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12 May |
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Wednesday
13 May |
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Thursday
14 May |
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Day
1 - Tuesday 12 May 2009 |
All Plenary session in the Diamond Hall |
| 08:30
- 09:00 |
Registration |
| 09:00
- 09:15 |
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| 09:15
- 10:00 |
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| 10:00
- 10:30 |
TEA |
Conference Hall |
Crystal |
Diamond |
Emerald |
Session Chairs |
A101-104: Theo Bothma |
B101-104: Dale Peters |
C101-104: Stephen Mutula |
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TRACK
A: e-Research & e-Science |
TRACK
B: Digital Preservation |
TRACK
C: Digital Divide |
| 10:30
- 11:00 |
A101
Needs analysis for a SA Malaria VRE.
M van Deventer,
CSIR, H Pienaar, UP, J Morris, ACGT,& Z Ngcete, BIOPAD, South Africa |
B101
Preservation infrastructure in context.
David Giaretta
et al, UK. |
C101
Cyberspace and Globalization.
Mladen Milicevic,
Loyola Marymount University,
Los Angeles, USA |
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| 11:00
- 11:30 |
A102
The CSIR NyendaWeb – embedded measuring instrument of
the ITS Lab®.
Oladayo Bello, CSIR, South Africa |
B102
The Curation of the data of the Birth to Twenty project.
Alison Bullen and Lucia Lotter, HSRC, South Africa |
C102
The virtual world of learning & the quandary of digital
divide: a Botswana
experience on information access.
Olugbade Oladokun and LO Aina , University of
Botswana, Botswana |
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| 11:30
- 12:00 |
A103
Monitoring Space Weather impact on the ionosphere over South
Africa using Global Navigation Satellite System.
Daniel M Moeketsi, CSIR, South Africa
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B103
The Use of Metadata and Preservation Methods for Continuous Access to Digital Data.
Amelia Breytenbach & Ria Groenewald, University
of Pretoria, South Africa |
C103
Digital divide and e-governance in SA.
Hamiltion Mphidi, TUT, South Africa |
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| 12:00
- 12:30 |
A104
Meta-data implementation for the environmental sciences: options, benefits and issues.
Wim Hugo, MBV Equsys / Consulting, South Africa
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B104
Durable enhanced publications.
Maarten Hoogerwerf,
DANS – Data Archiving & Networked Services, The
Netherlands |
C104
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| 12:30
- 13:30 |
LUNCH |
Session Chairs |
A105-109: Martie van Deventer |
B105-109: Ujala Satgoor |
C105-109: Tunde Oladiran |
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TRACK
C: e-Learning & Distance Learning |
| 13:30
- 14:00 |
A105
What can we infer from beyond the data? - The statistics
behind the
analysis of risk events in the context of environmental
studies.
Sibusisiwe
Khuluse, Sonali Das, Pravesh Debba & Chris
Elphinstone, CSIR, South Africa |
B105
The Internet Mission Photography Archive(IMPA).
Jon Miller & Matt Gainer,
University of Southern California, USA
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C105
Current trends in thinking about E-learning.
Johannes Cronje, CPUT, South Africa |
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| 14:00
- 14:30 |
A106
Video data mining with learning cullular automata.
B Meshkboo, Azad University, Iran |
B106
Digitization of Library Resources & the Formation of Digital
Libraries: A practical approach.
Ibrahim Usman Alhaji,
National Library of Nigeria, Nigeria |
C106
Inclusive education & the role of distance education.
Regina Masalela, University of Botswana, Botswana |
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TRACK
A: IT Infrastructure for Digital Scholoraship |
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| 14:30
- 15:00 |
A107
Cloud Computing: a potential paradigm for practicing the scholarship
of teaching & learning.
P. Thomas, UB, Botswana |
B107
Research Evaluation on a Local level with a Global Perspective.
