NEWSLETTER Vol. 26 No. 4 Nov 2015

This newsletter is published As the year wraps up so does my first year as your newsletter editor and four times a year what a year it has been. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all the submissions and wish to thank you all for making this such a pleasurable OSALL experience. P.O. Box 783779 Sandton, 2146 In our final edition for the year, for those of us not fortunate enough to have attended the year-end function, we get a glimpse into what looks to have http://www.osall.org.za been a rather sumptuous affair  Thank you Danielle for the pictures and write-up. OSALL Committee members

Lydia Craemer Roger Gachago, SAFLII’s director was kind enough to write an article on a (Chair) special event they held at Thulamela Chambers in Sandton, Tel: (011) 292 6917 where they celebrated ’s, Norton Rose Fulbright’s and Email: [email protected] ENSafrica’s joint commitments to help SAFLII with some of its core costs Charmaine Bertram over the 2015 – 2017 period and, by so doing, leading the way in showing (Vice-chair) commitment from the profession to promoting access to justice in South Tel: (011) 685 8728 [email protected] Africa. Marina Rubidge (Secretary) Lydia Craemer attended the celebration (which I’m sure we’re all celebrating) Tel : (087) 311 2745 of the refurbishment of the Gauteng Local Division Library. Having managed [email protected] the Western Cape’s High Court library for all those years I’m doubly delighted Karabo Moleya and thank Salome Vranas for all her hard work and dedication. (PR & Liaison) Tel: (011) 669 9174 Email: [email protected] Our regular journal/books noted column is sure to keep you all up-to-date Hesma van Tonder with what is happening in our field and all that is left for me to say is: (Treasurer) Tel: (051) 401 3468 Email: [email protected] Mary Bruce (Listserv administrator) Tel: (033) 345-1304 Email: [email protected] Danielle Botha (Website administrator) Tel: (011) 535-8000 Email: dbotha@.com Amanda Franken (co-opted) Tel: (011) 797 4225 Email: [email protected]

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ORGANISASIE VAN SUID-AFRIKAANSE REGSBIBLIOTEKE • ORGANIZATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN LAW LIBRARIES • UMKHANDLU WASE NINGIZIMU AFRIKA WEMIT APO YEZINCWADI ZOMTHETHO • MOGKATLO WA LAEBORARI TSA MOLAO WA AFRIKA BORWA • UMBUTHO WAMATHALA EENCWADI ZOMTHETHO ASEMZANTSI • INHLANGANO YEMALAYIBRALI YEMTSETFO YENINGIZIMU NE-AFRIKA • MOKGATLO WA DI LAEBORARI TSA MOLAO TSA AFRIKA BORWA • NHLANGANO WA TILAYIBURARI TA NAWU TA AFRIKA DZONGA • MOKGATLO WA MAKGOBAPUKU A MOLAO A AFRIKA BORWA • NDANGULO YA LAYIBURARI DZA MULAYO DZA AFURIKA • IHLANGANO YAMABULUNGELO WEENCWADI ZOMTHETHO YESEWULA AFRICA Page 2 of 10 Osall Newsletter, Nov 2015

"From Juta with Love" The heroes and villains of Bond were treated to a feast of OSALL 2015 Year End function Oriental delights - shumai and gyosas (dumplings), By Danielle Botha spring rolls and kizus, served in attractive portions on each table. A buffet of rainbow-coloured sushi was then The 2015 OSALL year-end function, hosted by Juta on opened to all – as much as any hungry agent could wish 23 October, was a "fusion" of taste and fun. for. Platters of kyuri (cucumber rolls), special dragon tempuras, tiger rolls, spicy crunch salmon and tuna sushi Held at the Hashi Fushion Japanese restaurant in and crispy chicken sushi slices were laid out in delightful Rosebank, all sorts of "spies" attended in an attempt to harmony, served with a variety of tempting sauces , light live twice in one afternoon – Goldfinger (a.k.a. Carol pink ginger slivers and tiny green wasabi balls. Coetzee), the Man with the Golden Gun (a.k.a. Amanda Franken), Bond girls galore (in fishnets and other attire) and of course the man himself, Mr 007 (a.k.a. Monty Abrahams), looking very dapper in his tuxedo.

