Wednesday, 1 July 2009

Building on Knowledge: Strategic Roundtable with Intergovernmental Organizations on Putting Libraries on the African Development Agenda

8:30- 9:30

                        Registration

Session

Time

Activity/Presentation

Speaker

1.

9:30–10:15

                         Opening Ceremony

Remarks from  IFLA

Dr. Buhle Mbamo-Thata
Chairperson, IFLA Africa Section and Executive Director of Library Service, University of South Africa

Welcome Remarks and Speech

Mrs. Lalla Ben Barka
Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

10:20 – 10.50

Press Conference

Coffee Break and Opening of Exhibitions  10:30 – 10:50

2.

10:50 –13:00

                            Knowledge Governance

Issue Paper 1:
Adopting knowledge orientated development policies: the case for knowledge management governance for Africa

Prof. Kingo Mchombu,
University of Namibia

Issue Paper 2:
Knowledge-oriented development: A fresh start for Africa

Mr. Abraham Azubuike
Chief Librarian, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

                          Discussions

Lunch 13:00 – 14:30

3.

14:30 –16:00

New Economic Partnership for  African Development  and Knowledge

Issue Paper 2:
Harnessing knowledge to accelerate the implementation of NEPAD

Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie

 Senior Economist,
NEPAD and Regional Integration Division, UN

Discussions

Coffee Break 16:00 – 16:15

4.

16:15 – 17:30

Open Discussion on: Knowledge on the Agenda: re-orientating development policy in Africa

Connecting Africans to their own resources: developing policies and strategies for Africa’s digital future

Thursday, 2 July 2009

Session

Time

Activity/Presentation

Speaker

08:30 – 09:00

            
Registration Continues

1.

09:00 – 10:15                  Whither policies and strategies for Africa’s digital future?

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 - 9.45

Policies for digital libraries and archives in Africa: developing strategies for access to knowledge for development

Dr. Lukman Ibraheem Diso
(Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria)

9.45 – 10.00

Questions and Discussion

2.

         10:00 – 10:30                     Digitization policies & best practices

10:00 –10:30

Digitization policies & best practices

Simmon Tanner (presentation by Ms. Michele Pickover)

Questions and Discussion

Coffee Break 10:30 – 11:00

3.

         11:00 – 12:30                Access to knowledge in Africa: Challenges and innovation

11:00 – 11.15

Archive and reuse of conference presentations: how collaboration in Africa can produce innovation in libraries

Prof. Derek Keats
(University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

11.15 -11.30

Contestations, Ownership, Access and Ideology: Policy Development Challenges for the Digitization of African Heritage and Liberation Archives

 Ms. Michele Pickover,
(University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa))

11.30 -11.45

The digitization of libraries and archives in development

Peter Okwaro
(Centre for Heritage Development in Africa, Kenya)

11:45- 12.00

Knowledge or information management for digital future: the case of Lesotho

Mbafokeng Makara
(Roma University, Lesotho)

12.00 -12.15

After digitization, what next?  Suggested guidelines for the sale, reproduction and repatriation of digital heritage

Prof. Diane Thram
(International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, South Africa)

12.15 -12.30

Questions and Discussion

Connecting Africans to their own resources: developing policies and strategies for Africa’s digital future

Thursday, 2 July 2009

Session

Time

Activity/Presentation

Speaker

Lunch 12:30 – 13:45

      14:00 – 15:00            Access to knowledge in Africa: Challenges and innovation (cont.)

3.

13:45 – 14:00

The archival platform,  a new online networking, research and advocacy initiative

Dr. Harriet Deacon
(Archival Platform, South Africa)

14:00 – 14:15

First and Third World in Africa-Access to knowledge: challenges and current technology innovations

Segametsi Molawa
(Africa Institute of South Africa, South Africa)

14:15 – 14:30

Digitalization strategies for legacy resources in Africa: incremental or collection based approaches?  Experiences for the University of Botswana

Monica Sue Morrison
(University of Botswana, Botswana)

14:30 – 14:45

Preserving Africa’s film archives

David Forbes
(Shadowfilms, South Africa)

14:45 – 15:00

Questions and Discussion

Coffee Break 15:00 – 15:30

        15:30 – 16:45             Capacity building in context

4.

