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• Holding live online training sessions for academics and students via Zoom. A training session on Zoom was offered to all LIS professionals
• Purchasing limited new electronic books with delayed invoicing negotiated
The reopening of the Library building to offer limited and controlled access to Library staff was introduced under lockdown level 3.
Library Workshops
Information librarians (ILs) offered workshops to UNIZULU academics and students on various topics, e.g. Plagiarism, Endnote, e-Resources, etc. These workshops support
Table 42: Library Workshops
teaching and learning and research. Library workshops are organised for groups and individuals throughout the year. It is important to note that the partnerships between the Library and the other stakeholders (such as Research Office, Teaching & Learning, faculties and departments, etc.) are very crucial for reaching the students and academics successfully. Similar to the Library Orientation, library workshops were affected by the student strike and COVID-19 lockdown. The details of the Library workshops from January to December 2020 are reflected in Table 42. The total number of the Library workshops was 203 attended by 3 715 students (2 854 undergraduate and 692 postgraduate) and staff (81 academics and 88 support staff).
WORKSHOP
NO.
ATT.
FA
FSA
FE
FCAL
All
UG
PG
ACAD.
OTHER
eBooks
19
466
161
122
0
154
0
405
23
9
29
Easy Data
1
24
0
0
0
24
0
0
24
0
0
eCatalogue
9
100
99
0
0
0
0
88
3
8
1
e-Resources, Tips for Searching and More
50
626
253
188
7
129
30
440
143
24
19
Library Orientation
21
1011
325
429
104
153
0
993
16
2
0
Referencing Made Easy with Endnote
39
381
79
224
2
59
0
204
151
9
17
Stay Away from Plagiarism
16
659
239
197
0
223
0
617
42
0
0
Turnitin
39
212
157
0
8
25
0
101
69
20
22
Institutional Repository
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Publishing your Research
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
ILL with WorldShare
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
eTheses & Dissertations
3
12
12
0
0
0
0
6
0
6
0
Research Support
2
123
123
0
0
0
0
0
123
0
0
Know your Library
1
98
98
0
0
0
0
0
98
0
0
TOTAL
203
3 715
1 547
1 161
122
767
30
2 854
692
81
88
Research Commons
The total number of visits to the Research Commons from January to December was 280. From April to June, the Research Commons was closed due to COVID-19.
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