To sweeten up the villains, sugar in the form of brownies, banana tempura, chocolate spring rolls and deep fried ice-cream was served. Even the most secret agents came out of hiding for this one.

After all the culinary secrets had been examined and consumed, heroes and villains laid down their weapons and a general ambience of peace and contentment pervaded the atmosphere.

Some secret agents were spotted hiding behind All the agents who were in attendance would like to thank sunglasses, and there were guns aplenty; it's a miracle Juta for hosting this memorable occasion. May the year that no-one called security (or perhaps South Africans end functions of tomorrow never die! just live and let die?). Page 3 of 10 Osall Newsletter, Nov 2015

Bowman Gilfillan, Norton Rose Fulbright and to think harder about its stake in the country’s ENSAfrica champion free access to law in SA constitutional democracy. Every institution, from By Roger Gachago universities to law firms, need to think afresh about their social purpose. To prosper, lawyers need a vibrant legal On the 22nd of October 2015, the Southern African Legal system which, in turn, requires a functioning court system Information Institute (SAFLII) hosted a very special event and access to legal materials”. at Thulamela Chambers in Sandton, Johannesburg. It was an event celebrating Bowman Gilfillan’s, Norton During the event, retired Justice Kate O’Regan and Rose Fulbright’s and ENSafrica’s joint commitments to Professor Hugh Corder thanked the three law firms for helping SAFLII with some of its core costs over the 2015 their contributions in support of SAFLII and the provision – 2017 period and, by so doing, leading the way in of free access to law in and appealed for showing commitment from the profession to promoting more support from the profession if SAFLII is to keep access to justice in South Africa. Present were, amongst going. SAFLII acknowledges and details these others, representatives from law firms, academics, contributions on its website at development partners and the members of the media. http://www.saflii.org/content/funders.

Speaking at the event Justice O’Regan stressed that unless further support is received from the profession, SAFLII will die, and further said:

“SAFLII is based upon the principle of free access to law. Free access to law is founded on two key principles: the first is that the rule of law requires the law to be accessible. The publication of judgments and legislation on the internet enables members of society from all walks of life to gain access to legislation and court judgments. A particular benefit of internet publication is that it is freely accessible to everyone who has access to the internet. Even though not everyone in South Africa yet has access to the internet, a steadily increasing number of South Africans do. Of particular importance is the fact that SAFLII makes the law available to lawyers and law students who cannot afford to purchase the law reports Roger Gachago (SAFLII’s Director), Rob Otty (Norton Rose Fulbright’s Managing Director), Kate O’Regan (in her capacity as the DGRU’s Co- and consolidated legislation published by commercial Chair) legal publishers.

This event was the culmination of a funding appeal The second principle relates to the accountability of the spearheaded by retired Justice Kate O’Regan (a long- judiciary. The main mechanism for holding judges time supporter and SAFLII board member) and UCT’s accountable for their decisions is through the reasons Professor Hugh Corder, in which the biggest law firms in they give for those decisions. The publication of South Africa were approached consecutively for support. judgments is thus an important mechanism for ensuring This appeal from the Co-Chairs of the DGRU/SAFLII’s the accountability of judges. advisory board received immediate responses from these ‘Big Five’ law firms and, though not all of them were able By supporting SAFLII, law firms mark their commitment to offer support at the time of approach, it was both to the rule of law, and to the project of removing encouraging to see that they all recognised the barriers to legal practice and of widening participation in importance of the work that SAFLII does. the legal profession.”