Philip Purnell,
Thomson Reuters |
C107
An Open Source LMS Deployment & Integration Strategy for
the University of Botswana.
A. Masizane-Katongo, D. Mpoeleng, T. Nkgau, University
of Botswana, Botswana |
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| 15:00
- 15:30 |
TEA |
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TRACK
B: Digital Data Management & Curation |
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| 15:30
- 16:00 |
A108
Empowering African scientists – evaluating the CD-based
installer for Scubuntu.
Thomas Fogwill & Pieter van Zyl, CSIR, South Africa |
B108
A structured workflow for implementing digital archiving standards
in an organisation
Peter Schmitz & Antony Cooper, CSIR, South
Africa |
C108
Digitizing the survival ideas for future generations: African
wild fruits
Jerekias Gandure, University of Botswana, Botswana |
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| 16:00
- 16:30 |
A109
Grid Computing: advancement of e-science to computing and beyond
A Ajulo, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria
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B109
Planning an effective digital curation & preservation
strategy for a Research Organization.
Adele vd Merwe
& Martie van Deventer, CSIR, South Africa |
C109
Engaging academia through Library 2.0 tools, a case study: Education Library, University of Pretoria.
Johann van Wyk, University of Pretoria, South Africa
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| 16:30
- 17:15 |
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| 18:00 |
Transport to venue from the CSIR Conference Centre |
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Manuel
Escorcio is one of the most versatile singers ever
produced in South Africa, a true international artist with
over 4.500 concerts behind his back, 45 CD’s recorded
to date and innumerable Gold and Platinum awards.
The program tonight
aims at wide variety with a pot-pourri of various genres
of music …
There will be romantic ballads such as True love and Blue
eyes cryin’ in the rain, the standard repertoire like
Josh Groban’s You raise me up, golden oldies i.e.
Crazy & Something stupid, Napolitan songs, an Afrikaans
medley with the biggest hits of the last few years, a gospel
song One day at a time to close off, not forgetting Andrew
Lloyd-Webber with Joseph’s Any dream will do. |
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Day
2 - Wednesday 13 May 2009 |
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| 08:30
- 09:00 |
Registration |
| 09:00
- 10:00 |
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| 10:00
- 10:30 |
TEA |
Session Chairs |
A201-204: Reggie Raju |
B201-204: Maarten Hoogerwerf |
C201-204: Christelle Steyn |
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TRACK
A: Collaboration |
TRACK
B: Digital Data Management & Curation |
TRACK
C: e-Learning & Distance Learning |
| 10:30
- 11:00 |
A201
Digital mergers – How social software is helping a merging
faculty become a community of practice.
Johannes Cronje,
CPUT, South Africa |
B201
Mechanism to support multi-sectoral information sharing: do we learn from our mistakes
F Reagon, HSRC,
South Africa |
C201
Assessment of ICT - based course delivery for mechanical engineering
students – a case study.
MT Oladiran & J Uziak, University of Botswana,
Botswana |
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TRACK
B: Repositories |
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| 11:00
- 11:30 |
A202
The public mission of South African universities: ICT use
for scholarly communications for research, teaching &
learning & social responsiveness in a leading South African
research university.
Eve Gray & Cheryl Hodgkinson, UCT, South
Africa |
B202
How does one know which repository is worth its salt.
David
Giaretta et al, UK. |
C202
Instructional issues of interactivity in online classes.
Regina Masalela, University of Botswana, Botswana |
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| 11:30
- 12:00 |
A203
The use of wikis as Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS).
Paul Laughton, UJ, South Africa
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B203
Driver:
Digital Repository Infrastructure vision for European Repositories.
Dale Peters, State and University Library of
Goettingen, Germany |
C203
Academic libraries support for e-learning: Initiatives &
opportunities – the case of University of Botswana Library.
Reason Nfila,
University of Botswana, Botswana |
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TRACK
C: Intellectual Property Issues |
| 12:00
- 12:30 |
A204
Collaborative reference management.
