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EDITORIAL TEAM

The Editorial team is excited to present the fourth quarter Newsletter of LIASA Limpopo Branch 2014-

2016 for April 2016.

In this newsletter, one will read and get educated about South African Library Week celebrations in

Mogwadi (Dendron), Makhado Public Library, University of Venda Library, SALW activities from ULISS

group and Polokwane City Libraries activities.

Enjoy reading the copy.

Editor: Maropene Ramabina

Madichakga Malahlela LIASA Limpopo Branch PRO 2014-2016

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FROM THE CHAIRPERSON’S DESK

Welcome to the second edition of LIASA Limpopo newsletter 2016. The focal point of this piece of

information is to inform, share and update both professionals and non-professionals about library

activities in the province.

Frankly, we pride ourselves with numerous activities happening in the province aimed at promoting

and inculcating the reading culture. This is a clear indication that the province has embedded

librarians who are working tirelessly to see development through libraries.

The celebration of World Book day in Vhembe district - Elim and Sekhukhune district – Feta Kgomo

Municipality hosted by the National Library of South Africa was a blessing to the province. The

provincial leadership of LIASA appreciated and believes it to be the groundbreaking efforts to

promote libraries and reading. The event was well supported and amongst others were students of

Information studies programme from University of Limpopo.

2016 is the election year for both national and provincial leadership. Members are therefore

requested to renew their membership in time in order to fully participate in the coming elections.

Our sector needs leaders who will be able to take LIASA to greater heights and further to make

Library and Transformation Services Charter a reality. Impressive strides towards the developments

of the association are already made. But there is strong need to collectively be pioneers of the

process.

This edition will mainly feature the World Read Aloud activities, South African Library week

celebrations, World Book Day and current awareness.

Let’s continue to uphold our president’s theme ‘Libraries for Development: Action, Integration and

Collaboration’.

To be updated about LIASA Limpopo branch activities, keep visiting our Face book page frequently.

Enjoy reading!

Ms. Abigail Chuene

Chairperson: LIASA Limpopo 2014-2016

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LIASA LIMPOPO BRANCH CELEBRATING SALW IN DENDRON

LIASA Limpopo Branch celebrated South African Library Week on Thursday 17 March 2016 at

Mogwadi Public Library (formerly Dendron), Molemole Municipality, and Capricorn District.

The function was attended by LIASA Limpopo members, University of Limpopo Information Studies

Society (ULISS), Mogwadi Public Library staff, Molemole Municipality staff members, and Dendron

Primary School Learners.

Mr Maoka Dikotla, whom is an elected Chairperson of LIASA Limpopo Branch, represented the

branch on the programme. He stressed out that libraries are our heritage, and we must look after

them. We must not let our community members to destroy them during strikes or protests. Destruction

of libraries is done by people with lack of information and knowledge. Informed citizens will never

destroy libraries and other buildings during protests.

While thanking the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture for building libraries in the province, Mr

Dikotla encouraged librarians to order materials which will increase library collections (both print

and electronic collection).

LIASA Colleagues, Mogwadi Public Library staff, and Molemole Municipal staff members.

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Dendron Primary School Learners attending SALW Function

“Our teachers should encourage learners to utilize these libraries,” he added.

The Circuit Manager from Department of Education told learners that education “is an important

issue”, and should be taken seriously. “Learners must go to libraries to develop reading and writing

skills, to develop their interest in reading, to do their research,” she said. “Teachers must give learners

assignments which will compel them to make use of libraries.”

Best regards

Maropene Ramabina

Branch PRO

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MAKHADO PUBLIC LIBRARY CELEBRATING SALW

Makhado Public Library celebrated South African Library Week 2016 Event at Davhana Secondary

School (Vuwani Region) on Saturday 12th of March 2016.

During the event the Public Library donated the following items to the learners: 24 pairs of School

shoes, 28 pairs of School socks and 10 School bags.

The event was attended by the Mayor, Councillors, Chief, School Governing Body, Parents, Learners

and the School Management.

Learners who were given school bags during the function.

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Makhado Mayor Cllr Mutavhatsindi presenting shoes.

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Makhado Mayor Honourable Cllr Mutavhatsindi

Thank you

Mukhomi MJ Makhado Municipality

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UNIVERSITY OF VENDA LIBRARY CELEBRATING SALW

The University of Venda launched its SALW celebration on the 16th of March 2016. There was a festive

atmosphere with music and a lot of frenetic activity happening in the library foyer, the venue of the

launch. Posters advertising the event had been posted all over campus, the Univen Radio had been

announcing the event during its ad breaks for a week, posts had been made on the Library

Facebook page and on the library information screens.

