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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A warm welcome back to all of you, and we are looking so much forward to have you all on board in the coming year! Our wish is for LIASA HELIG to remain a vibrant, dynamic interest group of choice for all academic/research librarians. We would also like to encourage a culture of sharing amongst academic/research librarians to help all to stay on the cutting edge of new developments to further research in our country. Please join LIASA HELIG if you haven’t done so yet!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We would like for all of you to share freely, using the available tools.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>HELIG Mailing List<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Do you want to communicate/share an event/other important information of concern to higher education/academic/research/other librarians? Send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:heligliasa@googlegroups.com">heligliasa@googlegroups.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Facebook<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please <b>Like</b> us on facebook and receive interesting posts that apply within the university library & research environment. We welcome comments and lots of interaction from all! See <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LiasaHelig">https://www.facebook.com/LiasaHelig</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Twitter<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Follow us on Twitter, and use our Twitter hash tag when reporting on LIASA HELIG events. Use <span style='color:black'>@HELIGNews</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Webinars<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>We would like to invite you to please make suggestions for possible topics we can present through our webinars this coming year. If you know of possible presenters, you are most welcome to share with us! Topics can include anything relevant and of interest, for example metrics, open access, data curation, information literacy, e-learning, new tools, professional skills, technical skills, trend reports, project management and more. Please e-mail suggestions to <a href="mailto:Ingrid.thomson@uct.ac.za">Ingrid.thomson@uct.ac.za</a> The webinars are presented at no cost for LIASA HELIG members. Non-LIASA members will be required to pay registration fees.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Membership<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Have you renewed your membership yet? You can do it online at: <span class=textexposedshow><span style='color:#141823;background:white'><a href="http://members.liasa.org.za/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#3B5998'>http://members.liasa.org.za/</span></a> </span></span><span class=textexposedshow><span style='color:black;background:white'>(current & new members).</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black;background:white'> Also make sure your information is updated on the LIASA database.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black;background:white'>For the debit order option, please enquire with the LIASA Office: <a href="http://www.liasa.org.za/contact">http://www.liasa.org.za/contact</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><b><span style='color:black;background:white'>LIASA HELIG Governance 2014-2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black;background:white'>Just to refresh – you are most welcome to contact any of the following if/when needed:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black;background:white'>Ina Smith (Chair): <a href="mailto:ina@assaf.org.za">ina@assaf.org.za</a> <br>Ingrid Thomson (Chair Elect): <a href="mailto:ingrid.thomson@uct.ac.za">ingrid.thomson@uct.ac.za</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black;background:white'>Sebina Levember (Treasurer): <a href="mailto:levemfs@unisa.ac.za">levemfs@unisa.ac.za</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black;background:white'>Sanele Kunene (Public Relations Officer): </span></span><a href="mailto:kunenesas@tut.ac.za"><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>kunenesas@tut.ac.za</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Paulette Talliard (Secretary): <a href="mailto:plt@sun.ac.za">plt@sun.ac.za</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joyce Myeza (Past Chair & Additional Member): <a href="mailto:Myezaj3@ukzn.ac.za"><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";background:white'>Myezaj3@ukzn.ac.za</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Senovia Welman (Additional Member): <a href="mailto:senovia@ufs.ac.za"><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";background:white'>senovia@ufs.ac.za</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Alfred Nqotole (Additional Member): <a href="mailto:anqotole@uwc.ac.za"><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";background:white'>anqotole@uwc.ac.za</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phindile Bekwa (Additional Member): <a href="mailto:phindile.bekwa@gmail.com"><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";background:white'>phindile.bekwa@gmail.com</span></a><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;background:white'>2014 LIASA HELIG Calendar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>We will soon be sharing some dates with you. For now – please diarise the following important events:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>SA Library Week – Launch: 14 March 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>Librarian’s Day: 10 July 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>SA Open Access Week: 19 – 23 October 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>IFLA 2015 Conference: 15 – 21 August 2015<br><br><span class=textexposedshow>LIASA HELIG wishes you all the best, and we are looking forward to a new year with a programme filled with exciting topics and initiatives!! Please stay in touch!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=textexposedshow><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=textexposedshow><span style='color:black;background:white'>With kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=textexposedshow><span style='color:black;background:white'>Ina (HELIG Chair) – on behalf of the HELIG Team</span></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Ina Smith<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Planning Manager - Scholarly Publishing Unit<br></span><i><span style='color:#525252;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>(previously Open Scholarship Manager, Stellenbosch University – until 30 September 2014)</span></i><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><a href="http://www.assaf.org.za/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:middle'><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>1<sup>st</sup> Floor Block A, The Woods<br>41 De Havilland Crescent, Meiring Naudé Road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:middle'><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Pretoria, South Africa, 0020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><a href="https://www.google.co.za/maps/place/De+Havilland+Cres,+Pretoria,+0020/@-25.7453694,28.2727997,18z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x1e9560424c7df843:0x13cba2579ff86323?hl=en"><span style='color:#0563C1'>-25.746092, 28.274414</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Tel.: +27 12 349 6641<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:ina@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#0563C1'>ina@assaf.org.za</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><img border=0 width=378 height=94 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D02BF3.A6C85AE0" alt=ASSAf><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>