DEVELOPING KNOWLEDGE FOR ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT IN AFRICA: 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFRICAN DIGITAL LIBRARIES & ARCHIVES (ICADLA-2) VENUE: WITS SCIENCE STADIUM (WSS Auditoriums 1 & 2), West Campus, University of the Witwatersrand PROGRAMME THURSDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 2011 Time Activity 08:00 - 09:00 Registration WELCOME AND OPENING 9:00 – 11:30 FACILITATOR FELIX UBOGU University Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 09:00 - 09:15 Welcome Address Professor Yunus Ballim, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 09:15 - 09:45 Opening Address Dr Joseph Phaahla, Deputy Minister, South African Ministry of Arts and Culture 09:45 - 10:30 Keynote Address Prof. John C. Anyanwu, Lead Research Economist, African Development Bank 10:30 - 10:40 Knowledge Management at the African Union Dr Magdi Khalifa, African Union Commission 10:40 - 10:50 Remarks from IFLA-Africa Section Victoria Okojie, IFLA AFRICA Section Chair 10:50 – 11:30 Refreshment Break/Networking/opening of Exhibitions PLENARY INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE AND THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA 11:30 – 15:00 FACILITATOR PROFESSOR ABDELHAMID LOTFI Library Director, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco 11:30 - 11:55 John Van Oudenaren, Director, World Digital Library, Library of Congress, USA 11:55 - 12:20 Europeana: A Network Model for the Creation and Sustainability of Cultural Heritage Dr Jill Cousins, Executive Director, Europeana Foundation 12:20 - 12:45 From Paper to Pad – a Digitization Strategy for the National Library of Norway Vigdis Skarstein, National Librarian of Norway 12:45 - 13:00 Questions and Discussion 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch / Exhibitions/Networking 14:00 - 14:25 What is the digital future for libraries and archives in 2020? An analysis of the values, impact and benefits of digitisation for building national identity Simon Tanner, Director, King’s Digital Consultancy Services, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King’s College London, United Kingdom 14:25 - 14:50 Examining the Technical Issues of the World Digital Library in Uganda: Prospects and Challenges Sarah Kaddu and Ezra Kalule, National Library of Uganda 14:50 - 15:00 Questions and Discussion 15:00 - 15:15 Refreshment Break/Networking PLENARY CAPACITY AND RESOURCE MOBILISATION 15:20 – 17:00 FACILITATOR Dr DAISY SELEMATSELA Executive Director: Knowledge Management and Evaluation, National Research Foundation, South Africa 15:20 - 15:40 Resource Mobilisation: A Prerequisite for Project Implementation, Success and Sustainability Chedza Molefe, African Union 15:40 - 16:00 Capacity building activities on Open Access Publishing: the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Perspective Irene Onyancha, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa 16:00 - 16:20 Resource Mobilisation for Capacity Development for Digitisation Alexio Motsi, National Archive and Records Service of South Africa 16:20 - 16:40 A partnership that underpins sustainable capacity development Deborah Wilson, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 16:40 - 17:00 Collections and Markets: Pitfalls and Possibilities David Larsen, Africa Media Online, South Africa 17:00 -17:15 Questions and Discussion 18:00 - 20:00 COCKTAIL PARTY, ORIGINS CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND. HOSTED BY WITS DVC ACADEMIC, PROFESSOR YUNUS BALLIM FRIDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 2011 Time Activity 08.00 - 08:30 REGISTRATION PLENARY COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES 08:45 – 10:15 FACILITATOR KRISTINE HANNA Director, Archiving Services, Internet Archive, USA 08:45- 09:05 Managing Digital Collections: A South African collaborative initiative Dr Daisy Selematsela, National Research Foundation, South Africa 09:05 - 09:25 Supporting African Digital Library Projects: Experiences from the Field Amos Kujenga, and Repke De Vries, African Digital Library Support Network (Greenstone) 09:25 - 09:45 The GreyLit Project: International Co-operative challenges in capacity and resources Glenda Myers, Danielle Aloia, and Phindile Bekwa, University of the Witwatersrand and New York Academy of Medicine 09:45 - 10:05 Collaborative platform for knowledge access and use in Africa - Open Access Repositories the Capacity Strengthening Programme for Africa (OA-IRCSP) Africa Bwamkuu, Royal Tropical Institute 10:05 - 10:15 Questions and Discussions 10:15- 10:30 Refreshment Break/Networking PLENARY POLICY, LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORKS AND AFRICAN EXPERIENCES 10:30 – 11:10 FACILITATOR ALEXIO MOTSI