http://hdl.handle.net/10539/3906 Test Community for the Library Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:01:47 GMT 2013-06-19T03:01:47Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12699 Map of parts ii, iii & iv of the Witwatersrand Magisterial District: showing electoral divisions ... South Africa. Surveyor General's Office; Gilfillan, M. S.; Melvill, B. Names of parts. 2. Braamfontein; 3. Doornfontein: 4 Klipriviersberg.. Compiled and drawn in the Surveyor General's Office. B. Melvill, Chief Draftsman ; M. S. Gilfillan, Surveyor General. This is plate 7 which was issued with 'The government of South Africa' (1908), as well as a Chart of the Electorial Divisions of British Southern Africa, showing the populations of each Colony. It would have provided information for the 1908 National Convention to form the Union of South Africa. Scale [1:60,000]. Coloured Map ; 50 x 40 cm. The Chart is graph Wed, 01 Jan 1908 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12699 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12691 Insurance plan of Johannesburg: South African Republic, South Africa, September 1895 Chas. E. Goad, Ltd. Printing of 1895 updated with new sheets and revision stickers issued in June 1910 and with subtitle: Transvaal Colony. South Africa ... The activities or company name on each erf (stand) in every block in the central and commercial areas of Johannesburg are shown. Scale 50 feet : 1 inch. 33 sheets of coloured plans. Sat, 01 Jan 1910 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12691 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12689 Insurance plan of Johannesburg: Transvaal Province, South Africa, January 1938 Chas. E. Goad, Ltd. The activities or company name, on each erf (stand), in every block, in the central and commercial areas of Johannesburg are shown. The files are named after the streets appearing at the top of each sheet. Each sheet shows four streets to the south of this and four east to west. 67 Sheets in 3 vols. v. 1 Sheets 2 - 21 (Fordsburg, Newtown & Marshalls Town), 1937 ; v. 2 Sheets 26 - 46; (City Centre, Marshalls Town & Wemmer), 1937 v. 3 Sheets 50 - 67 (City Centre, City and Suburban & Doornfontein), 1938. Each sheet 64 x 54 cm. Error v. 2 Sheet 44 and v. 3 Sheet 55 at end of file sequence Sat, 01 Jan 1938 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12689 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12509 A Policy Framework for the Digital Library Ubogu, Felix The paper argues that it is essential that an institution has an appropriate policy framework in place in order to ensure the long-term success of its digital library programme and that institutions do not have to reinvent the wheel but can adapt policies already in use by other institutions. Information gathered on digital libraries and repositories shows that many repositories do not have appropriate policies with regard to Content, Preservation, Metadata Re-use and Data Re-use. A comparison of the policies also shows a wide degree of variation, particularly in terms of depth and breadth of coverage. In South Africa, most institutions confirmed that they either had no policy or were in the process of drafting one. Digital libraries and repositories Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12509 2013-03-07T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12508 Simple Cultural Heritage Preservation Prof. Dr. Suleman, Hussein Software systems coupled with digitisation for the digital preservation of heritage have become the norm because of the opportunities for vastly better discovery and dissemination over traditional preservation techniques. However, these systems often are built on the premise that digitisation by itself will lead to preservation and little thought goes into the design of the software systems. It is proposed that the design of these software systems should be principle-based, where the core of such principles can be extracted from an analysis of successful preservation systems. Systems built on these principles will arguably provide the best platforms for digital preservation of heritage. Among these principles, the notion of simplicity is key. Recent and ongoing work provide many operational examples of how simplicity and related ideas can be incorporated into the design of systems to maintain or increase the level of functionality and, arguably, improve the ability to preserve both content and services in the long term. Improve the ability to preserve both content and services in the long term. Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12508 2013-03-07T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12507 Overview of the Carnegie / NRF Digitisation Project Spingies, Heinrich In 2008, the NRF was awarded a grant by the Carnegie Corporation of New York to implement a Digitisation and Preservation Centre. The presentation will provide the delegates with an overview of the project, the accomplishments and challenges experienced to date and the way forward. The accomplishments and challenges experienced to date and the way forward. Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12507 2013-03-07T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12506 Here today… here tomorrow: sustainable digital collections – the Stellenbosch experience. Seyffert, Mimi The aim of this paper is to share the experiences of Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service in developing a digital collections repository, with specific focus on heritage collections. The Library’s strategic intervention of supporting, developing and contributing to high-level scholarly publication output includes the strategic goal of digitising unique collections within the Library and Information Service. This goal has recently been given new impetus with Stellenbosch University joining the Research Libraries Consortium and benefiting from a Carnegie Corporation of New York grant for the digitisation of heritage collections. The paper will look at the various processes we undertook to realise the aims of the project: from selecting and preparing collections for digitisation, liaising with external service providers, choosing a platform to host the content, making the content accessible and ultimately adding value to the collections. I will also discuss the challenges in keeping the integrity of original heritage collections and not jeopardising their context when transforming hard copy to digital. Finally, the paper will examine the ways in which we as the Library and Information Service ourselves have made investments to make these projects sustainable and to ensure not only the maintenance, but also the growth and further development of our digital collections. The various processes we undertook to realise the aims of the project. Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12506 2013-03-07T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12505 The Wits Digitisation Experience: Lessons Learned and Suggestions for National Collaboration Roberts, Charl The presentation will provide a brief background to the Wits Digitisation Centre, the services it delivers and strategies for the sustainability of the Centre. It will discuss our vision for an Integrated Resource Discovery platform for digital resources in the Library as well as digitisation policy development at Wits. Finally, it will allude to some of the technical and intellectual issues that need to be engaged with for collaboration across institutions and a possible way forward for a South African Digital Libraries and Archives Portal will be proposed. A brief background to the Wits Digitisation Centre Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12505 2013-03-07T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12504 The Wits Digitisation Experience: Lessons Learned and Suggestions for National Collaboration Pickover, Michele The presentation will provide a brief background to the Wits Digitisation Centre, the services it delivers and strategies for the sustainability of the Centre. It will discuss our vision for an Integrated Resource Discovery platform for digital resources in the Library as well as digitisation policy development at Wits. Finally, it will allude to some of the technical and intellectual issues that need to be engaged with for collaboration across institutions and a possible way forward for a South African Digital Libraries and Archives Portal will be proposed. Brief background to the Wits Digitisation Centre. Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12504 2013-03-07T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12503 Towards the Digital Institution Layton, Roger We are living at a unique point in history in which all memory institutions are being transformed from purely physical institutions towards the digital institution. This transformation could not occur in previous generations, since the technologies were not in place to support this change. This transformation should also be largely completed by the next generation in 20 years or so, with all institutions will have a digital structure which reflects and complements their physical structure. It is thus our generation’s responsibility, and perhaps ours alone in the long history of memory recording, to ensure that this transformation occurs properly, so that it benefits all future generations. 9 This transformation is a one-off event and it encompasses the entire institutional operation and is not confined merely to the capturing digital images and the creation of repositories. Rather, this transformation requires a total re-engineering of the institution, and requires a rapid catch-up in knowledge, capacity and technology within a sector which is largely populated with older specialists within insufficient knowledge of the digital world. This paper presents some key elements of this transformation with which we are currently engaged to help various institutions through this sea change. Our experience has been that few institutions have started to make significant moves into this digital transformation, although everyone has accepted its necessity, and we are now at the start of the real work which is needed throughout the entire sector. This has led me to identify three major areas of work to be done. Digital Institution. Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12503 2013-03-07T00:00:00Z