15:30 – 15:45

Capacity building in context

Alexio Motsi

15:45 – 16:00

Utilising the e-Government framework as principles for the development of digital libraries and archives

Nerisa Kamar
(Egerton University, Kenya)

16:00 – 16:15

Providing access to knowledge in Africa: the need for capacity building in classification, indexing and abstracting skills

Nwabuisi Imo
(Nigeria)

16:15 – 16:30

Building capacity for archives and dissemination of information in Uganda: Uganda Broadcasting Corporation and Directorate of Information

Mr. Elisam Magara
(Makerere University, Uganda)

16:30 – 16:45

Questions and Discussion

Connecting Africans to their own resources: developing policies and strategies for Africa’s digital future

Friday, 3 July 2009

Session

Time

Activity/Presentation

Speaker

5.
 

     09:00 – 10:30
Survey of projects & programmes on digitization of African heritage & scholarship

09:00 – 09:15

Report on the South African Digital Initiative: a collaborative process

Daisy Selematsela
(National Research Foundation, South Africa)

09:15 – 09:30

Building online global access to African cultural heritage: DIS – an appropriate model?

Patricia Liebetrau
(DISA, South Africa)

09:30 – 09:45

Selective digitisation of information: the CSIR ‘s strategy for a sustainable effort

M.J. van Deventer
(CSIR, South Africa)

09:45 – 10:00

Access to knowledge in Africa: the National Council for Law Reporting experience

Gladys Boss Shollei
(Kenya)

10:00 – 10:15

Knowledge as a basis of development effectiveness: the digitisation of the library services of Islamic University, Uganda

Ssesange Idrisa
(Islamic University, Uganda)

10:15 – 10:30

Planning for building digital memory of the Sudan

Rafaa A. Ghobrial
(University of Khartoum, Sudan)

Coffee Break 10:30 – 11:00

5.

      09:00 – 10:30
Survey of projects & programmes on digitization of African heritage & scholarship (cont.)

11:00 – 11:15

Digital libraries and archives in Senegal

Mody Sow
(Universite Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar, Senegal)

11:15 – 11:30

Creating and enhancing information: efforts  at establishing virtual library system in Nigeria

Linus Ikpaahindi
(National Library of Nigeria, Nigeria)

11:30 – 11:45

Optimizing national transformation structures for open access agricultural repositories in Africa

Esher Kahinga
(University of Nairobi, Kenya)

11:45 – 12:00

Digital libraries and prospects of a programme on Technology Enhanced Learning in Africa

 Baharul Islam
(Development Gateway, Bangkok, Thailand)

12:00 – 12:30

Questions and Discussion

Connecting Africans to their own resources: developing policies and strategies for Africa’s digital future

Friday, 3 July 2009

Session

Time

Activity/Presentation

Speaker

6.

          13:30 – 15:30             Institutional Repositories

13:30 – 13:45

Development of institutional repositories in Sub-Saharan Africa

Felix Ubogu
(University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

13:45 – 14:00

Institutional repositories: towards harnessing knowledge for African development

Prof. Kgomotso H. Moahi
University of Botswana, Botswana)

14:00 – 14:15

Institutional digital repositories: goals, challenges, benefits and implementation of VITAL

Jack Bazuzi
(VTSL Europa, Spain)

14:15 – 14:30

Challenges faced by the University of Buea, Cameroon, in setting up an institutional repository

Harry Ngum
(University of Beau, Cameroon)

14:30 – 14:45

The graduation of repositories to institutional repositories

Roy Raju
(University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)

14:45 – 15:00

Institutional repository with local content at the Redeemer’s University in Nigeria: benefits and challenges

Emmanuel Layi Adebayo
(Redeemer’s University, Nigeria)

15:00 – 15:15

Creating an institutional repository at the University of Dar es Salaam: some experiences

Paul D. Muneja
(University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)

15:15 – 15:30

Questions and Discussion

Coffee Break 15:30 – 15:45

15:45 – 16:30         Communiqué and Closure