Current awareness is the term used to describe staying informed by keeping up to date with the latest publications, research and news in your field.
The perspective of current awareness is the present and the forthcoming, as opposed to the retrospective.
Current awareness ranges from looking for information on specific topics on a regular basis (and this usually involves the assistance of your Personal Librarian to help you set up a search profile matched to your research interests) to embracing a wider, more general, and cross-disciplinary view that brings an element of serendipity into your search for the latest information.
Informally, researchers remain alert in all contexts for useful information and insights that will inform their daily practice, their research, and spark off innovative and creative ideas for new avenues of research.
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Websites of the Month: Celebrating Women's Month
Have fun to show your support!
Everyone loves Casual Day, the campaign that invites all fun-loving South Africans to dress differently for a day to raise funds and raise awareness of persons with disabilities.
Casual Day is a highlight on the calendar of our 300 participating NGOs, business – big and small, organisations, schools, book clubs, youth groups and South African citizens at large. For eighteen years we have reserved the first Friday in September for going to work on the dressed in outfits from the fun to the fantastical. This year it’s Friday 4 September 2015.
Publications
A wide range of World Heritage publications, from periodicals to brochures and information kits , books, manuals, reports, and a map of World Heritage sites are available in a variety of languages for adults and young people.
The year is marked with many special days, weeks, and months dedicated and devoted to raising awareness about important issues.
This monthly post, compiled by the Information Search Librarians Team, will note special dates and themes, and draw your attention to possibly interesting cross-disciplinary topical references intended to inform and to inspire ideas for research.
Selected Noteworthy Days in September
1-30 September: Heritage Month (South Africa)
4 September: Casual Day
5 September: International Day of Charity (A/RES/67/105) Draft (9A/67/L.45)
8 September: International Literacy Day [UNESCO] (Resolution 1.141 of the 14th Session of the UNESCO General Conference)
9 September: International Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day
10 September: World Suicide Prevention Day
12 September: United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation (A/RES/58/220)
15 September: International Day of Democracy (A/RES/62/7)
16 September: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (A/RES/49/114)
21 September: International Day of Peace (A/RES/36/67) (A/RES/55/282)
25 September (last week of September): World Maritime Day [IMO] (IMCO/C XXXVIII/21)
26 September: International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (A/RES/68/32)
27 September: World Tourism Day
Fans warned about Rugby World Cup 2015 scams
Oregon Judge Who Won't Perform Same-Sex Marriages Hit With Ethics Counts
Medical aids spend more on hospitals and specialists
Clampdown on fake qualifications overdue, says screening firm CEO
SA is top pick for UK’s Africa investors
Egypt to return to international bond market in first half of 2016
Davis committee denies suggesting increase in VAT
Refugees are welcomed in Munich
Netanyahu says will not allow Israel to be ‘submerged’ by refugees
Use more policies to ensure economic growth is inclusive, says WEF
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If you are looking for 2015's forthcoming conferences, the following websites are helpful:
Highlights of conferences / events in August:
Manetsi, T (2011) Safeguarding Intangible Heritage in South Africa: a Critique of the Draft National Policy on Living Heritage. International Journal of Intangible Heritage. Vol. 6: pp. 657-669.
Abstract | Full Text
South Africa published the first Draft National Policy on South African Living Heritage (hereafter Draft Policy) in 2009, sixteen years after the first democratic elections in 1994. A national policy framework on safeguarding living heritage in South Africa is long overdue, as the previous heritage legislation from the Colonial and Apartheid eras focused mainly on the conservation and management of tangible forms of heritage. Living heritage was largely marginalised and thus could not receive any formal protection from government (as it is not part of the ‘National Estate’). The tentative promulgation of the National Policy on Living Heritage is a commendable and progressive step towards the protection of intangible forms of heritage. The Draft Policy has been in circulation for input and comment from a wide range of stakeholders. This paper seeks to provide a rigorous critique and commentary and to make specific recommendations on the Draft Policy.