ICADLA 2: International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives

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Programme: International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives (ICADLA 2)
(2012-04-11) International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives (ICADLA 2)
This strategic planning conference will bring together Directors of National Archives, Libraries and Museums and tertiary institutions across Africa to discuss how they can design and implement national digitisation programmes to improve the availability of and access to African scholarly and cultural digital content to enhance the continent’s development efforts.
Resource mobilisation: a prerequisite for project implementation, success and sustainability
(2012-04-18) Molefe, Chedza
Unprecedented developments in technology that lead to remarkable increases in knowledge processing and production, coupled with new user demands, have made digitization essential. Access to resources has dwindled in the wake of the economic slow-down. It has become imperative to make projects attractive to donors through proper and elaborate planning. Collaboration, an old concept in libraries, is one strategy for attraction. Resource mobilization, an important part of planning, should always be the first step in embarking on digitization projects. It should therefore be carried out in a systematic way following a resource mobilization strategy with specific steps. The Organization of African Unity (OAU) now defunct project illustrates how deficiencies in resource mobilization can lead to project failure. It is proposed that ICADLA set up a steering team to work with Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) to implement resource mobilization strategy with the view to coordinating and promoting digitization projects in Africa for the development of an African Digital Library of information for development.
EBSCOhost
(2012-06-14) Buys, Matthew
Education is a central socio-economic right that provides the foundation for life-long learning and economic opportunities. Literacy data published by the UNESCO1 Institute for Statistics (UIS) in 2007 shows that the lowest adult literacy rates are observed in Africa and South Asia. In some countries, fewer than three out of ten adults can read and write. UIS provides national literacy data for two age groups: youths aged 15 to 24 years, and adults aged 15 years and older.
SUPPORTING AFRICAN DIGITAL LIBRARY PROJECTS: EXPERIENCES FROM THE FIELD
(2012-06-14) Kujenga, A.; de Vries., R.
This paper outlines the activities of the African Digital Library Support Network (ADLSN) in enhancing knowledge access by promoting and assisting the development of low-cost digital libraries in Africa. It aims to stimulate practical discussion on how digital library projects can be run in Africa in a collaborative way. It focuses on the milestones and challenges of the ADLSN, starting by narrating events leading to the formation of the network, its structure and its strategic directions. The notion of National Centres through which the Network grew is discussed and the financing of activities is addressed. The paper examines some of the barriers that must be taken into account when developing digital libraries and also makes recommendations for policies related to collaborative national and/or regional digital library projects. The paper uses a qualitative approach and is based on the personal experiences and observations of the authors together with some informal interviews and document analysis.
REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR OF THE IFLA AFRICA SECTION
(2012-06-14) Okojie, Victoria
Dear Colleagues Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I feel highly honoured and privileged to be invited to make some remarks at the 2nd International Conference on African Digital Libraries & Archives (ICADLA-2). Let me reiterate that the IFLA Africa Section participated actively in organizing the first conference (ICADLA-1) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2009 and I am happy that the second conference is taking place in South Africa, thereby giving more colleagues from the different sub-regions of Africa to participate.
CREATION OF A DIGITAL AFRICAN ARCHIVE
(2012-06-14) Malan, Pierre
Sabinet Gateway, a non-profit organization that promotes and supports library and information services in Africa, has been awarded a $1,8 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation New York to create an African Online Journal Archive. This archive, the first of its kind to contain purely African content, will make academic inputs from all over Africa available for research purposes to local and international organisations and academic institutions. The aim is to create for the first time a central full-text repository of retrospective journal content that contains important African research across a number of fields, including the medical, social sciences and environmental arenas. These materials have unique value, providing not only the vital groundwork for further or related research but assisting to preserve the heritage of the African continent. Stretching over four years, this project includes the sourcing of African journal content, the negotiation of publisher agreements, digitization and indexing of the journal content and the creation of a front end that will make the journal content easily accessible to end users online. As a result the project aims for the archive to contain approximately 90 000 articles.
EXAMINING TECHINICAL ISSUES OF THE WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY IN UGANDA
(2012-06-14) Kaddu, Sarah
WDL -Internet based information resource co-sponsored by the LC and UNESCO In 2005, Dr James Billington approached UNESCO with a proposal - an online collection of unique materials - to access the documented heritage The LC and UNESCO entered into an agreement to develop a prototype of the Digital Library
Digitization for libraries in Kenya PPT
(2012-06-14) Amollo, Beatrice Adera
Digitization is a topic that is on the agenda of most Librarians and Archivists meetings, as a tool for enhancing the capture, dissemination, retrieval, storage and preservation of information.
THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY ELECTRONIC LIBRARY: DOCUMENTING THE REGIONAL INTEGRATION PROCESS PPT
(2012-06-14) Kagoda-Batuwa, Sarah
EAC, a regional inter-governmental body since 1999: Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and United Rep. of Tanzania  The EAC aims at widening and deepening cooperation among the Partner States, in the political, economic and social fields for their mutual benefit.  established a Customs Union in 2005 and Common Market in 2010, and are expected to attain Monetary Union by 2012 and a Political Federation thereafter.
