Events Programme |
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Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Building on
Knowledge: Strategic Roundtable with Intergovernmental Organizations
on Putting Libraries on the African Development Agenda |
Concept
Note
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8:30- 9:30 |
Registration |
Session |
Time |
Activity/Presentation |
Speaker |
1a. |
9:30–10:15 |
Opening Ceremony |
Opening speech
[Format: ] |
Dr.
(Mrs.) Buhle Mbambo-Thata
Chairperson, IFLA Africa Section and Executive Director of
Library Services,
University of
South Africa |
Opening
Statement
[Format: ] |
Dr. (Mrs.) Lalla Ben Barka
Deputy Executive Secretary, United
Nations Economic Commission for
Africa
(UNECA) |
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10:20
– 10.50 |
Press Conference |
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Coffee Break and Opening of Exhibitions 10:15 – 10:50 |
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2a. |
10:50
–13:00 |
Knowledge
Governance |
Adopting
knowledge-oriented development policies: the case for knowledge
management governance for
Africa
[Format: ] [Presentation]
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Prof.
Kingo Mchombu,
University of
Namibia |
Knowledge-oriented
development: a fresh start for
Africa
[Format: ] [Presentation] |
Mr.
Abraham Azubuike
Chief Librarian, UNECA |
Discussion |
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Lunch 13:00 – 14:30 |
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3a. |
14:30
–16:00 |
NEPAD and Knowledge |
Harnessing
knowledge to accelerate the implementation of NEPAD
[Format: ] [Presentation] |
Prof.
Emmanuel Nnadozie
Senior Economic Affairs Officer,
NEPAD and Regional Integration Division, UNECA |
Digital
information services at the African Development Bank
[Format: ] [Presentation] |
Dr. Bakri M. Abul Karim,
Head,
The Knowledge and Virtual Resource Centre,
African Development Bank |
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Discussion |
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Coffee
Break 16:00 – 16:15 |
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4a. |
16:15
– 17:30 |
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Thursday, 2 July 2009
Connecting
Africans to their own resources: developing policies and strategies
for
Africa’s
digital future |
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Session |
Time |
Activity/Presentation |
Speaker |
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08:30 – 09:00 |
Registration
Continues |
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1b. |
09:00
– 10:00 Policies and Strategies for
Africa’s Digital Future
Chairperson:
Felix Ubogu |
09:00 – 9:30 |
Keynote
Paper: Whither policies and strategies for
Africa’s digital future? |
Prof. Yonah Seleti
South African Department of Science and Technology |
9.30 - 9.50 |
Policies
for digital libraries and archives in
Africa: developing strategies for access to knowledge for development |
Dr. Lukman Ibraheem Diso
Bayero University,
Kano,
Nigeria
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9.45 – 10.10 |
Contestations,
Ownership, Access and Ideology: Policy Development Challenges
for the Digitization of African Heritage and Liberation Archives
[Format: ] [Paper] |
Ms. Michele Pickover
University of the Witwatersrand,
South Africa
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10:10 –10:30 |
Questions
and Discussion |
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Coffee
Break 10:30 – 11:00 |
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2b. |
11:00 – 12:30 - Access
to knowledge in
Africa: Challenges and
innovation
Chairperson: Dr. Mody Sow |
11:00
– 11.20 |
Archive
and reuse of conference presentations: how collaboration in
Africa can produce innovation in libraries
[Format: ] [Abstract] |
Prof. Derek Keats
University of the Witwatersrand,
South Africa
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11.20 -11.35 |
The
digitization of libraries and archives in development
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Mr. Peter Okwaro
Centre for Heritage Development in
Africa,
Kenya
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11.35 -12.50 |
Knowledge
or information management for digital future: the case of
Lesotho
[Format: ] [Abstract]
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Mr. Mbafokeng Makara
Roma University,
Lesotho
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11:50 - 12.05 |
After
digitization, what next? Suggested guidelines for the sale,
reproduction and repatriation of digital heritage
[Format: ] [Abstract]
[Format: ] [Presentation]
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Prof. Diane Thram
International Library of African
Music,
Rhodes University,
South Africa
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12.05 -12.30 |
Questions
and Discussion |
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Lunch
12:30 – 13:45 |
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13:45 – 15:00 - Access
to knowledge in
Africa: Challenges and
innovation
Chairperson: Mr. Linus Ikpaahindi |
3b. |
13:45 – 14:00 |
The
archival platform, a new online networking, research and advocacy
initiative
[Format: ] [Abstract]
[Format: ] [Presentation]
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Dr. Harriet Deacon
Archival
Platform,
South
Africa
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14:00 – 14:15 |
First
and
Third World in Africa-Access to knowledge:
challenges and current technology innovations
[Format: ] [Paper]
[Format: ] [Presentation]
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Msegametsi Molawa
Africa Institute of
South
Africa
,
South
Africa
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14:15 – 14:30 |
Digitalization
strategies for legacy resources in
Africa: incremental or collection based approaches? Experiences for
the
University of
Botswana
[Format: ] [Paper]
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Monica Sue Morrison
University of Botswana,
Botswana
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14:30 – 14:45 |
Preserving
Africa’s film archives
[Format: ] [Paper] |
David Forbes
Shadowfilms,
South Africa
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14:45 – 15:00 |
Questions
and Discussion |
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Coffee
Break 15:00 – 15:30 |
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15:30 – 16:45 Capacity
building in context – Chairperson: Prof Kgomotso H. Moahi |
4b. |
15:30 – 15:45 |
Capacity
building in context
[Format: ] [Abstract] |
Alexio Motsi
National Archives,
South
Africa
Paper presented
by
Dr. Graham Dominy
National Archives,
South Africa
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15:45 – 16:00 |
Utilizing
the e-Government framework as principles for the development
of digital libraries and archives
[Format: ] [Paper] |
Nerisa Kamar
Egerton University,
Kenya
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16:00 – 16:15 |
Digital
libraries and prospects of a programme on Technology Enhanced
Learning in
Africa
[Format: ] [Presentation]
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Baharul Islam
Development
Gateway,
Thailand
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16:15 – 16:30 |
Building
capacity for archives and dissemination of information in
Uganda
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Uganda Broadcasting Corporation and Directorate of Information
[Format: ] [Paper]
Format: ] [Presentation]
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Mr. Elisam Magara
Makerere University,
Uganda
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16:30 – 16:45 |
Questions
and Discussion |
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Friday, 3 July 2009
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5b. |
09:00 – 10:30
Survey of projects & programmes
on digitization of African heritage & scholarship
Chairperson: Prof.
