Page 3 - Library Annual Report 2019

5.3 Unisa Library hosts high school learners 20 6. Improving ICTs in the Library 20 6.1 Moving from Kidz to eGain 20 6.2 DSPACE Upgrade 6.3. 21 6.3 Launching the Unisa Institutional Data Repository 21 7. Other 2019 Library events and activities 22 7.1 Unisa Library Peer Review 22 7.2 Unisa Library collaborations 23 7.2.1 “Collaborate@YourLibrary” 24 7.2.2 Collaboration in building sustainable and thriving democracies 24 7.2.3 Unisa Library celebrates Black women poets 25 7.3 Botswana Open University: Benchmarking exercise 26 7.4 Unisa Library on the global stage 26 7.5 Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library - Highlights 27 7.6 Exhibitions and donations 28 7.6.1. Donation to the University of Somalia 28 7.6.2 Exhibition on 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence 30 7.7 Ethics workshop for staff 31 8. Unisa Library Challenges 31 8.1 Closure of the Johannesburg Library and Unisa Akaki Library 31 8.2 Aging of the mobile buses 31 8.3 RFID challenges 32 9. Staff Achievements 32 9.1 Unisa Library hosting DST – NRF Interns 32 9.2 Staff training and development 33 9.2.1 National conferences 33 9.2.2 Workshops 34 9.2.3 International conferences and workshops attended 34 9.2.4 Papers presented at conferences 34 9.3 Professional achievements and involvement 35 9.3.1 Academic achievements 35 9.3.2 Professional memberships 36 9.3.3 Signi cant positions held and/ or contributions of staff in professional organisations 37 9.3.4 Secondments & acting appointments 37 9.3.5 Talent management interventions in the Library 38 9.3.6 New staff member welcomed to the Unisa Library in 2019 and staff relocations 38
9.3.7 Farewells to Unisa Library colleagues 10. Conclusion
39 39
3