Speaking ahead of the event to acknowledge the support SAFLII currently hosts over 100 000 documents for a free access to law initiative from the three law firms, consisting of a mix judgments, legislation and law the Director of the Democratic Governance and Rights journals, that are accessed by an average of 150 000 Unit (DGRU) and UCT Professor of Public Law, Richard people every month from across the globe. In October Calland said: 2015, SAFLII was accessed by a record 222 605 people, marking an increase of close to 40 per cent from the “At a time when the judiciary is being put under more and previous year. more political pressure and there are understandable concerns about judicial independence and the rule of law SAFLII remains an entirely donor funded project that in South Africa, it is in the interests of the legal profession continues to be in need of funding in order to continue its Page 4 of 10 Osall Newsletter, Nov 2015

current work and expand into a variety project areas to A few more photographs from the Year-End event: broaden its coverage of legal information and invites well- wishers to support it by making donations via http://www.saflii.org/content/supportsaflii .

Gauteng Local Division Library refurbishment celebration By Lydia Craemer

I had the privilege of attending the Library refurbishment celebrations at the Gauteng Local Division (Johannesburg) on 20 August 2015. As many of you remember, in 2010 Judges of the Court – notably Judge Neels Claassen and Judge Kathy Satchwell – voiced their dismay and outrage at the state of neglect that the library had fallen into.

The former Librarian of the Court Library, Salome Vranas, was asked by Judge Claassen to return to the Library with a view to getting the Library back to a usable state and into a Library the Judges could rely on and be proud of. On the 20th of August I saw the fruits of the hard work undertaken by Salome and the library staff, with the encouragement and support of Judge Claassen - the Library has been restored to its former glory.

A small gathering of people were invited: The Judge President of the Gauteng Division, Judge Dunstan Mlambo ; the Deputy Judge President Judge Mojapelo ; Judges from the Johannesburg High Court ; The Library Committee members ; the Chair of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates ; members of the Johannesburg Bar ; the President of the Johannesburg Attorneys Association, as well as Sheryl Luthuli from the Constitutional Court Library, myself as OSALL Chair (and representative of the Johannesburg Bar Library), and representatives from legal publishers and suppliers. Salome and Judge Claassen were in attendance and were thanked by the Chair of the Library Committee for their hard work and determination in restoring the Library into an information resource of which the Court can be proud.

Judge Mlambo was asked to say a few words, and told the gathering that the world is watching South Africa closely (he made a quip about that probably being his fault…). He also said that for Judges to fulfill their mandate while under global scrutiny, they need good libraries and library staff to assist them in their work and enable them to hand down well-reasoned judgments. I’m sure that with some very hard lessons learnt, the Library Committee and Library staff will strive to keep the Johannesburg Court Library as a well-maintained and valuable resource to assist the Judges in fulfilling their mandate. Page 5 of 10 Osall Newsletter, Nov 2015

Kiser, A. .2015. The Information Gap amongst the Generations and the Implications for Organizations. Compiled by: International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Pieter du Plessis & Competence. Vol. 6, Iss.2: p36-63. Samuel Simango Stellenbosch University Kosciejew, M. R. H. 2015. Disciplinary documentation in Apartheid South Africa A conceptual framework of documents, associated practices, and their effects. Journal of Documentation. Vol. 71, Iss. 1: p96-115.

