UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA 12 th SAOIM 3-6 June 2014 CSIR ICC

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UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

12th SAOIM 3-6 June 2014

CSIR ICC

Tel No. 012 420-3792Skype: ria.groenies Twitter: @elecup

Ria Groenewaldria.groenewald@up.ac.za

From analogue to digital: The road to international collaboration

1. Amundsen and Scott2. Reaching your goal3. Knowledge sharing4. Measurement tools5. Collaboration:

– World Digital Library– Biodiversity Heritage Library (Global)(Africa)– Internet Archive

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Amundsen

3http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/09/amundsen/alexander-text

Scott

4http://bit.ly/1rBMcfs

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Reaching your goal

• Consistent

• Accurate

• Complete

• Reliable

http://www.scilogs.com/the_science_talent_project/goal-setting-for-scientifically-minded-people/

“The best way to learn something seems to be by layering process goals with outcome goals; the outcome goals help to select the skills you need to work on, and the process goals give you the skills to reach the outcome goals.” – Eric-Wubbo Lameijer

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Share knowledge & learn more

http://bit.ly/1m4SnAj

Training

• Do not think you have to go somewhere else (be the invisible fly on the wall)– webinars– online courses– YouTube– read/read & read– build a social network

• But, if you can, go to a– conference– training sessions– show and tell sessions

7http://clipartist.info/openclipart.org/2011/June/17-Friday/Cartoon_Fly.svg.html

Measurement Tools

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Discipline

CreativityProductive

Level

Great by Choice: Uncertainty, chaos, and luck – Why some thrive despite them all. Collins, Jim and Hansen, M.R.

Collaboration – World Digital Library

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Collaboration – World Digital Library

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Collaboration – World Digital Library

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Collaboration – Biodiversity Heritage Library

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/sets

1. http://pinterest.com/biodivlibrary2. http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/3. https://www.facebook.com/BioDivLibrary4. Twitter: @BioDivLibrary

Collaboration: Internet Archive

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IA: Open Library

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IA: Open Library

Internet Archive – Scribes has arrived

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THANK YOU

Ria GroenewaldManager: Digitisation eUnit - Department of Library ServicesUniversity of Pretoria

ria.groenewald@up.ac.zaSkype: riagroeniesTwitter: @elecup

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