Author Archives: Peter Lor

About Peter Lor

Peter Johan Lor is a Netherlands-born South African librarian and academic. In retirement he continues to pursue scholarly interests as a research fellow in the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

IFLA Satellite Conference at the Mundaneum

Posted on 2023-05-31 by Peter Lor

I’m delighted to share that the IFLA Library History Special Interest Group has organized a Satellite Conference to be held from 17 to 19 August, in Mons, Belgium. The Satellite Conference will immediately precede IFLA’s 2023 World Library and Information … Continue reading →

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JLIS.it issue on peer review

Posted on 2023-04-29 by Peter Lor

  Most readers of this blog will have published articles in peer-reviewed journals. Many of us will have also spent many unpaid hours participating in the reviewing process. It is, in fact, an expensive process, expensive in terms of both … Continue reading →

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Global Gleanings #15: Disruption, disruption…

Posted on 2023-03-09 by Peter Lor

This quarterly column of news, views and snippets from the international literature of books, libraries, and information, appears in LIASA-in-Touch, the newsletter of the Library and Information Association of South Africa.  Long Covid The worst of the disruptive Covid pandemic … Continue reading →

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Submissions to parliamentary hearings

Posted on 2023-03-07 by Peter Lor

Following up on my previous post, I can report that today (7 March 2023) I participated virtually in a hearing of the Standing Committee on Finance, Economic Opportunities, and Tourism, of the Parliament of the Western Cape Province, Cape Town, … Continue reading →

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Unlikely allies oppose signing of South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill

Posted on 2023-03-07 by Peter Lor

In a previous post I wrote about South Africa’s seemingly never-ending struggle to enact new legislation to update its 1978 vintage copyright law. The Copyright Amendment Bill, Bill 2023-01-05, which has been in the making for the best part of … Continue reading →

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Surveying copyright legislation in the Global South

Posted on 2023-01-14 by Peter Lor

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 →

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Some updates

Posted on 2022-12-26 by Peter Lor

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

Posted on 2022-12-08 by Peter Lor

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

Posted on 2022-11-11 by Peter Lor

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 →

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Researching IFLA’s history: archives

Posted on 2022-10-18 by Peter Lor

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 →

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