Category Archives: South Africa

Global Gleanings #25 South African contributions to the international literature

Posted on 2025-09-22 by Peter Lor

This column of news, views and snippets from the international literature of books, libraries, and information, was written in July 2025 and appeared the September 2025 issue of LIASA-in-Touch, the quarterly newsletter of the Library and Information Association of South Africa. … Continue reading →

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Global Gleanings #17: South African contributions to the international LIS literature

Posted on 2023-09-07 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. Lost to local colleagues? Many scholars in the Global … 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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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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Global gleanings no 12:  LIASA in the Literature. Part 1: the beginnings

Posted on 2022-06-21 by Peter Lor

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 →

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Global Gleanings #9

Posted on 2021-09-01 by Peter Lor

This is a slightly expanded version of my column of news, views and snippets from the international literature of books, libraries, and information, compiled for LIASA-in-Touch, the quarterly newsletter of the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA). An unexpected … Continue reading →

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Fasting for school libraries

Posted on 2010-07-28 by Peter Lor

I’ve just received an e-mail from the mailing list of LIASA, the Library and Information Association of South Africa, inviting members to join a 24 hour fast for school libraries, which is being organized by Equal Education (http://www.equaleducation.org.za/). This effort … Continue reading →

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