Wednesday 12 October 2011

Hugh Corder made an interesting point. As a professor of law he felt that it is imperative for law librarians to have a law degree in order to provide a professional experience. Adam Haupt spoke about copyright infringement especially with regards to music. I never realised that hip hop music can have a deep socio-political meaning. Diane Hilderbrandt provided a unique example of sending postgraduate engineers to the library for training. Postgraduates are given a bursary and sent to an overseas conference. M.Sc. students are asked to present their results at a local conference in order to provide them with the necessary exposure in their field of study. She also emphasised the importance of electronic journals and databases. Lungisile Ntsebeza gave an interesting account of his research concerning rural youth. While undertaking his research he found out that addressing tribal authorities and community members by his clan name elicited more information than addressing them by title. It automatically connected him to the community.

We had a wonderful picnic lunch.