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The essence of the SALW theme “#librariesforlifelonglearning” was underlined by speaker after

speaker pointing at the critical role of libraries in providing spaces for thinking, reflection, learning

and sharing of knowledge and life experiences beyond the requirements of formal learning. In

between the speeches the St Engenas choir would serenade the crowd with a song or two and the

DJ would also play one or two scorchers forcing the crowd of mostly students and librarians to take

to their feet and also as part of entertainment. It was exciting and yet sobering to see the collegiality

and camaraderie between students and librarians sharing the stage in talking about libraries and

learning, singing and dancing and just having a goodtime amusement.

The guest speaker, Mr. Gift Dafuleya, spoke at length to the students on the dos and don’ts of the

academia particularly around issues of academic integrity; encouraging students to avoid the copy

and paste culture. He advised on how students should transition in terms of their information handling

and critical thinking skills as they move from first year undergraduate level to masters and PhD level.

And the library was at the heart of that transition that should see students developing the graduate

skill of being independent critical thinkers and self-directed learners.

He urged librarians to reflect on the role of the library going into the future Vis a Vis its role in

promoting lifelong learning. He envisioned a future where libraries are the connecting hubs and

enabling spaces, both physical and virtual, where authors meet to collaborate on research projects,

peer review each other’s work and get it published OPENLY for ALL to use. This, he said, was

necessary in order to counter the current unsustainable scholarly publishing models that are

continuously putting a strain on library budgets and in the process diminishing the role of libraries in

promoting learning. The onus is thus on libraries to move information from behind the paywalls into

the open information commons and assisting in providing the tools and skills necessary for its access

and use.

He concluded by saying that the library of the future has a moral obligations to find aggressive and

yet collaborative and innovative ways of reducing the cost of producing information and closing

the information access gap. That, he stated, was key to the placing of libraries as TRUE places for

lifelong learning.

Trainings where offered to the university community for the rest of the library week on the use of

electronic databases, the Turnitin anti-plagiarism software and the Reworks citation management

software.

It was a well spend week.

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UNIVEN Students attending the function.

Mr Khehla Zungu Mahlangu (Information Librarian) was the Programme Director for the function.

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Mrs N Mahwasane, Information Librarian, welcoming staff and students to the function.

UNIVEN ZCC St Engenas choir entertaining the crowd.

By Frederick Mavhunduse

UNIVEN Library Marketing Team Secretary

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ULISS CORNER

UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO INFORMATION STUDIES SOCIETY (ULISS)

Report of the Celebration of South African Library week Presented At

University of Limpopo

Date: 14 to 18th of March

By Matimba Kluivert Shondlani (PRO)

The University of Limpopo celebrated Library week which occurred in different kinds of locations

around the campus. List and description of the activities are mentioned

Monday 14 March:

09h00 – 15h00

• Bibliographic Instruction Training

This was not for everyone but those who were interested; student enlisted their names at the Library

to book space and form part of the training.

Tuesday 15 March:

09h00 – 15h00

• Marketing Library Services

Taking the Library to the People Instead of Waiting for People to Come to the Library

Assembly points:

@ Gate 2

@ Library Square

Activities includes Training on:-

How to use the Library Online Catalogue

How to renew library books remotely

How Library book-hold options function

How to search library online journals, e-books and open access databases

How to use library Discovery Tools / One stop search databases

How to use Turnitin Plagiarism check

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Wednesday 16 March:

11h30 – 15h00

END USER TRAINING: Venue: Library Electronic Room 1st floor

Post Graduate students and Researchers were encouraged to attend. The training was about

using research constructions and the use of data analysis software’s like MS Excel.

THURSDAY 17 March:

09h00 – 15h00

END USER TRAINING: Venue: Library Electronic Room – 1st Floor

FUNCTIONALITIES OF SCIENCE DIRECT: 10h00 – 12h00

12h00 – Venue: Library Foyer

Radio Turf Broadcasting, Give Away, Lucky draw and announcing the 2015 Library Survey winner

Bibliographic Instruction Training cont. (09h00 – 15h00)

FRIDAY 18 March:

09h00 – 15h00

END USER TRAINING: Electronic Room – 1st Floor

These are the pictures of the events:

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#LIBRARIES4LIFELONGLEARNING @ POLOKWANE LIBRARIES

Polokwane Libraries have six branches excluding the main city library. All branches had their

individual celebrations with different clientele. The week was officially launched by Executive Major

of Polokwane Municipality Mme Thembi Nkadimeng on the 11 March 2016. In her presentation she

clearly indicated that, if we want to achieve our mission which is to build prosperity, eradicate

poverty and inequality, we need smart citizens who takes decisions based on the information

collected.