Journal articles noted Linz, R. M. 2015. Research Analysis and Planning: The Undervalued Skill in Legal Research Instruction. Legal Altman M, Avery M. Information wants someone else to Reference Services Quarterly. January-March, Vol. 34, pay for it: laws of information economics and scholarly Iss. 1: p60-99. publishing. Information Services and Use. Vol. 35, Iss.1- 2: p57-70. Lutkenhaus, R. & Wallace, K. 2015. Assessing the Effectiveness of Single-Session Legal Research Skill Anderson, B. D. 2015. A survey of law libraries in Instruction through Pre-and Post-Testing: A Case Study. Rwanda. Law Library Journal. Vol. 107, Iss. 2, p225-239. Law Library Journal. Vol. 107, Iss. 1: p57-78. Aranas, P et al. 2015. "Nowhere to Run; Nowhere to Hide": The reality of being a law library director in times Nsibirwa, Z. & Hoskins, R. & Stilwell, C. 2014. Building of great opportunity and significant challenges. Law the South African Nation through Legal Deposit: The Library Journal. Vol. 107, Iss. 1: p79-112. Impact of Legislation on Preservation of Digital Materials. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Blechner, A.J. 2015. Improving usability of legal research Science. April Vol. 24, Iss. 1: p53-65. databases for users with print disabilities. Legal Reference Services Quarterly. April Vol.34, Iss. 2: p138- Onwudinjo, O.T.U. 2015. Law journal collections: 175. Accreditation issues and imperatives for law libraries. Library Philosophy and Practice. Iss. 1: p17. Brown, S. 2015. Information anorexia: Starving for information. Business Information Review. September Paseka, J. E. 2015. Defining Information Policy: Relating Vol. 32, Iss. 3: p154-157. Issues to the Information Cycle. New Review of Academic Librarianship. Vol. 21, Iss. 3: p286-303. Buschman, J. 2015. Of Law Schools and Libraries. Journal of Academic Librarianship. Vol. 41, Iss. 4: p521- Peet, L. 2015. British Library Declines Taliban Archive. 522. Library Journal. Vol. 140, Iss. 17: p12-13.

Chancellor, R. 2015. Getting it from the source: What Rubel, A. & Zhang, M. 2015. Four Facets of Privacy and librarians think about lawyer search behaviour. Law Intellectual Freedom in Licensing Contracts for Electronic Library Journal. March Vol. 107, Iss. 2: p287-295. Journals. College & Research Libraries. Vol. 76, Iss. 4: p427-449. Cornish, G. P. 2015. Reform of UK copyright law and its benefits for libraries. Interlending & Document Supply. Scardilli, B. & Griffin, D. 2015. Librarians in the City of Vol. 43, Iss. 1: p14-17. Brotherly Love. Information Today. Sep, Vol. 32, Iss. 7: p10-11. Feldman, S. & Hallie, R. 2015. Transforming the Library Profession. American Libraries. Jun, Supplement, Vol. Schneider, C.D. 2015. Inclusion and participation: Law 46: p36-38. librarians at law faculty meetings. Law Library Journal. Vol. 107, Iss. 1: p113-127. Greenleaf, G. 2015. Supporting and influencing data privacy practice: The free access International Privacy Slinger, M. J. & Slinger, S. C. 2015. The Career Path, Law Library. Computer Law & Security Review. April Vol. Education, and Activities of Academic Law Library 31, Iss. 2: p221-233. Directors Revisited Twenty-Five Years Later. Law Library Journal. Vol. 107, Iss. 2: p175-223. Keele, B. J. 2015. Improving Digital Publishing of Legal Scholarship. Legal Reference Services Quarterly. April- June Vol. 34, Iss. 2: p119-137. Page 6 of 10 Osall Newsletter, Nov 2015

New Journals noted: Appleton, L. Practical Tips for Successful Library Management. 978-178330-0327 Fiduciary Law eJournal: http://ssrn.com/link/Fiduciary- Law.html. Chilwane, P. & Vilakazi, L. Compliance: Protecting your Description: The Fiduciary Law eJournal includes Licence to Operate. 9781485108429 working and accepted paper abstracts relating to fiduciary law in myriad private and public contexts. Comparative Law in Africa: Methodologies and Concepts/ Fiduciary principles govern a remarkably broad and edited by Mancuso, S. & Fombad, C. M. 978- diverse set of relationships, offices, and institutions. They 1485107453 govern a wide array of professional relationships, including interactions between lawyers and clients, Crockett, M. The No-nonsense Guide to Archives and doctors and patients, and investment advisors and Recordkeeping. 9781856048552 clients. They also underlie basic legal categories of relationship, including agency, trusts, and partnerships. Crawford, W. Open-Access Journals: Idealism and They are the basis on which most private and public Opportunism. 978-0838959695 offices are held and executed. Not incidentally, they provide the core governance framework for the Devine, J. & Egger-Sider, F. Going Beyond Google administration of private and public organizations, from Again: Strategies for Using and Teaching the Invisible corporations, charities, and hospitals to universities and Web. 978-1-55570-898-6 school boards. Both U.S. political theory and international legal theory also share a rich tradition of employing E-content in Libraries: Marketplace Perspectives/ edited fiduciary principles to explain and justify the exercise of by Sue Polanka. 978-0838959770 state authority. Cutting across many varied fields of legal studies, the eJournal is designed to serve a cross- Eden, B. L. Partnerships and New Roles in the 21st- indexing function for legal scholars interested in fiduciary Century Academic Library: Collaborating, Embedding, law, with the ultimate objective of stimulating and Cross-Training for the Future (Creating the 21st- communication and cross-fertilization. The eJournal Century Academic Library). 978-1442255401 welcomes a broad range of methodological approaches, including those drawn from economics, history, Fouche, M. Rules of CCMA and the Labour Courts 4th ed. philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology. 9780409124101.

