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8 August 2007

Date:	Wednesday, 8 August 2007

Venue:	Constitutional Court Auditorium Constitution Hill Braamfontein

Time:	12.00 - 16.00

PROGRAMME:

12:00-12:30	Registration
12:30-13h15	Annual General Meeting Chairperson: Salome Vranas
13:15-14:00	Finger Lunch
14.00-15.15	Guest speaker: SAFLII SAFLII representative, Merle Ruff discusses the aims and objectives of SAFLII, applying free access to law philosophy in the region, with reference to the SAFLII initiative and recent developments on the SAFLII website.
15.15-16.00	Tour of Saflii Offices and tour of Constitutional Court Library

RSVP: Sandy Stephens on 011 359 7574 or stephens@concourt.org.za before 25 July 2007

Should you require a map to the Constitutional Court please contact Sandy at stephens@concourt.org.za

Farewell lunch for Pat Farr, OSALL's oldest member

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23 February 2007

JB's Corner, Melrose Arch

OSALL Welcome Back & New Website and Listserv Launch Sponsored by

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1 February 2007

Date:	Thursday, 01 February 2007

Venue:	The Clubhouse Northrand Training Centre Samrand Road Randjesfontein Midrand (map available on request)

Time:	12:00 - 15:00
Cost:	Free to all paid-up members

PROGRAMME:

12:00-12:30	Registration
12:30-12h40	Welcoming by Chairperson
12:40-13:00	Launch of the new Website & Listserve addresses
13:30-15:00	Lunch

RSVP by Wednesday 24 January 2007 to Lynette Miller on: E-mail: miller@concourt.org.za Telephone: (011) 359 7561

Please advise if you have any special dietary requirements

OSALL AGM - 2006 and 30th Birthday Bash

October 2006

Wednesday

OSALL AGM AND 30TH BIRTHDAY BUNDU BASH
Dear Friends You are invited to the Annual General Meeting of OSALL which will coincide with OSALL’s 30th “Birthday Bundu Bash”
Date: Thursday 17 August 2006 Time: 11:00 till 15:00 Place: Gallery 181, No 36 Orleans Road, Kya Sands, Randburg (Map available on request) Secure parking is available on the premises Dress: Casual and comfortable flat shoes RSVP: Rika van der Walt at (012 ) 351-0872 or vdwalt@foreign.gov.za before 8 August Sponsors: The venue is sponsored by Gallery 181. You will be treated to a tantalizing and unique experience of rustic African wood, metal and clay artworks in the form of benches, chairs, sculptures and pots. The refreshments and bookbinding demonstration are sponsored by Legal Library Services. Gifts are sponsored by various law and legal advisory firms, publishers and service providers.

Programme: 11:00 - 11:30 Registration and refreshments 11:30 - 12:30 Welcoming and AGM 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 15:00 Groups will split off and attend: - a book binding demonstration - wood sculpting demonstration - a guided tour of the gallery and its different art collections. The groups will rotate every 20 minutes.

OSALL AGM - 2005

Wednesday
27 July 2005

Venue:
Bowman Gilfillan Library
165 West Street
Sandton
Johannesburg
Link to Map for directions to Bowman Gilfillan or full contact details for Bowman Gilfillan

Agenda:
Link to full agenda
Link to Annual Report for 2004/05
12.30pm for 13.00pm
13:00 - Lunch - Generously sponsored by LexisNexis Butterworths
14:00 - AGM
15:00 - Guest speaker - see below

Speaker and topic:
Diana Riley - Librarian, Bowman Gilfillan, Cape Town will speak on "The Provision of Information Services to Attorneys"

RSVP
Please reply by 22 July 2005 to Salome Vranas
Tel: 011 685 8725
Fax: 011 883 4000
E-mail: salome@deneysreitz.co.za

EIGHTH SOUTHERN AFRICAN ONLINE INFORMATION MEETING - SAOUG

21-23 June 2005

Venue:
CSIR Conference Centre, Meiring Naudé Road in Pretoria

Speakers:
Range of local and overseas speakers
See conference website for full details - www.saoug.org.za

Provisional Programme
Preconference workshops and Product reviews 21 June
Accommodation
Transport
General Information

Summary Booking info: Deadline: 27 May 2005
Registration fee: Members – R800;
Non-members - R1 000
Institutions sending 8 or more delegates: Less 50% per delegate
Full time Students* – R100
Members late registration – R1 000
Non-members - Late registrations: R1 300
Online registration form:

JOINT SLIS OSALL MEETING

12 April 2005

Venue: Constitutional Court; Constitutional Hill
Braamfontein

Speakers:

Marius Pieterse: Marius Pieterse - Wits University: The Constitutional Court and the Constitution of South Africa,in particular the Bill of Rights.

Di Man - Wits University: E-journals

Sheryl Luthuli and Merle Ruff - Constitutional Court: The Constitutional Court Library.

