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Item Knowledge Management for the South African Architectural Profession, based on a Local Case Study(Common Ground, 2008) Johnson, JohannaTraditionally, architectural archives serve as a repository of knowledge which supports architects in developing a frame of reference. They also have the function of preservation. In the developed world, these archives of architectural knowledge have been established for public use, whilst the developing world generally lacks these repositories. With South Africa being a developing country in a third world, its history of architecture is scarcely documented. Therefore, core knowledge-assets for the profession in this part of the world have been neglected. This paper explores the challenges facing Architecture libraries, professionally and academically, in maintaining service excellence considering the special user needs of architects and planners, in the context of digitisation.Item Copyright: how to use your photocopier & computer lawfully(South Africa. Department of Sport, Arts & Culture: Librsary and Archive Services Directorate. Free State Provincial Library and Information Service, 2008) Nicholson, Denise RosemaryThis article gives practical tips when making reproductions for educational purposes.Item Librarians can make a difference(Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), 2008-04) Nicholson, Denise RosemaryThis article describes how librarians can make a difference in lobbying for change in copyright legislation.Item IFLA Quebec 2008 - Copyright and related matters(Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), 2008-12) Nicholson, Denise RThis article is a report on the author's attendance and experiences at the IFLA Conference in Quebec in 2008Item Burning issue: How does copyright affect you as librarians, researchers, teachers?(Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), 2008-07) Nicholson, Denise RosemaryThis article defines copyright and provides guidelines to librarians, researchers and teachers on how to apply the Copyright law to reproduction for educational and non-commercial purposesItem Public lending right: prospects in South Africa's public libraries?(SA Jnl Libs & Info Sci 2008, 74(1), 2008) Masango, Charles A; Denise NicholsonThis paper examines the origin of the Public Lending Right and the UK Public Lending Right Act 1979. It analyses whether the public lending right (PLR) that exists in some European countries, Canada and Australia may form the basis of establishing a PLR in South Africa's public libraries following a debate by the Academic and Non-Fiction Authors' Association of South Africa (ANFASA) as to whether South African libraries needs to lobby for a PLR. The paper discusses possible obstacles that may inhibit the implementation of a PLR in South Africa's public libraries.Item Knowledge Management (KM) in Higher Education: The Role of Librarians/Information Professionals(2008-08-08T08:41:39Z) Ubogu, FelixMany universities have combined their libraries and information technology departments to create ‘Information Services Departments’. In the US, mergers are happening at small liberal colleges. In China, Australia & the UK, mergers have happened in big universities. Library and IT services report to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) / Vice-Principal / Deputy Vice-Chancellor for KM. Sometimes the position of University Librarian (Director of Libraries) is eliminated. New organisation structures have been developed. But The blended model is said to have failed in research universities in the US. (A. Foster, 2008).Item Management of Research Data in ETD Systems(2008-07-30T07:42:35Z) Ubogu, Felix; Sayed, YasienPurpose To establish the research data management practices in institutions which have ETD programmes. These may include the systems in place (software and hardware), and the integration of data and text. Design/methodology/approach Along with a review of the literature the authors carried out a brief survey of existing practices in the management of the raw data on which a thesis/dissertation is based. A questionnaire was sent to the members of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) and a number of other institutions. Findings Sixty percent of the respondents indicated that their institutions have research data management centres/services. Only in one institution is there a relationship between the ETD programme and the data management centre/service. In this instance, ETDs were previously housed on the Academic Computing Services servers. Most of the institutions have no policy on the stewardship of raw data of a thesis/dissertation, and raw data is only stored if provided by the author along with the full text. Other forms of data pose challenges to institutions, and they are investigating options for including other data such as artwork, datasets and recordings, that form part of the submission. Practical implications The paper will be a source of information to institutions considering embarking on the management of research data, especially that research data on which a thesis/dissertation is based. Originality/value The work draws attention to the need to collect research data of long term value. Such data may for example be utilised for the transfer of knowledge and skills by using postgraduate students to train less experienced students, using the archived/stored data without duplicating costly experiments, or for multiple projects based on the same or expanded datasets.Item Copyright and thesis in Africa(2008-07-09T14:51:19Z) Ubogu, Felix N.The paper examines copyright policies on electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) in Africa. It is based on a survey of websites of institutions that participated in the Database of African Theses and Dissertations (DATAD) pilot project and seven South African universities. None of the DATAD institutions had any copyright information on their websites. Only one South African university had copyright information on its website although it did not provide information on the copyright needs of postgraduate students. The paper suggests that: (i)web access to the DATAD Guide to Copyright and Intellectual Property Management should be provided to guide postgraduate students and supervisors on intellectual property rights (IPR) issues; (ii) academic libraries should educate postgraduate students on basic copyright information such as ownership, rights, duration, protection, registration, fair use, permissions, etc.Item How the Library can Best Serve the Academic Research Community at Wits(2008-05-08T07:12:59Z) Sayed, YasienDr. Yasien Sayed - School of Molecular and Cell Biology - How the Library can Best Serve the Academic Research Community at Wits