Presenters & Presentation
(2012-06-14) ICADLA 2
Presented at the 2nd International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives (ICADLA-2), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 14th – 18th November, 2011
Being Strategic About Digitization Projects
(2012-06-14) Azubuike, Abraham
“A digital library is an online collection of digital objects, of assured quality, that are created or collected and managed according to internationally accepted principles for collection development and made accessible in a coherent and sustainable manner, supported by services necessary to allow users to retrieve and exploit the resources”. (IFLA )
A network model
(2012-06-14) Cousins, Jill
‘Digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material are essential to highlight cultural and scientific heritage, to inspire the creation of new content and to encourage new online services to emerge. They help to democratise access to culture and knowledge and to develop the information society and the knowledge-based economy.’
THE INTERNET ARCHIVE
(2012-06-14) Kahle, Brewster
CREATING DIGITAL LIBRARY COLLECTIONS: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR LIBRARIES IN MALAWI
(2012-06-14) Salanje, Francis
Since 2008 Malawi Libraries have created more than ten digital library collections of local publications such as dissertations, theses, reports, scientific papers, speeches by politicians and newspaper articles on HIV/AIDS and gender issues. Most publications included were not “born digital.” This paper views digitization as including the processes of scanning and creation of collections using Open source software such as Greenstone, DSpace, Endnote and Electronic Records and Management System. In Malawi Libraries digitization started after some librarians had attended various training workshops within and outside the country. The projects still face many challenges including: inadequate expertise, use of inadequate equipment, lack of OCR software, unfavourable copyright laws, non-interoperability resulting from use of different content software, thus hampering inter-institutional exchange of records. Some collections are not yet accessible online. It is worth noting however, that constant progress is being made, and some libraries are now acquiring appropriate equipment and software. The Malawi Copyright Act of 1989 is also being revised to accommodate electronic documents. Librarians are gaining expertise mostly through hands-on training.
CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FACING THE DIGITIZATION OF HISTORICAL RECORDS FOR THEIR PRESERVATION WITHIN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ZIMBABWE PPT
(2012-06-14) 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.
COLLECTIONS AND MARKETS: PITFALLS AND POSSIBILITIES
(2012-06-14) Larsen, David
Many archives have special collections that experience or could experience consistent use by publishers and broadcasters to illustrate a particular historical period or subject field. Archives and archives professionals, however, often find themselves uncertain about how to deal with what they see as “commercial” interests. How does one protect the integrity of a collection and even the principle of open access against such interests; when are such interests valid and when are they illegitimate? What is the role of publishers and broadcasters in society and where does this overlap with the mandate of archives to preserve, research, educate and inform? And where do the roles diverge? What is the difference between editorial and commercial publishing? This paper seeks to explore such questions, moving toward the formulation of clear policies and strategies for interacting with editorial markets. Insight will be provided from a decade of working on the interface between public archives and publishing and broadcast markets. The paper seeks to facilitate understanding and give insights that empower wise choices that protect the long-term integrity of archival collections. Building on the concept of appropriate access, the paper will argue that there is a significant difference between commercial markets for archival content, and editorial markets. Commercial markets in the business of promoting products or services are almost never appropriate channels for the publishing of archival content. Editorial markets, on the other hand, when operating with the mandate that society has given them, should be seen as an extension of the mandate that archives have to educate and inform. In this regard they should be seen as strategic partners.This paper will also argue for layers of appropriate access and rights to use a collection, indicating appropriate models for interacting with various users and granting usage rights.
CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FACING THE DIGITIZATION OF HISTORICAL RECORDS FOR THEIR PRESERVATION WITHIN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ZIMBABWE
(2012-06-14) 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.
ESTABLISHING A DIGITIZATION PROGRAMME FOR NAMIBIA: PROMISES, PITFALLS AND PROGRESS
(2012-06-14) Hillebrecht, Werner
Digitization has spread world-wide like an infectious disease and no country has been spared. Guidelines, instructions and policies can be found in abundance on the Internet. Nevertheless, it seems that the same mistakes are made again and again. This paper analyses the experiences of the National Archives of Namibia, which has gone through the whole wide array of pitfalls and mistakes. The paper comes to the conclusion that, under African conditions of very limited resources, certain mistakes are unavoidable until the adequate local conditions have been explored and local solutions have been found.
Collaborative Platform for Knowledge Access
(2012-06-14) Bwamkuu, Africa Jumanne
AAU is the association of private and public academic institutions in Africa that are recognized by law in their countries as higher education institutions. •DATAD is the initiative was born out of a pilot project in 2000 to index, abstract, and distribute theses and dissertations
Developing New Approaches to the Preservation and Sharing of Africa’s Printed Heritage: The Eritrean Case
(2012-06-14) 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.