Derek Keats |
09:00 – 09:15 |
Report
on the South African Digital Initiative: a collaborative process
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Daisy Selematsela
National Research
Foundation,
South Africa
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09:15 – 09:30 |
Building
online global access to African cultural heritage: DIS – an
appropriate model?
[Format: ] [Abstract]
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Patricia
Liebetrau
DISA,
South Africa
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09:30 – 09:45 |
Selective
digitization of information: the CSIR ‘s strategy for a sustainable
effort |
M.J. van Deventer
CSIR,
South Africa
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09:45 – 10:00 |
Access
to knowledge in
Africa: The National Council
for Law Reporting experience
[Format: ] [Abstract] |
Gladys Boss Shollei
National Council for Law
Kenya
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10:00 – 10:15 |
Knowledge
as a basis of development effectiveness: the digitization of
the library services of Islamic University, Uganda
[Format: ] [Paper] |
Ssesange Idrisa
Islamic
University,
Uganda
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10:15
– 10:30 |
Questions
and Discussion |
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Coffee
Break 10:30 – 11:00 |
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6b. |
11:00 – 12:30
Survey of projects & programmes on digitization
of African heritage & scholarship 2 -
Chairperson: Dr. Harriet Deacon |
11:00 – 11:15 |
Planning
for building digital memory of the
Sudan
[Format: ] [Paper]
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Rafaa A. Ghobrial
University of Khartoum,
Sudan
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11:15 – 11:30 |
Digital
libraries and archives in
Senegal
[Format: ] [Abstract]
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Mody Sow
Universite Cheikh Anta
Diop Dakar,
Senegal
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11:30 – 11:45 |
Distributed
architecture for expert system-based structured digital knowledge
repository |
Dr. Shikhar Kumar Sarma
Gauhati University,
India
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11:45 – 12:00 |
Optimizing
national transformation structures for open access agricultural
repositories in
Africa
[Format: ] [Paper] |
Esther Kahinga
University of Nairobi,
Kenya
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12.00 – 12.30 |
Questions
and Discussion |
Lunch
12:30 – 13:30 |
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7b. |
13:30 – 15:30
Institutional Repositories – Chairperson: Ms. Irene Onyancha |
13:30 – 13:45 |
Development
of institutional repositories in Sub-Saharan Africa
[Format: ] [Paper] |
Felix
Ubogu
University of the Witwatersrand,
South Africa
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13:45 – 14:00 |
Institutional
repositories: towards harnessing knowledge for African development
[Format: ] [Paper] |
Prof. Kgomotso H. Moahi
University of Botswana,
Botswana
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14:00 – 14:15 |
Institutional
digital repositories: goals, challenges, benefits and implementation
of VITAL |
Jack Bazuzi
VTSL
Europa,
Spain
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14:15 – 14:30 |
Challenges
faced by the University of
Buea,
Cameroon
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in setting up an institutional repository |
Harry Ngum
University of Beau,
Cameroon
Marga Koelen
ITC International Institute for Geo-Information
and Eartch Observation,
Netherlands
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14:30 – 14:45 |
The
graduation of repositories to institutional repositories
[Format: ] [Abstract] |
Roy Raju
University of Stellenbosch,
South Africa
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14:45 – 15:00 |
Institutional
repository with local content at the Redeemer’s University in
Nigeria
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benefits and challenges
[Format: ] [Abstract] |
Emmanuel Layi Adebayo
Redeemer’s University, Nigeria |
15:00 – 15:15 |
Creating
an institutional repository at the
University of
Dar es Salaam: some experiences
[Format: ] [Paper]
[Format: ] [Presentation]
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Mr. Paul D. Muneja
University of Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
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15:15 – 15:30 |
Questions
and Discussion |
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Coffee
Break 15:30 – 15:45 |
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15:45 – 16:30 Communiqué and Closing |
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