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eResources & Library Technical Services: Meet the Team

Staff Directory

Name

Position

Cluster/Support Portfolio 

Contact Details

Dr Carina van Zyl

Information Scientist

Advanced Agriculture & Food

Synthetic Biology

Defence & Security

Information Security

Stellenbosch Site
Tel: 012 841 2420

Christa Marais

Manager:  Information Specialist

ALL

Leadership Team

Business Excellence and Integration

Support Services

Bldg 22, Room B55
Tel: 012 841 2650

Dave Ramorulane

Professional: Repositories

ALL

Bldg 22, Room B60
Tel: 012 841 2107

Dikeledi Louw

Digitisation Clerk

ALL

Bldg 22, Room B60
Tel: 012 841 2274

Itumeleng Nthite

Information Specialist

NextGeneration Enterprises & Institutions

Emerging Digital Technologies for 4IR

National Integrated Cyber Infrastructure (NICIS) 

Mining

Bldg 22, Room B57
Tel: 012 841 3489

Julia Molekoa

Professional: Acquisitions & Cataloguing

ALL

Bldg 22, Room B69
Tel: 012 841 3471

Krishni Krishna

Information Specialist

Smart Mobility

Smart Places

Energy Centre

Water Centre

Durban Site, Room 211
Tel: 031 231 2391

Solomon Raphasha

Library Technician

ALL

Bldg 22, Room B75
Tel: 012 841 3356

Dr Louise Patterton

Data Librarian

ALL

Bldg 22, Room B56
Tel: 012 841 3767

Mosa Ledwaba

Systems Librarian

ALL

Bldg 22, Room 67
Tel: 012 841 7508

Dr Moloko Mathipa-Mdakane

Information Scientist

Chemicals

Manufacturing

Bldg 22, Room B57
Tel: 012 841 2850

Sibongile Sono

Professional: Repositories/ Archives 

ALL

Bldg 22, Room B60
Tel: 012 841 2832

Sonja du Plessis

Professional: Repositories

ALL

Bldg 22, Room B60
Tel: 012 841 2832

Siphethile Gcukumana

Manager:  Knowledge Management & Information Services

ALL

Bldg 22, Room B53
Tel: 012 841 2006

 

CSIRIS Management

Siphethile Gcukumana
Manager:  Knowledge Management & Information Services

Bldg 22, Room B53
Tel: 012 841 2006

Maselo Rantho
Manager: Records & Archival Services

Bldg 22, Room B63
Tel: 012 841 2001

Christa Marais
Manager: Information Specialists

Bldg 22, Room B55
Tel: 012 841 2006

Xoliswa Matroko
Manager: Library Technical Services & eResources

Bldg 22, Room B71
Tel: 012 841 3483

Our Services

Information Specialists/Scientists:

  • Comprehensive literature, patent and market searches (patent prior art searches and patent landscapes)
  • Monitored, filtered and customised alerts, current awareness services and environmental scanning for scientific literature and public and private sector information
  • Research support and advisory services (H-Index; author profiles; publishing advise etc.)
Data Librarian:
Data Management:
  • Planning
  • Indexing
  • Archiving
  • Publishing on open access repositories
Archives Technician:
Archival services:
  • Collection management
  • Digitisation
  • Indexing and retrieval
Professional Repositories:
CSIR Publications Management:
  • Indexing
  • Publication Equivalents
  • Open access repository (Research Space)
  • TOdB
Acquisitions & Cataloguing:
  • Document delivery
  • Books and Standards purchases
  • Disengagements
Library Technician:
  • Interlibrary Loans
  • Circulation
  • Info Source 
Systems Librarian:
  • Online access to databases
  • System errors