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Author Archives: Peter Lor
Surveying copyright legislation in the Global South
Last year an announcement on IFLA’s e-mail discussion list, IFLA-L alerted me to the appearance of a new copyright guide for Brazilian libraries, Guia para bibliotecas: Direitos autorais e acesso ao conhecimento, informação e cultura [Guide for libraries: Authors’rights and … Continue reading
Some updates
Keeping a site up to date involves chores that can easily be overlooked. Today I was horrified to discover that my narrative list of presentations had not been updated since 2018, and worse: my lists of publications and of conference … Continue reading
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Global Gleanings #14: South African LIS research in international journals
Global Gleanings no. 14 This is a slightly expanded version of my column of news, views and snippets from the international literature of books, libraries, and information, which appears in LIASA-in-Touch, the newsletter of the Library and Information Association of South … Continue reading
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Two accolades
I was honoured on 6 October this year when the S.A. Library and Information (SALI) Trust and the Library and Information Association of S.A. (LIASA) bestowed their Lifetime Achievement Award on me at the LIASA-SCECSAL Conference dinner. This joint award … Continue reading
Researching IFLA’s history: archives
During the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) held in Dublin. Ireland. in July 2022. IFLA’s Special Interest Group for Library History (LibHist SIG) held an Open Session focusing on our preparation for IFLA ‘s centenary in 2027. Here … Continue reading
Global Gleanings 13: LIASA in the Literature. Part 2: from baby steps to adulthood
In this edition of Global Gleanings, I continue my overview of the literature on LIASA, with references and some personal recollections. Part 1 dealt with LIASA’s “prehistory”, the processes that led to its founding in 1997 and its first annual … Continue reading
Reflections on librarians and time, 2: Boarding passes, QSLs, and tweets
Kathleen McCook’s post about Ephemera on her eclectic and fascinating blog, Ebla to E-Books: The Preservation and Annihilation of Memory highlights the vast scope of printed ephemera. They include, listed in alphabetical order (as behoves a librarian!) everything from air … Continue reading
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Satellite Meeting on Global and Comparative Research Design in LIS
This event has been long in the planning. It was delayed by the Covid19 pandemic, but I’m happy to share that the planned satellite meeting will be held immediately after the upcoming IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) at … Continue reading
Global gleanings no 12: LIASA in the Literature. Part 1: the beginnings
Twenty-five years! It calls for a celebration, and so this edition of my column and the next are devoted to what has been written about LIASA, both here and internationally. It comes in two parts. In Part 1 I deal … Continue reading
South African copyright legislation in the spotlight
Denise Nicholson, whose website Scholarly Horizons (https://scholarlyhorizons.co.za/), is a mine of up-to-date information on scholarly information, intellectual property and much else, last month drew attention to a post on the website of IFLA, the International Federation of Library Associations and … Continue reading
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