Ethics and the dynamic organization – Prof Willem Landman
Good speaker used practical exercise to show us that there is more to ethics than just straightforward values. The circumstances in a specific situation can also play a role. Ethics is a triangle relationship between you and somebody else. Trust and be faithful to your values.
Digitization and preservation – Ria Groenewald
Digital information is important for an institution or an organization. Any organization depends on its own knowledge, the knowledge of its past and the constant creation of new knowledge. So we preserve this knowledge and make sure it is available in future.
Ria showed us the importance of preserving your records and data, raw research data, and other documents of importance to your organization. You can also use these principles in your own private life. She stressed the importance of giving metadata to all digitized or preserved items so that easy retrieval can be ensured.
Useful website : http://www.ais.up.ac.za/openup/docs/UPmandateAfrica.pdf
Online gaming – Bettie de Kock
Bettie showed us the gaming orientation programme that was developed for students at the University of Pretoria. This is a fun way to introduce library literacy in a way the students can relate to. The group was fascinated and several questions was asked. Bettie gave tips, and offered her expertize to people who would like to embark on this new technology.
Gaining a competitive edge – Nishe Sewdass
Although it was the graveyard shift and all participants was tired after too many late nights, Nishe kept us awake with her lively personality and perky voice! She covered a lot of information without us realizing it.
Competitive intelligence asks what is our core value, providing a service? Libraries are still very important but we need to sell ourselves.
Competitive Intelligence is the action of defining, gathering, analyzing, and distributing intelligence about products, customers, competitors and any aspect of the environment needed to support executives and managers in making strategic decisions for an organization.
Useful website : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_intelligence
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