Vote Earth Now November 16, 2009
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , add a commentIn December this year, world leaders will gather in Copenhagen to determine how the world deals with climate change. Their choice is simple – a future for planet earth or global warming.
Climate change will have the greatest impact on the poor, people who have limited resources to cope with changing rainfall patterns, reduced agricultural yields, water shortages, more frequent extreme weather events and the spread of disease. This is the future that awaits us here in South Africa and the rest of the world if climate change is allowed to continue unchecked. There is hope for turning the situation around and preventing runaway climate change, but only if our leaders act now.
Add your voice and help create a global mandate for a fair and effective new climate deal that will keep global warming as far below 2 degrees as possible. Show your vote for Earth and call on world leaders to secure a deal in Copenhagen that will protect people, and protect the planet.
In December this year, world leaders will gather in Copenhagen to determine how the world deals with climate change. Their choice is simple – a future for planet earth or global warming.
Climate change will have the greatest impact on the poor, people who have limited resources to cope with changing rainfall patterns, reduced agricultural yields, water shortages, more frequent extreme weather events and the spread of disease. This is the future that awaits us here in South Africa and the rest of the world if climate change is allowed to continue unchecked. There is hope for turning the situation around and preventing runaway climate change, but only if our leaders act now.
Add your voice and help create a global mandate for a fair and effective new climate deal that will keep global warming as far below 2 degrees as possible. Show your vote for Earth and call on world leaders to secure a deal in Copenhagen that will protect people, and protect the planet.
A Warm ASSAf Welcome to Louise and Zweli! October 21, 2009
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Louise van Heerden
It gives us great pleasure to welcome two more employees within our Scholarly Publishing Unit! Louise van Heerden and Zweli Ndayi joined us at the beginning of October 2009.
Louise has been appointed to the position of Metadata Librarian. She will be implementing the Scientific Electronic Library Online, South Africa (SciELO SA) platform. This will involve managing the titles, mark-ups and uploading of journal articles, as well as maintaining the quality of the database.
Louise holds a Masters degree in Information Science from the University of Johannesburg.
Zweli has been appointed as a Project Officer. He will be responsible for the Peer-review panels, the Institutional Repositories [which includes mark-ups and HTML] and he will also work closely with Louise.
Zweli Ndayi
Zweli has a BTech degree in Library and Information Studies from the Durban University of Technology and a certificate in Knowledge Management from the University of South Africa.
We sincerely hope they settle well at ASSAf! Namukelekile ['you are welcome'].
Notes from the TWAS Conference October 21, 2009
Posted by Andrea in : Uncategorized , 4commentsHello to you all from sunny Durban! The conference is going well, with lots of fascinating talks. Meeting great people, and enjoying the events. Last night was the formal dinner. The room looked magnificent, and the music was incredible! A Louis Armstrong sound-alike entertained us hugely with his renditions of old classics like ‘It’s a wonderful world’, ‘Mack the Knife’, and ‘Blueberry Hill’. Definite mood booster! Tonight we’re having a ‘Beach Party’ at uShaka Marine World hosted by the Durban municipality. Sure to be a great event!
Watch the TWAS Conference live! October 20, 2009
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