The meeting will be followed by a Tour of the Constitutional Court as well as a guided tour of their maginficent art collection. Take a preview at http://www.constitutionalcourt.org.za/site/home.htm

OSALL AGM
11 August 2004	Venue: Hofmeyr House, East Campus, Wits University Guest speaker: Prof Bruce Rubidge - Head of Palaeontology Wits University Lunch: Generously sponsored by LexisNexis Butterworths. 2004-2006 Committee elected

SLIS & OSALL conference 21-22 July 2004
	"IZAZI ZE AFRICA" Innovating services for the 21st century Full details available from the SLIS website (Events)
Presentations	Legislation: Provincial and Local Government by Lydia Craemer, Librarian - Moodie & Robertson Attorneys Powerpoint presentation and accompanying MS Word document. Licensing Electronic Resources Link to Susan Veldsman's Principles for Licensing Electronic Resources (MS Word file) and view her conference presentation Everything you need to know about Licensing Agreements, but were afraid to ask ! (Powerpoint) Other OSALL presentations to be made available as soon as we have them.
Topics	Indigenous knowledge in the business environment. Information supplly Challenges for special librarians Latest web publishing trends SA Legal resources Licence agreements Transfer of information Project management Virtual library websites How corporates use information / intelligence to assist with business opportunities, and many more Please liaise directly with the OSALL Chair or contact Beulah Muller, the SLIS chair for further information.
Venue	Sandton Convention Centre, Maude Street, Sandton
Costs	Early bird registration R850 (Closes 1 June 2004) Normal registration R950 (1 June - 15 June 2004) Late registration R1 200) (after 15 June 2004

SAFLII - the South African legal information institute
Speaker	John Montgomery - Director Legal Information from Wits Law School
March 2004	John introduced the newly launched SAFLII, a collaboration between the Wits Law School and the Australian Legal information Institute, and discussed possible future directions. The meeting generated some interesting dicussion, and emphasised the need for fast access to judgments in the public domain.

Introduction to SOUTH AFRICAN LAW AND LEGAL INFORMATION RESOURCES
Various OSALL members presented sessions on:	Introductions to: The SA Legal System & Local Government Legislation - National, Provincial Government & Provincial Gazettes Law Reports Reference sources Key SA Legal Websites
March 2004	Workshops were held in Johannesburg & Pretoria.

SLIS - OSALL - SAOUG CONFERENCE held from 11-12 June 2002 THE RHYTHM OF CHANGE – DANCING TO A NEW TUNE

The Conference presentations can be found at: http://www.slis.co.za/home.asp?pid=19

The South African Bureau of Standards and Standardisation: a joint OSALL/SLIS meeting
Speakers	The speakers were Mr Tsheko Ratsheko, Policy Development and Implementation Manager at the SABS and Mrs Ann Nel, Information Services Department Manager, SABS.
20 Feb 2002	Standard Specifications and Codes of Practice are somewhat of a mystery to many subject specialist librarians. We may or may not be aware that certain Standard Specifications are, in fact, part of our legislation. We asked our speakers to address us on these topics. Link to Mr Ratsheko's presentation (ppt) and the OSALL report on the meeting (Word doc)

OSALL / Juta Law Publishers meeting
Speakers	Juta representatives
8 November 2001	OSALL members were invited to attend an interactive session addressing, inter alia, service levels experienced by members ; views on Juta Law publications (print and electronic) ; research needs of law libraians ; areas of law not adequately covered by existing publications ; product announcements. There was also a Question and Answer session.

"The Super Searcher: with the main focus on the Web" : a joint OSALL/SLIS/SAOUG meeting
Speaker	The speaker was the well known and dynamic Mary Ellen Bates of Bates Information Services.Her website can be found at www.batesinfo.com. She focused on search strategy generally, new or innovative ways to approach online research and ways to search the "invisible web". Click here to print/download her (.pdf) presentation "Tips of a Super Searcher" and here for additional information (Word doc)
22 October 2001

OSALL'S 25th Anniversary meeting and AGM
Speaker	The Hon. Judge Ralph Zulman
31 July 2001	This year we celebrate 25 years of OSALL. Our AGM took the form of a business meeting at 12 pm, followed by a delicious finger lunch. We were delighted to welcome the Hon. Judge Ralph Zulman of the Supreme Court of Appeal as our guest speaker. Among our guests we had some of the founder members of OSALL.

Law Librarians' Interactive Workshop
Speaker	Joan Laithwaite (Johannesburg Bar Library) presented case studies and practice updates. Sheryl Luthuli (Constitutional Court Library) gave a presentation regarding electronic cataloguing resources available to small libraries. Danielle Heij (Brink Cohen Le Roux and Roodt Inc.) gave a presentation about maintaining and organising bookmarks on web browsers.
16 May 2001

Presentation on the Competition Act
Speaker	Ms Zodwa Ntuli of the Competition Commission gave an overview of the contents of the Act. Ms Annalee van Reenen, Librarian of the Competition Commission discussed resources on Competition Law Useful links SA Competition Commission SA Competition Tribunal Competition Acts of South Africa Competition newsletters and publications Other Competition Authorities and websites Trade and Industry Policy Secretariat (TIPS) Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Antitrust Discussion Group
8 February 2001