Academic Librarian - Always on a quest .... digital humanities, wikipedia....family history ..... Opinions my own
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28 Dec 2025
So which South African works enter the public domain? Wish there was a similar list. Is this something the @NLSA1 could produce?
26 Dec 2025
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, the first appearance of Betty Boop
🔍 The first 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🤡 Animal Crackers
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
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ALT Montage of creative works entering the public domain in the US in 2026.
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26 Nov 2025
🌍📚 Dive into the vibrant world of African literature! Join #WikiLovesAfroLiterature and celebrate the stories that shape our continent.Follow this link on more info on how to participate: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki…
#AfricanLit #ReadLocal #Culture #wikimediaza🚀
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19 May 2025
This in the midst of the National Library Board of SA appointing a non-librarian as the primo librarian (National Librarian) in SA (oh sorry he may have taken a book out of the library once - and that qualifies him to be lead the library sector in SA) Talk to @LIASANews
19 May 2025
How libraries have remained relevant timeslive.co.za/sunday-times… via @TimesLIVE
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19 May 2025
Librarians in South Africa are REALLY angry about this. Kick in the teeth for the profession. Also affects the archives and records management.
19 May 2025
@SAfmRadio @dailymaverick Please follow up with the National Library about the non-librarian as South Africa's National Librarian. None of the National Library Board have any library experience. Please talk to Pres Charlie Molepo at @LIASANews
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13 May 2025
Congratulations Team Namibia! @Wikimedia_ZA
Wikimedia Community User Group Namibia is 1 year strong! Come raise a cup of coffee with us this Friday and let’s celebrate this amazing journey🙌🙌💫! #WikiNamibia #AnniversaryVibes #WikimediaUserGroupNamibia #Togetherness
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12 Apr 2025
Join me in supporting this important cause at iPetitions. Petition Regarding the Appointment of the National L... ipt.io/UTMZH via @ipetitions Undermining the library profession in South Africa @GroundUp_News @dailymaverick details are in the petition
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20 Jan 2025
Join the SWiP TTT 2025 Workshop, a collaborative initiative by SADiLaR-Wikipedia-PanSALB (SWiP). We invite language enthusiasts, educators & community leaders to become digital content ambassadors for SA's official languages on Wikipedia.
Apply here: bit.ly/4hiQRxy
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9 Nov 2024
Congrats @leonard_shapiro @uct_bmhsl
8 Nov 2024
Check out our November Artist of Anatomy, @leonard_shapiro, and his work using a multi-sensory observation method of his creation, Haptico-visual observation and drawing (HVOD).
Read more: ow.ly/IMnZ50U2zRA
#Anatomy25 #ArtistsofAnatomy #AAA
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Ingrid Thomson retweeted
16 Oct 2024
"Open access improves the dissemination of science: Insights from @Wikipedia"
Key result: Wikipedia increasingly relies on OA articles. Relatedly, OA articles have a higher likelihood of being cited in Wikipedia. The effect is particularly strong for highly cited or newly published articles.
@cervisiarius @WikiResearch #OA #OpenAccess #OpenScience
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AfLIA is teaming up with African libraries and the Wikimedia community to explore sustainable ways to combine library services with Wikimedia projects. Join us as we write the next chapter! (1/2) #IWIPALEproject #AfricanLibraries #OpenKnowledge
web.aflia.net/empowering-afr…
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14 Oct 2024
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14 Oct 2024
🚨 ICYMI: SECTION27, representing @BlindSA_NGO, has filed an urgent application at the Constitutional Court against President Cyril Ramaphosa (@PresidencyZA) for not signing the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB). This action follows a two-year wait after the Court's ruling on the Copyright Act's infringement on the rights of blind and visually impaired individuals.
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7 Oct 2024
And every single one of those social justice principles relates to @Wikimedia projects @librarian_nkem @owakakalamu @v_hipangwa @c_mwaura
Social justice is at the heart of Diamond Open Access. From equitable knowledge access to decolonizing scholarly communication, here are 6 principles that drive a more inclusive and barrier-free publishing ecosystem.
#DiamondOpenAccess #SocialJustice #OpenAccess
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3 Oct 2024
Heading that way early this evening!
3 Oct 2024
Did you know Wikipedia is created by volunteers? 🤯 @SABCNews interviews Bobby Shabangu about #WikiIndaba2024, that starts tomorrow! African Wikimedians gather to learn, share, and grow the free knowledge movement youtube.com/watch?v=FjVWSOxn…
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2 Oct 2024
Almost missed this story! Temporarily closed. Milnerton Library to close after break-in rocks facility news24.com/news24/community-… via @news24
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Ingrid Thomson retweeted
23 Sep 2024
Fair use, enjoyed by at least a dozen countries, is not 'piracy glorified'. In fact it has 4 criteria that determine what can or cannot be copied. Those countries can use our material under fair use, but we can't do similar acts using SA or their copyright works.That is not fair!
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Ingrid Thomson retweeted
21 Sep 2024
Day 21 of 21 | Dear President @CyrilRamaphosa, today is the last day for you to sign the Copyright Amendment Bill as ordered by the court. Sign the bill today!
#EndtheBookFamine
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Ingrid Thomson retweeted
19 Sep 2024
Day 19 of 21 | President @CyrilRamaphosa, the clock is ticking! Sign the Copyright Amendment Bill NOW!
Send a tweet to @CyrilRamaphosa to urge him to sign the Bill.
#EndTheBookFamine
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