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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Message from Senate Library Committee Chairperson 4
2. Message from Executive Director 4
3. About us 5
Vision 5 Mission 5 Service Charter 5 Values 5 Core Principles 5 Intent 5
4. Facts & Figures 6
5. The Year in Review 7
6. Highlights 7
6.1. Library Initiating Research Data Management for the Unisa Research Community 7
6.2. Unisa Digital Archives Launch during Open Access Week 8
6.3. 7th LIS Research Symposium (28-29 July 2016) 8
6.4. Implementation of Scopia: Interactive Online Training Tool 8
6.5. Establishment of the College of Graduate Studies e-Library 8
6.6. African Reading Cultures and Intellectual History Project 9
6.7. The Unisa History and Memory Project 9
6.8. Thabo-Mbeki Presidential Library 9
7. Contribution to Research, Teaching and Learning 9
7.1. Research/Publishers’ Workshops 9
7.2. Information Literacy Training 10
7.3. Unisa Library Services to Prisons 10
7.4. Sta ’s Skills Enhancement in Serviced to Clients Living with Disabilities 10
7.5. Launch of the Sta Request a Literature Search 10
7.6. Public Library Partnerships 11
7.7. Open Access Project 11
8. Collections 11
8.1. Collections per College 13
8.2. Archives Donations 14
9. Usage of Information Resources 15
9.1. Circulation Statistics 15
9.2. E-resources Searches 15
9.3. E-resources Full-text downloads 16
9.4. E-book downloads 16
9.5. Top 10 E-resources 17
9.6. Top 10 used journals 17
9.7. Electronic Reserves 18
9.8. Unisa Institutional Repository (UnisaIR) 18
9.9. Research Commons 19 9.10. Library App 19 9.11. Unisa Digital Archives 20 9.12. Walk-in Clients Performing Archival Research 22
10. Community Engagement Exhibitions 10.1. Library Displays on Human Rights
10.2. Humanities Hubs: The Travelling Exhibition
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