LIASA INTEREST GROUP FOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC STANDARDS (IGBIS)

Digital library standards and metadata, the basics : A one-day joint Seminar presented by the LIASA Interest Group for Bibliographic Standards (IGBIS) and the GAELIC Focus Group for Digitisation and Metadata.

Topics such as institutional repositories, metadata, XML, digital imaging technology and text encoding will be addressed at an introductory level.

Venue: Senate Hall, Unisa, Muckleneuk Campus, Pretoria
Date: 20 June 2007

Closing dates and registration fees:
IGBIS members and staff members from GAELIC institutions: R300 pp
Non-members: R350
Closing day for registration: 6 June 2007

Please take note: No registration will be accepted without payment.

Registration form and preliminary programme available on the IGBIS website


LIASA IGBIS National Committee

Contact persons:

Nonnie van Wyk

Ansie Watkins

Labels: IGBIS seminar

An opportunity not to miss!!

Knowledge transfer for the future : a Post-WLIC / IFLA 2007 Seminar, presented by the LIASA Interest Group for Bibliographic Standards (IGBIS)

Date: 24 August 2007

Venue: International Convention Centre, Durban

Speakers:
Joan Mitchell (Editor in Chief : Dewey Decimal Classification)
Dr. Barbara Tillett (Library of Congress, Cataloging Policy and Support Office)
Pat Liebetrau (Metadata specialist : DISA (Digital Imaging South Africa)
Topics: Dewey Decimal Classification System, Resource Description and Access (RDA), Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) and Metadata

Closing dates and registration fees:
Early: before 31 May: R400
Regular: before 13 July: R450
Late: before 3 August (closing day for registration): R600

Please take note: No registration will be accepted without payment.

Registration form available on the IGBIS website
http://www.liasa.org.za/interest_groups/igbis.php

LIASA IGBIS National Committee

Contact persons:

Welna van Eeden
veedeiw@unisa.ac.za

Nonnie van Wyk
vwykac@unisa.ac.za

Hester Marais
maraih@unisa.ac.za

Susan Battison
Susan.Battison@nlsa.ac.za

Ansie Watkins
watkiap@unisa.ac.za

Labels: IGBIS seminar

KwaZulu-Natal IGBIS branch

The IGBIS Executive Committee is proud to announce the establishment of a third Regional IGBIS branch, this time in KwaZulu-Natal.

The KZN Cataloguers' Interest Group, initially known as the KZN URICA Cataloguing Interest Group, held their first meeting in May 2002, to discuss current issues relating to cataloguing. The group originally consisted of 7 cataloguers, representing the then University of Natal (Durban), Mangosuthu Technikon, Durban Municipal Library and Durban Institute of Technology. Louise Cloete of DIT was elected as first Chairperson and she was succeeded in 2003 by Sushiela Naidoo from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Since 2004, the group has dropped the "URICA" part of its name and grown considerably to include cataloguers from the KZN Provincial Library Services and the former Natal Society Public Library, now the Umzinduzi Public Library. The group has been meeting quarterly since 2005, with attendance figures averaging 30 cataloguers.

The process of considering IGBIS membership began in 2004 with a view to moving the group to a more formal status. There were initially some reservations about the implications of LIASA/IGBIS membership requirements and costs. Sushiela Naidoo approached the IGBIS National Representatives at the 2006 LIASA Conference and at the group's final meeting held in November 2005, it was unanimously decided that the KZN Cataloguers' Interest Group would be transformed to a fully operating IGBIS branch.

The National Executive Committee welcomes Susheila Naidoo and her group as an official IGBIS branch.
The other two IGBIS branches are currently operating in Limpopo, with Khomotso Maphopha from the University of the North as convener, and in the Free State, with Huldah Raubenheimer from the University of the Free State as convener.

IGBIS greetings,

Martha de Waal IGBIS
Communications Officer