Head of Preservation, National Archives of South Africa 10:30 -10:50 Principles of Digital Heritage Roger Layton, Roger Layton Associates, South Africa 10:50 -11:10 Being Strategic about Digitization Projects Abraham Azubuike, Dag Hammarskjold Library, United Nations, New York, USA 11:10 – 11:20 Questions and Discussions FACILITATOR PAIKI MUSWAZI Deputy University Librarian, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa 11:25 - 11:40 Establishing a digitisation programme for Namibia: promises, pitfalls and progress Werner Hillebrecht, Head of Archives, National Archives of Namibia 11:40 – 11:55 Challenges and Prospects Facing the Digitisation of Historical Records for their Preservation within the National Archives of Zimbabwe Delight Sigauke (Zimbabwe) and Dr Catherine Nengomasha (Namibia) 12:55 – 12:10 Digitisation of Uganda’s Musical Cultural Heritage: Lessons from Makerere University Agnes Namaganda, Makerere University, Uganda 12:10: - 12:25 Digitization of archival records: The Kenya National Archives and Documentation Service experience Ben Wekalao Namande, National Archives of Kenya 12:25 - 12:40 The Digital Future of Sudanese Research Libraries Professor Rafaa Ashamallah Ghobrial Morgos, Ministry of Science and Technology, Sudan 12:40 – 12:55 Digitisation of historical information at the National Archives of Zambia: critical strategic review Chrispin Hamooya, University of Zambia PARALLEL SESSION 1 (Policy, Legislative Frameworks and African Experiences) 11:25 – 13:05 12:55 - 13:05 Questions and Discussions 13:05 -14:00 Lunch/ Exhibitions/Networking PARALLEL SESSION 2 (Policy, Legislative Frameworks and African Experiences) 11:25 – 12:50 FACILITATOR MICHELE PICKOVER Curator of Manuscripts, Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 11:25 - 11:40 National Digital Library Strategies: a South African perspective Mr Douwe Drijfhout, Executive Librarian: Preservation Services and Mr Lesiba Ledwaba, Chief Information Officer, National Library of South Africa 11:40- 11:55 The East African Community Electronic Library: Documenting the regional integration process Sarah Kagoda-Batuwa, EAC Information Resource Centre, Kenya 11:55 - 12:10 Creating digital library collections in Malawi Geoffrey Salanje, Bunda College of Agriculture, University of Malawi 12:10 - 12:25 Digitisation for libraries in Kenya Beatrice Adera Amollo, Australian Studies Institute, Kenya 12:25 - 12:40 Digitisation and digital preservation activities and initiatives at the Addis Ababa University Teklemichael T. Wordofa, Addis Ababa University Libraries 12:40 – 12:50 Questions and Discussions 13:05 -14:00 Lunch/ Exhibitions/Networking PLENARY TECHNICAL ISSUES AND RESOURCE DISCOVERY TOOLS 14:00 – 14:45 FACILITATOR LINDYI NHLAPO IFLA Regional Manager for Africa 14:00 - 14:30 Towards Universal Access to All Knowledge Brewster Kahle, Founder of the Internet Archive 14:30 – 14:40 Questions and Discussions PARALLEL SESSION 1 TECHNICAL ISSUES AND RESOURCE DISCOVERY TOOLS 14:45 – 16:00 FACILITATOR CHARL ROBERTS Manager: Library Systems and Digital Initiatives, University of Witwatersrand Library, South Africa 14:45 - 15:05 Developing New Approaches to the Preservation and Sharing of Africa’s Printed Heritage: The Eritrean Case Massimo Zaccaria (Italy) and Azeb Tewolde (Eritrea) 15:05 - 15:20 Springer Book Archives – the book will never die Richard Bennett, Springer 15:20 - 15:35 Institutional Repositories: Description of VITAL as an example of a Fedora-based digital assets management system Nabil Saadallah, Manager, Middle East and Africa, VTLS 15:35 - 15:50 EBSCOhost – Meeting the challenges in Africa Matthew Buys, EBSCOhost Account Executive for Sub Saharan Africa 15:50- 16:00 Questions and Discussions 16:00 – 16:20 Refreshment Break/ Networking PARALLEL SESSION 2 TECHNICAL ISSUES AND RESOURCE DISCOVERY TOOLS 14:45 – 16:00 FACILITATOR DEBORAH WILSON Digital Archivist, Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 14:45 - 15:05 Design Considerations for Digital Image Libraries Professor Anthony Maeder, School of Computing & Mathematics, University of Western Australia 15:05 - 15:25 Digitizing Projects; Reality, Best Practice and Technology Grant Stott, First Coast Technologies (Zeutschel) 15:25 - 15:45 Creation of a Digital African Archive Pierre Malan, Sabinet, South Africa 15:45 - 16:00 Questions and Discussions 16:00 – 16:20 Refreshment Break/ Networking CABORATIVE PROJECTS & PROGRAMMES PLENARY WAY FORWARD, ELECTION OF STEERING COMMITTEE AND CLOSURE 16:20 – 17:00 FACILITATORS FELIX UBOGU University Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa ABRAHAM AZUBUIKE Coordinator of Access and Preservation, Dag Hammarskjold Library, United Nations, USA MEETING OF STEERING COMMITTEE 17:30 – 18:30