H. le Roux & I. Burke, CSIR, South Arica |
B204
Easy on Fedora: building on the latest generation repository
infrastructure.
Lodewijk Bogaards, DANS, Data Archiving &
Netw¬orked Services, The Netherlands
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C204
Intellectual property protection in the age of open access
& digital rights management – balancing the odds.
B. Longe, University of Ibadan, Nigeria |
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| 12:30
- 13:30 |
LUNCH |
Session Chairs |
A205-209: Johannes Cronje |
B205-209: Nthabiseng Taole |
C205-209: Regina Masalela |
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TRACK
C: IT Adoption & Perceptions |
| 13:30
- 14:00 |
A205
In support of social scholarship: the role of the academic
library.
Cecilia Penzhorn,
UP, South Africa |
B205
African Higher Education Research Online (AHERO): a disciplinary
open archive.
Shehaamah Mohamed,
University of the Western Cape, South Africa |
C205
Business students’ perceptions of information systems.
E. Cloete,
UCT, South Africa |
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TRACK
A:
Open Scholarship |
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| 14:00
- 14:30 |
A206
Open Scholarship & research reporting in tandem: creating
more value.
Elsabe Olivier,
UP, South Africa |
B206
African Marine Science Respository for Electronic Publications
(OceanDocs): Experience of the Institute of Marine Sciences,
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Edna Nyika, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania |
C206
An analysis of information technology adoption situation in
Botswana secondary schools and its impact on digital scholarship
initiatives in institutions of learning.
A. Totolo, UB, Botswana |
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| 14:30
- 15:00 |
A207
The Open Access mandate: a key element of open scholarship.
Monica Hammes, UP, South Africa |
B207
Institutional Repositories as a Benchmark for Digital Scholarship.
P. Jain, G. Bentley, M. Oladiran, UB, University
of Botswana |
C207
Science and Technology awareness for preschool children: a
Working model.
A. van Deventer, CSIR, South Africa |
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TRACK
A: e-Resources |
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C: Information Literacy |
| 15:00
- 15:30 |
A208
E-resources use via the internet improvement is a must: a
Case of special libraries in Tanzania.
Hubert Shija,
Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA), Tanzania |
B208
Digital preservation through using DSpace open source institutional repository software: a case study
Ina Smith,
UP, South Africa |
C208
Time to change the colour of your umbrella? Using games in
information literacy training.
B de Kock, UP, South Africa |
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TRACK
C: Ethics & Trust |
| 15:30
- 16:00 |
A209
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Susan Murray, AJOL |
B209
Spreading the burden: infrastructure & tools for preservation
& use of digital resources.
David
Giaretta et al, UK. |
C209
Ethics & trust in digital scholarship.
S. Mutula, UB, Botswana |
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| 16:00 |
TEA |
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Day
3 - Thursday 14 May 2009 |
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| Workshop
1
Venue: CSIR Building 22, A30 - Demo Room
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Spatial
data.
Heidi van Deventer, CSIR, South Africa
(Full day; Cost: R400, Max 20) |
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| Workshop
2
Merensky Library, Training Room (Level 3), University of Pretoria |
Towards
a second generation library: Web 2.0 applied within your library.
Christelle Steyn & Janice De Wee, UP & CSIR, South
Africa
(Full day; Cost: R400; Max 40) |
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3
Informatorium, Maroon Lab, University of Pretoria |
Institutional
repository.
Ina Smith, & Leonard Daniels, UP, South Africa
(Full day; Cost: R400; Max 40) |
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| Workshop
4 |
Cancelled |
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| Workshop
5
CSIR Conference Centre, Saphire/Emethyst |
Gaining
the momentum: Open access & advancement of science and
research.
Susan Veldsman & Iryna Kuchma, eIFL
(Full day; Cost: R400; Max 50) |
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Workshop 6 |
Cancelled |
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Workshop 7 |
Cancelled |
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