The launch was well attended by most institutions and amongst honorary guests were lecturers from

University of Limpopo Information studies Department, Director of TUT library Polokwane branch, and

Director of Unisa -Polokwane branch. The target group was city hawkers and municipal Abet

learners. Library programmes in all branches had waste management education by municipal

official.

Figure 1: After a formal presentation there was a library tour

Moletjie Library

The target group was stay at home mothers and crèches around Moletjie

Figure 2: Children listening to a story from a book “26 BIG things small hands can do”

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Figure 3: Mothers listening to a librarian's presentation

Nirvana library

The main purpose of the programme was to develop a strong network between ECD schools and

the library.

Figure 4: Renae from Nalibali entertaining children

Figure 5: Parents were also part of the programme

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15 March Seshego Library

Target group was Abet learners from Dinoto Adult Education and training center

Figure 6: ABET learners listening to the library presentation

16 March Mankweng Library

Figure 7: Library week display at Mankweng Library

The main focus of the programme was to provide information services and the recreational needs

of senior citizens residing in Mankweng and neighbouring communities and further to encourage

them to visit the library frequently.

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Figure 8: Seniors singing

Figure 9: Library education by a Librarian

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Figure 10: Children entertaining adults with rhymes

Figure 11: Senior citizen giving a motivational talk

Mankweng library has proved that community libraries are not meant for reading only but also

promoting social cohesion, providing a safe, comfortable and inviting space at which seniors are

treated with courtesy and respect.

16 March Ga Molepo Library

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Figure 12: Inmate warning learners from ga Molepo on the danger of using drugs

17 March Westenburg Library

Figure 13: Unemployed youth from Westenburg listening to the library presentation

Book camp at Seshego Library

2016 is our fourth year of closing the library week with a book camp. The camp was blessed by the

presence of Polokwane 1st citizen Cllr Executive mayor Thembi Nkadimeng who appreciated all the

efforts by organisers who sacrificed their family time, who went beyond their job description to ensure

that library is promoted. She further emphasised the absolute necessity for such creativity and

innovation in the shared responsibility for partnering around promoting and building the reading

nation.

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Figure 14: DJ Cappuccino inspiring learners

Figure 15: Stories around the fire

Commenting on the event one learner said, “a book camp is a prestigious, unique exposure not to

the library alone but also to give us an opportunity to interact with people from different professions”

THE END

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LIASA LIMPOPO BRANCH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS (BEC) 2014-2016

DID YOU KNOW?

The coldest regularly inhabited place on earth, is Oymyakon, Russia, where the temperature

reached -67.7°C on February 6, 1933. Only Antarctica has ever recorded colder temperatures

Oymyakon, Russia

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Newsletter compiled by: Maropene Ramabina.

PRO: LIASA Limpopo Branch. maropene.ramabina@univen.ac.za . Tel: 015 962 8521/ 083 432 0372

NAME & SURNAME POSITION EMAIL ADDRESS CONTACT NO.

Ms Abigail Chuene Chair abigailc@polokwane.org.za abigailchuene@gmail.com

015 290 2253 015 290 2173

Mr. Maoka Dikotla

Chair-Elect Maoka.dikotla@ul.ac.za 015 268 2606

Ms Reneilwe Kgoete Secretary reneilwek@polokwane.gov.za 015 290 2151

Ms Bianca Ledwaba Deputy Secretary Mabjala2000@yahoo.com

015 287 0400

Mr. Lekau Thosago Treasurer

lekau.thosago@ul.ac.za 015 268 2463

Mr. Maropene Ramabina Public Relations Officer

maropene.ramabina@univen.ac.za 015 962 8521

Mr. Lefose Makgahlela RETIG Convener lefose.makgahlela@ul.ac.za 015 268 2606

Ms Emma Lehonye Paclic Convener Emmal@polokwane.gov.za 015 290 2151

Mr. Philip Rakoma SLYSIG Convener leshoka@webmail.co.za 015 383 2138 0827866005