Annals of Corporate Governance: Frederiksen, L. The Copyright Librarian: A Practical http://www.nowpublishers.com/ACG Handbook. 978-0081001721 The mission of this journal is to publish invited monograph-length articles by leading academic experts Gorman, M. Our Enduring Values Revisited: on a wide variety of corporate governance research Librarianship in an Ever-Changing World. 978- streams. The journal's first issue will be published in 0838913000 January, 2016 and there will be four issues per year. Hartnett, C.J. & Sevetson, A.L. & Forte, E.J. Symposia, conferences and colloquiums noted: Fundamentals of Government Information: Mining, Finding, Evaluating, and Using Government Resources, Open Law Africa workshop: 2nd ed. 978-0838913956 http://www.openlawafrica.org/ The Open Law–Africa Workshop will take place over 12- Hernon, N, P. & Altman, E. & Dugan, R. Assessing 13 October 2015 in , Kenya. The workshop is the Service Quality: Satisfying the expectations of library first of a series of a number of regional workshops to be customers. 9781783300594 held in Africa, with the next ones organized in Ghana and South Africa. The Nairobi workshop, co-hosted by African Huber, John J. and Steven V. Potter. The Purpose-Based Legal Information Institute (AfricanLII), Kenya Law and Library: Finding Your Path to Survival, Success, and Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII), will Growth. 978-0838912447 provide a platform to discuss opportunities for collaborations that create sustainable free access to law Kantor, P. CCMA - A Commentary on the Rules 4th ed. in East Africa. 978-1928309055

Books noted: Lipinski, T.A. The Librarian's Legal Companion for Licensing Information Resources and Services. 978- A Handbook for Corporate Information Professionals/ 1555706104 edited by Katharine Schopflin. 978-1856049689. Page 7 of 10 Osall Newsletter, Nov 2015

M-Libraries 5: From devices to people/ edited by Gill Seeking Asylum in the European Union/ edited by Céline Needham & Mohamed Ally. 978-1783300341 Bauloz et al. 978-9004290150

Mediation Practice in the Magistrates Courts. 978- Tax for Public Benefit Organisations. 978-0409078442 0409123500 Vanduinkerken, W. & Kaspar, W.A. Leading Libraries: Property Law Under Scrutiny/ edited by Scott, S. & Van How to create a service culture. 978-1783300655 Wyk, J. 978-1485107484 Vanhullebusch, M. War and Law in the Islamic World. Reinventing Reference: How Libraries Deliver Value in 978-9004298255. the Age of Google/ edited by Katie Elson Anderson & Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic. 978-0838912782 Vnuk, R. The Weeding Handbook: A Shelf-by-Shelf Guide. 978-0-8389-1327-7 Rubin, R.E. Foundations of Library and Information Science, 4th ed. 978-1783300846 Wixley, T. & Everingham, G. Corporate Governance 4th ed. 978-1920025816 Running a Small Library: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians. 2nd ed. / edited by John A. Moorman. 978- 0838912737 Page 8 of 10 Osall Newsletter, Nov 2015 Page 9 of 10 Osall Newsletter, Nov 2015 Page 10 of 10 Osall Newsletter, Nov 2015

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