ICADLA 2: International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives
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- ItemDIGITIZATION AND DIGITAL PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES AT THE ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY: TOWARDS INSTITUTIONAL DIGITIZATION AND DIGITAL PRESERVATION STRATEGY(2012-06-14) 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.
- ItemA PARTNERSHIP THAT UNDERPINS SUSTAINABLE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT(2012-06-14) Wilson, DeborahThe 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).
- ItemA PARTNERSHIP THAT UNDERPINS SUSTAINABLE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PPT(2012-06-14) Wilson, DeborahThe 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).
- ItemThe World Digital Library:(2012-06-14) Oudenaren, John Van