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Category Archives: LIS
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
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
Posted in Research, South Africa, Uncategorized
Tagged Global gleanings, Research, South Africa
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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
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
Posted in Librarians and time, LIS
Tagged Ephemera, Librarians and time, Libraries, Preservation
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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
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
Global gleanings no 11
A column of news, views and snippets from the international literature of books, libraries, and information, compiled by Peter Lor In loco parentis? Not many readers of this column will be old enough to remember the impassioned debates about children’s … Continue reading
Reflections on librarians and time, I: Bach, anyone?
This is intended to be the first of a series of blog posts under the rubric, Reflections on librarians and time. It is a pervasive, multidimensional theme, which impacts the library and information professions in many ways. I shall indulge … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Librarianship
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Cataloguing, with love from Italy
In a conversation in a faculty meeting in a leading South African LIS school in the early 1970s, I ventured the opinion that cataloguing is a central competency of any librarian. This was greeted with of derision. Since then, as … Continue reading