12-14 May 2009, CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa
PROGRAMME
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Day 1 – Tuesday 12 May 2009
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All Plenary session in the Diamond Hall
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08:30 – 09:00
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Registration
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09:00 – 09:15
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Welcome – Heila Pienaar
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09:15 – 10:00
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Introduction: Heila Pienaar
Plenary: The JISC VRE programme 2004 – present Mathew Dovey, JISC UK |
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10:00 – 10:30
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TEA
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Conference Hall
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Crystal
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Diamond
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Emerald
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Session Chairs
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A101-104: Theo Bothma
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B101-104: Dale Peters
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C101-104: Stephen Mutula
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TRACK A: e-Research & e-Science
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TRACK B: Digital Preservation
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TRACK C: Digital Divide
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10:30 – 11:00
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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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Paper – Presentation
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11:00 – 11:30
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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
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A103 Monitoring Space Weather impact on the ionosphere over South Africa using Global Navigation Satellite System. Daniel M Moeketsi, CSIR, South Africa |
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
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A104 Meta-data implementation for the environmental sciences: options, benefits and issues. Wim Hugo, MBV Equsys / Consulting, South Africa |
B104 Durable enhanced publications. Maarten Hoogerwerf, DANS – Data Archiving & Networked Services, The Netherlands |
C104 |
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Paper – Presentation
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12:30 – 13:30
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LUNCH
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Session Chairs
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A105-109: Martie van Deventer
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B105-109: Ujala Satgoor
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C105-109: Tunde Oladiran
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13:30 – 14:00
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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 |
C105 Current trends in thinking about E-learning. Johannes Cronje, CPUT, South Africa |
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Paper – Presentation
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14:00 – 14:30
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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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Paper – Presentation
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Paper – Presentation
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| TRACK A: IT Infrastructure for Digital Scholoraship | |||||||||
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14:30 – 15:00
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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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Paper – Presentation
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15:00 – 15:30
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TEA
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15:30 – 16:00
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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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Paper – Presentation
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16:00 – 16:30
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A109 Grid Computing: advancement of e-science to computing and beyond A Ajulo, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria |
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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Paper – Presentation
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16:30 – 17:15
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Introduction: Theo Bothma
Plenary: Transforming Scholarly Communication Lee Dirks, MS Research |
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18:00
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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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08:30 – 09:00
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Registration
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09:00 – 10:00
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Introduction: Faye Reagon
Plenary: Building partnerships among social science researchers, institution-based repositories and domain specific data archives Dr Myron P Gutmann, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research |
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10:00 – 10:30
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TEA
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Session Chairs
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A201-204: Reggie Raju
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B201-204: Maarten Hoogerwerf
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C201-204: Christelle Steyn
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TRACK A: Collaboration
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TRACK B: Digital Data Management & Curation
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TRACK C: e-Learning & Distance Learning
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10:30 – 11:00
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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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Paper – Presentation
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TRACK B: Repositories
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11:00 – 11:30
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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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Paper – Presentation
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11:30 – 12:00
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A203 The use of wikis as Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS). Paul Laughton, UJ, South Africa |
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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12:00 – 12:30
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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 |
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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Paper – Presentation
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12:30 – 13:30
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LUNCH
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Session Chairs
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A205-209: Johannes Cronje
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B205-209: Nthabiseng Taole
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C205-209: Regina Masalela
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TRACK C: IT Adoption & Perceptions
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13:30 – 14:00
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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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Paper – Presentation
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14:00 – 14:30
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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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Paper – Presentation
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14:30 – 15:00
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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 | TRACK C: Information Literacy | ||||||||
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15:00 – 15:30
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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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15:30 – 16:00
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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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Paper – Presentation
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16:00
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TEA
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Workshops (R 400,00 per workshop – see Conference Fees)
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Workshop 1
Venue: CSIR Building 22, A30 – Demo Room |
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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Workshop 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
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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
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Cancelled | ||||||||
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Workshop 7
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Cancelled | ||||||||
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