LIASA SALW 2016 MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION

LIASA SALW 2016 MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION

http://www.liasa-new.org.za/liasa-salw-2016-membership-promotion/

or

http://tinyurl.com/jasqq4s

By LIASA13th March 2016

LIASA appreciates your loyal support towards the Association! As March is dedicated to SALW, a time when the spotlight is on library services, we want to encourage you to join or to renew your LIASA membership.

HOW THE PROMOTION WORKS:
During 14-21 March 2016 (South African Library Week), 20 paid-up members of LIASA stand a chance to win a R50-00 e-voucher from a reputable bookstore for purchase on anything you want, or to use as a discount on purchases exceeding R50-00.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
Not a member yet? Join and pay the full membership fee for 2016 before 31 March 2016.
Current paid up members will be entered automatically.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
The promotion runs from 11 March 2016 to 31 March 2016.
Only 2016 individual membership registrations are eligible for the prizes.
Proof of payment must be received by LIASA National Office membership@liasa.org.za as soon as possible but no later than 31 March 2016 at midnight.
Draws will be conducted by LIASA Accountants.
Dates for the Lucky Draw:
18 March 2016 (6 lucky members will be announced).
24 March 2016 (7 lucky members will be announced).
04 April 2016 (7 lucky members will be announced).
The names of winners will be announced on the LIASAOnline mailing list.
All entrants agree to being photographed for promotional use on LIASA media channels including the LIASA-in-Touch magazine.

GOOD LUCK!

Inquiries: Anelo Moko (LIASA Membership Convener)

SA LIBRARY WEEK AT UFS LIBRARY

SALW Celebration...

You are invited to come and celebrate SA Library Week with a poetry festival and poetry book launch where Tessa Muller will launch her poetry collection, Dedications of Colour: the Poetry Collection

OPEN EDUCATION WEEK, 7-11 MARCH 2016

About Open Education Week

http://www.openeducationweek.org/

By LIASA7th March 2016

More info: www.openeducationweek.org

Open Education Week’s goal is to raise awareness about free and open educational opportunities that exist for everyone, everywhere, right now.  We want to highlight how open education can help people meet their goals in education, whether that’s to develop skills and knowledge for work, supporting formal studies, learning something new for personal interest, or looking for additional teaching resources.

Many reasons why you need your librarian

LIASA FS Branch celebrates SA Library Week

Today we were at the UFS South Campus to celebrate SA Library Week.

The Speakers were the  Chair of the FS Branch, Elmari Kruger who spoke on the History of SALW; and the PRO of the Branch, Senovia Welman who spoke on Social Media for Librarians and demonstrated how to create a BLOG.

Welcome to LIASA FS Branch BLOG

Welcome

Welcome to the LIASA FS Branch Blog.  Have a great SA Library Week! 

The theme of SALW is #libraries4llifelonglearning - see poster and media message by LIASA National PRO below...

South African Library Week 2016

POSTED IN LIBRARIES BY CONTRIBUTOR ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2016

South African Library Week (SALW) 2016 is upon us being launched on 11 March in KwaZulu-Natal by the Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture and celebrated up to Human Rights Day on 21 March, the anniversary of the massacre at Sharpeville of 69 people who gave up their lives in the fight for fundamental human rights to life, equality and dignity.

SALW, initiated in 2001 by the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), the professional body for South African library and information practitioners, partners and other interested parties, is a memorial period that dovetails with these rights by underscoring another: that of access to freedom of information as recognized by the national Bill of Rights.

Imagine having a gold mine within your reach and reasonable access to its treasures. There are restrictions such as the need to return these after a set period but the treasures may be consumed during this time or even on site; in either case, the treasures are not used up and remain available to everyone. You are enriched by these to your desired level but for those less in the know about the potential of this resource, staff are available to advise on optimal use. Why would you not take up this offer? Libraries offer resources that could transform individuals and the nation yet, are mired in pejorative stereotypes, admittedly of their own doing at times, are severely undervalued and ignored as another conduit to everyday information pertaining to many walks of life. On the other side, these spaces hum with activity as scholars and other people from many walks of life use the materials in all formats, internet, services of the librarians and community information.

Libraries use SALW to market their services, raise their profiles and show their congruity with present day society. Advocating on the issues relating to libraries to national government that recognize this as a national week escalates at this time. Libraries demonstrate the relevance within national visions such as the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030. Restructuring to a more equitable and prosperous society which embraces global citizenry as outlined in this perspective requires among other a changed skill set. The 2016 SALW theme #libraries4lifelonglearning (conceptualized in June 2015) responds accordingly.

The theme #libraries4lifelonglearning presents a holistic view of learning that is purposeful and continuous, is not constrained to the formal sector, can overcome historic legacies and be transformative. Methods that underpin this perspective develop in individuals the skills to acquire relevant information and from there to actively and independently create knowledge. Innovation – shaping products and services from acquired knowledge – is a logical follow through that potentially adds to the growth of the economy and leads to social improvement as envisaged in the NDP 2030. In all of this, wellresourced libraries are seen to be a key support structure.

Past SALW themes point to the diverse and complex roles libraries play in society:

• Responsiveness to global and political changes: ‘Celebrating libraries in 20 years of democracy: check in @ your library’.
• Responsiveness to global technological changes: ‘Connect @ your library’ and ‘From local to Global @ your library’.
• Reading as a key component of transformation: ‘Educate Yourself @ your library’, ‘Develop @ your library’, ‘Free your mind – Read’.
• Support of national imperatives: ‘Libraries: Partners in Learning, Nation Building and Development’.

This theme in particular augments the core approach the libraries’ contributions to society are amplified through partnerships. An African proverb that is overworked without its fundamental truth having been distilled advises ‘if you want to go fast go alone; if you want to go far go together.’ Booksellers, authors, publishers and anyone else with an interest in the library, its content and infrastructure are invited to renew, strengthen or engage with LIASA and libraries.

More than two decades after liberation our country remains characterized by divisions. Lifelong learning provides opportunities to dissolve boundaries that may be in place among traditional sectors: education, the labour market and industry; or, other facets of society whether these are regional/geographic, socio-cultural or political. Through the use of library services and resources people obtain insights to the ways of others which is hoped will lead to understanding and tolerance.

- Nikki Crowster