http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11455 ICADLA 2 - Hosted at Wits University, Johannesburg, 17 - 18 November 2011 2013-05-21T06:04:54Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11541 DIGITIZATION AND DIGITAL PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES AT THE ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY: TOWARDS INSTITUTIONAL DIGITIZATION AND DIGITAL PRESERVATION STRATEGY Wordofa, Teklemichael T. Addis Ababa University (AAU), the leading academic and research institution in Ethiopia, produces a tremendous amount of research output. Theses and dissertations, scholarly journals, proceedings and staff/discussion papers are among the major items. The print materials are available in different units of the University. Some units (schools and faculties) are planning to conduct mass digitization on some print collections of indigenous knowledge. Others have already started digitization activities on a smaller scale. However, digitization is a resource intensive and costly activity and hence requires a strategic approach. On the other hand, the practice of collecting and preserving “born digital” materials at the AAU is in its infancy. This has influenced the development of digital library infrastructure (for example institutional repositories) that provides access and increases the visibility of digitally born research materials to researchers. This paper examines the digitization activities and practice for managing born digital research materials, and suggests a strategic approach to digitization for the AAU. It brings together all relevant units of the University towards the establishment of a centre of digitization with a clearly defined digitization and digital preservation strategy. 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11540 A PARTNERSHIP THAT UNDERPINS SUSTAINABLE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT Wilson, Deborah The digitization of heritage and knowledge sources has been adopted relatively recently in Africa. Digitization has depended largely on external funding through grants from foreign trusts, overseas educational institutions such as universities, and foreign governments; this has yet to be adopted as common practice throughout the continent. Public Private Partnerships (PPP) combining grants and private investment are also widely used. Adoption has been fragmented as some countries have very little ICT infrastructure. Some African governments have introduced digitization in the implementation of large ICT-based projects. The Kenyan Government, an example of this, has published digital versions of parliamentary procedures, national census data and government expenditure data in order to fulfil, among other goals, its constitutional commitment to citizens’ rights of access to government information (Kenya Open Data Project, 2011: 6). 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11539 A PARTNERSHIP THAT UNDERPINS SUSTAINABLE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PPT Wilson, Deborah The digitization of heritage and knowledge sources has been adopted relatively recently in Africa. Digitization has depended largely on external funding through grants from foreign trusts, overseas educational institutions such as universities, and foreign governments; this has yet to be adopted as common practice throughout the continent. Public Private Partnerships (PPP) combining grants and private investment are also widely used. Adoption has been fragmented as some countries have very little ICT infrastructure. Some African governments have introduced digitization in the implementation of large ICT-based projects. The Kenyan Government, an example of this, has published digital versions of parliamentary procedures, national census data and government expenditure data in order to fulfil, among other goals, its constitutional commitment to citizens’ rights of access to government information (Kenya Open Data Project, 2011: 6). 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11538 The World Digital Library: Oudenaren, John Van 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11537 DEVELOPING NEW APPROACHES TO THE PRESERVATION AND SHARING OF AFRICA’S PRINTED HERITAGE: THE ERITREAN CASE. Tewolde, Azeb; Zaccaria, Massimo The project that we have been working in the last two years is the case of a dispersed collection and the attempt to virtually recreate/ reassemble it. The project was financed by the European Union (EU) with the granting of a Marie Curie fellowship and implemented in cooperation with the Research and Documentation Centre of Asmara and the University of Pavia (Italy) in the period 2009-2011. 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11536 Developing New Approaches to the Preservation and Sharing of Africa’s Printed Heritage: The Eritrean Case Tewolde, Azeb; Zaccaria, Massimo The project that we have been working in the last two years is the case of a dispersed collection and the attempt to virtually recreate/ reassemble it. The project was financed by the European Union (EU) with the granting of a Marie Curie fellowship and implemented in cooperation with the Research and Documentation Centre of Asmara and the University of Pavia (Italy) in the period 2009-2011. 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11535 AN ANALYSIS OF THE VALUES, IMPACT AND BENEFITS OF DIGITISATION FOR BUILDING NATIONAL IDENTITY Tanner, Simon 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11534 CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FACING THE DIGITIZATION OF HISTORICAL RECORDS FOR THEIR PRESERVATION WITHIN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ZIMBABWE PPT Sigauke, Delight T.; Nengomasha, Dr C. T. The National Archives of Zimbabwe Act (1986) has declared that historical records in particular must be protected against any destruction, defacing, alteration, mutilation or damage. Despite this, the pace at which digitization has been implemented by the National Archives of Zimbabwe and other memory institutions to ensure the protection and preservation of historical records and other valuable information materials, has been slack and ad-hoc. This paper will present and discuss the circumstances and challenges facing the country’s National Archiving institution in embarking on digitization efforts to preserve selected public and private historical records and archives-generated public registries, memory institutions and other information centres in Zimbabwe. 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11533 CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FACING THE DIGITIZATION OF HISTORICAL RECORDS FOR THEIR PRESERVATION WITHIN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ZIMBABWE Sigauke, Delight T.; Nengomasha, Dr C. T. The National Archives of Zimbabwe Act (1986) has declared that historical records in particular must be protected against any destruction, defacing, alteration, mutilation or damage. Despite this, the pace at which digitization has been implemented by the National Archives of Zimbabwe and other memory institutions to ensure the protection and preservation of historical records and other valuable information materials, has been slack and ad-hoc. This paper will present and discuss the circumstances and challenges facing the country’s National Archiving institution in embarking on digitization efforts to preserve selected public and private historical records and archives-generated public registries, memory institutions and other information centres in Zimbabwe. 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11532 Developing Knowledge for Economic Advancement in Africa: 2nd International Conference on African Digital Libraries & Archives (ICADLA-2) PPT Selematsela, Dr Daisy 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z