PROGRAMME
1st African Conference for Digital Scholarship and Curation
12 and 13 February 2008, at the CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria
| Day 1: Conference | |
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Registration |
| 08:30 – 08:45 | Welcome: Prof. Mzamo P Mangaliso – President, National Research Foundation |
| 08:45 – 09:15 | Keynote: The implications of the OECD declaration on open access to scientific data for African and specifically South African policy on research data and information management and curation The Honourable Mosibudi Mangena, Minister of Science and Technology, South Africa |
| Theme 1: Overview : International Trends | |
| Session chair: Prof Theo Bothma, University of Pretoria | |
| 09:30 – 10:10 | From eScience towards Knowledge Utilities, Hans Falk Hoffmann, Honorary member CERN Presentation |
| 10:15 – 11:00 | Information Gulags, Intellectual Straightjackets, and Memory Holes, Paul Uhlir, International S&T Information Programs and U.S. National Committee for CODATA Presentation |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Tea break |
| Theme 2A: Digital Management and Curation in Practice : International Perspective | |
| Session chair: Dr Kivilu Kivilu, Human Sciences Research Council | |
| 11:30 – 12:15 | Social Science : Implementation and Management of a National Initiative : the example of the UK Data Archive, Kevin Schurer, UK Data Archive Presentation |
| 12:15 – 13:00 | International Digital Data Management and Sharing Initiatives in the Social Sciences, Peter Elias, International Data Forum, ISSC and WIS Presentation |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
| Theme 2B: Digital Management and Curation in Practice : International Perspective | |
| Session chair: Dr Xola Mati, ASSAf | |
| 14:00 – 14:40 | Implementing the NIH Data Sharing Policy : Expectations and Challenges, Dr Belinda Seto, National Institute of Health, US Presentation |
| 14:40 – 15:20 | Aligning Digital Preservation Policies with Community Standards, Nancy McGovern, Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Presentation |
| 15:20 – 16:00 | GBIF Efforts in Digitising and Mobilization Primary Biodiversity Data, Vishwas Chavan and Nicholas King, Global Biodiversity Information Facility Presentation |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Tea break |
| Theme 3: New Roles and Opportunities | |
| Session chair: Dr Andrew Kaniki, National Research Foundation | |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | The Final Seal of Approval : Directives for Data Producers/researchers, Data Consumers and Digital Archives, Henk Harmsen, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) Presentation |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Enabling Access to Scientific and Technical Data-sets in eScience : a role for Library Science, James L. Mullins, Dean of Purdue University Libraries Presentation |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | … so what have we learnt? Andrew Kaniki, National Research Foundation |
| Day 2: Workshop: | Longevity of digital research output. Where are we and what are our infrastructural and process needs? |
| 08:30 – 10:30 | Plenary session |
| Theme 4: Curation of African Digital Content | |
| Session chair: Dr Kagiso Chikane, CSIR | |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | State of Scientific Data in Africa, Dr Achuo Enow , International Council for Science, Regional Office for Africa Presentation |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Oceanographic Data and Information Initiatives in Africa,Alfonse Dubi, University of Dar es Salaam, Institute of Marine Sciences Presentation |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Situation in South Africa : Outcome of NeDIC Investigation, Roy Page-Shipp, Consultant Presentation |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Digital Curation : the Legal Framework in South Africa,Graham Dominy, National Archives, South Africa Presentation |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea break |
| 11:00 – 13:00 | Theme 5: Digital Management and Curation Practices in Specific Sciences. Five parallel sessions with a consolidation session in the afternoon. |
| Theme 5.1: Natural Sciences (Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Technical, etc.) Coordinators: Zeblon Vilakazi, iTHEMBA Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences and Patricia Whitelock, South African Astronomical Observatory Curation in Natural Sciences, Z.Z. Vilakzi, iThemba LABS and UCT-CERN Research Centre
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| Theme 5.2: Life and Medical Sciences Coordinators: Fourie Joubert, University of Pretoria and Nicola Mulder, University of Cape Town Presentation Feedback from session We will start off with a brief presentation, and then discuss:
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| Theme 5.3: Social Sciences Coordinators: Faye Reagon, Human Sciences Research Council; Lynn Woolfrey, DataFirst and Matile Malimabe, StatsSA Introductory Presentation The objective of the workshop is to identify the needs and requirements of and possible strategies for the Social Science & Humanities community to ensure the preservation and sharing of African research data and related documentation. In order to do this, the anticipated outcomes of the workshop are to:
Institutional Data Curation Implementation, Human Sciences Research Council |
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| Theme 5.4: Spatial Sciences Coordinators: Heidi van Deventer, CSIR and Marina Strydom, Johannesburg Citi Parks Curation of Spatial Data in RSA, facilitated by Heidi van Deventer, CSIR and Maryna Strydom (SRK)
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NeDICC 