Welcome to the Special Libraries & Information Services Group

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 "I love librarians and have been doing so since I was a young trainee, not yet 18, on my first job ...  Librarians in a special library know what their customers need and often they know it much better that their customers in the organisation do.   They can - and do - anticipate the customer's information needs.  They can - and do - reach out to the  customer and point him or her in the right information direction.  They can - and do - know what new data is in their customer's field or sphere of interest."    
Peter Drucker (Information Outlook, 9(12):32) .

SLIS is a vibrant network of people involved in the provision of information services within specific subject fields.

Established in 1947, SLIS currently has many personal and institutional members drawn mainly from special libraries and information centres in the private and public sectors, profit and non-profit making organisations and academic institutions. 

It is also the main forum for the exchange of information, ideas and developments in this very important profession in South Africa.