailc@polokwane.gov.za

                                                     Deputy Secretary   

                                

                                                 

Marion Davids

University of Limpopo Turfloop Campus

0726749565 / 015 628 3612  

marion.davids@ul.ac.za

 

                                                     Public Relation Officer

Madichakga Malahlela

University of Limpopo Turfloop Campus                  

 071156 8717 / 015 268 2368

madichakga.phoshoko@ul.ac.za


                                                      Treasurer

Lekau Phil Thosago

University of Limpopo Turfloop Campus 

0722137571 / 015 268 2468

lekau.thosago@ul.ac.za

 

                                                 Chair –PAGLIC   
                                                                                                                                  

Emma Lehonye

Polokwane Municipal Libraries

078 258 8903 / 015-290 2154

emmal@polokwane.gov.za

 

                                                      Chair-RETIG

Makgahlela Lefose

University of Limpopo Turfloop campus

083 993 1412 / 015 268 4635                               

 lefose.makgahlela@ul.ac.za          

                                             Additional Member

 
Bianca Mabjala Ledwaba

Capricon FET College Polokwane

071 876 2412                              

mabjala2000@yahoo.com
          

 

 

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE


New Appointments at the University of Limpopo Department Of Information Studies:

Dr S.T. Bopape has been appointed Senior Lecturer in the Department of Information Studies: School of Languages and Communication Studies at the University of Limpopo with effect from 1st March 2013. He was employed as the Personal Librarian for the School of Law at UNISA in Pretoria. His appointment is a positive move for Postgraduate Studies in Library and information Science in the province. Welcome back home Dr Bopape.

New Appointments at the University of Venda Library Services:

 Ms Sindy Hlabangwane was appointed as an Information Librarian: Special Collection at UNIVEN on the 01 September 2012. She was working as an Information Specialist for Economics & Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria Library Services.



Ms Shela Lesetja was appointed as an Information Librarian at UNIVEN from 01 December 2012. She was working as a Librarian at the University of Limpopo Polokwane Campus, Mankweng Branch.

Ms Azwihangwisi Ivy Khangale was appointed as an Information Librarian at UNIVEN on the 01 December 2012. She was working as an Information Specialist for Humanities at the University of Pretoria Library Services.

New Appointment as a member of the Board of the National Library of South Africa

Ms Josias-Manuel is a freelance facilitator and assessor. She is a registered assessor for the Further Education and Training Certificate: Library Practice with the ETDP Seta. Ms Josias-Manuel has been a member of the LIS sector for many years. She has been active in LIASA, which include Limpopo Exco membership (2000-2002; 2008-2009), national (2004) and provincial (2001) conference and workshop (2008) committees. She has served on the LiLLA (Limpopo Indigenous Languages and Local Authors Book Fair) Committee (2009). In 2009, she was awarded the Limpopo Librarian of the Year title.

Ms Josias-Manuel has served on the Limpopo Provincial Library and Information Board (2008-2012). She was part of the University of Limpopo Oral History Committee that provided training on oral history projects to the National Archives and Records Service (1997). She was also part of the University of Limpopo Employment Equity Task Team (May-September 2000), which compiled the first UL Employment Equity Report and Plan.