Who we are and what we do:....

GAELIC is an academic library consortium founded in April 1996 within FOTIM (Foundation of Tertiary Institutions of the Northern Metropolis), which is a regional academic consortium of 9 universities. The region covered includes the provinces of Gauteng, North-West and Limpopo. Fotim aims to promote collaboration and capacity development within the South African higher education sector.



January 12, 2010

GAELIC Celebrations Notes



The FOTIM Disability and GAELIC Programme Managers recently paid a visit to the University of Venda. Library staff were introduced to the new GAELIC Structure and the VUMA! portal. We received a very warm and friendly welcome.





Wits holds a FOSS awareness day (Free and Open Source Software)

The University of Pretoria Library Services launches its list Accredited Open Access Journals - South Africa (AOAJSA)

The University of Botswana did us proud by giving a presentation at IFLA on the Millennium system