Thursday, 2 November
SESSION 1 : WELCOME & KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Chair: Ellen Tise |
Welcome
| Prof Liesbeth Botha, Executive Director:
Innovation and Commercialization, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Keynote address:
E-Science and Scholarly Communication | Dr Tony Hey, Corporate Vice President:
Technical Computing, Advanced Strategies and Policy, Microsoft Corporation, USA
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SESSION 2 : THE NEW RESEARCH LANDSCAPE
Chair: Johan Engelbrecht |
South Africa in the global knowledge arena: implications for academic libraries
| Dr Andrew Kaniki, Executive Director,
Knowledge Management & Strategy,
National Research Foundation, Pretoria, South Africa
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The higher education landscape in South Africa
| Prof Walter Claassen, Vice Rector:
Research, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
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What is Wrong with Digital Repository Software?
| Dr Hussein Suleman, Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town
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| Discussion |
SESSION 3 : THE NEW LEARNING LANDSCAPE
Session Chair: Elda Nolte
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Who killed e-learning?
| Prof Johannes Cronje, Teaching and Training Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa
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The Higher Education Teaching and Learning Environment - challenges and opportunities in relation to the electronic information highway
| Dr Brenda Leibowitz, Director: Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
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| Prof Archie Dick, Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
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| Discussion |
Friday, 3 November
SESSION 4 : NEW CHALLENGES FOR LIBRARIES AS PARTNERS
Session Chair: Berta Els
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Web 2.0 - Library 2.0
| Mr Richard Wallis, Technology Evangelist, Talis, United Kingdom
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Where Google and Libraries Meet
| Ms Jenny Walker, Vice President: Marketing, Xrefer, United Kingdom
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Discussion
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SESSION5 : NEW CHALLENGES FOR LIBRARIES AS PARTNERS (CONT.)
- TWO CASE STUDIES
Session Chair: Ellen Tise
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Supporting research in South Africa : setting up an integrated library research consortium
| Ms Dianne Man, Deputy University Librarian (Technical Services), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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| Supporting a research repository information infrastructure | Mr Wouter Klapwijk, Library IT Services, University of Stellenbosch, |
| Discussion |
