From the Cradle of Humankind to Darwin

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"From the Cradle of Humankind to Darwin"

• By Charlotte Pitts
• September 2009

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INTRODUCTION

• My Area of Origin and How I Came to be in the
  Pacific
• CRADLE OF HUMANKIND

All of humanity shares an African heritage. We
are one, diverse species across the globe with
our roots in Africa. Darwin
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LAW LIBRARIAN NETWORKS

• OSALL
• ALLA
• Pacific Islands Law Library Community (workshop
  in May 2009)
• Issues
• Isolation
• Pool of Librarians
• Qualifications
• Twinning

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STATE OF LIBRARIES

• Library Schools Giving Way to Competitive
  Intelligence KM (not useful in developing
  countries)
• The Pacific Area and Library Associations
  (debates)
• In SA Libraries are taking Low Priority

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TECHNOLOGY

• Internet
• Telecommunications
• slow, little competition, functionality
  available
• UN emphasis

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FACILITIES AND RESOURCES

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• Temperature Control - hot/cold wet/dry
• Stationery Equipment - imports costs
• Recycling / Reusing / Discards

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COLLECTIONS

• Familiarity - formats, publishers
• Book Binding Repairs

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GOVERNMENT GAZETTES LEGAL PUBLISHING

• GGs in SA and Vanuatu
• Formats, Language, Scanning
• Westlaw LexisNexis
• Free Public Access to Good
• Info searchability, actually printed,
  reliability of the body of legislation in SA and
  Pacific
• Weeding patriation of legislation, keep the
  paper versions of laws
• Case Law

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PACLII SAFLII

• Both Will Probably be the Only Repository for
  their Countries Legal Info
• Problem of Consistent Supply of Source Info

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LEGISLATION AFFECTING THE WORKPLACE

• SA Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment
  Act Financial Intelligence Centre Act
• Vanuatu Financial Institution Act Cap. 254

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DARWIN
CONCLUSION

• It is not the strongest of the species that
  survives, nor the most intelligent that survives.
  It is the one that is the most adaptable to
  change. Darwin