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PRELIMINARY
PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
Please note: The organisers reserve the right to amend this PRELIMINARY
programme when and where necessary.
Monday (15 April 2002)
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Tuesday (16 April 2002)
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Wednesday (17 April 2002)
Thursday (18 April 2002)
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Friday (19 April 2002)
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07:30 - 17:00
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Registration for SCECSAL 2002
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08:30 - 12:30
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Workshop 1: Integrating indigenous knowledge in project planning and implementation
Alan Emery, President and CEO, KIVU Nature, Inc. Canada
When project developments, environmental assessments, or other activities affect indigenous
peoples, the first step must be to bridge the gap between the indigenous and western knowledge
forms and culture. Alan Emery will provide guidelines on how to include indigenous peoples and
their knowledge in project planning and implementation.
Cost: R200 (USD30) per person including mid-morning refreshments, excluding lunch
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08:30-17:00
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Workshop 2: Audiovisual Archivists pre-conference workshop
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08:00-08:30
08:30-08:45
08:45-09:00
09:00-10:00
10:00-10:20
10:20-11:20
11:20-11:50
11:50-12:20
12:20-13:00
13:00-14:00
14:00-15:00
15:00-16:00
16:00-18:00
20:00-22:00
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Registration
Welcome address: Timothy Tapfumaneyi, Music Library Supervisor, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation
Introduction of IASA
AV archives in the ECSA region
Refreshments
Brainstorming session with delegates
The basics of audiovisual archiving
Preservation of audiovisual carriers
Digital Archiving Technology
Lunch
Brainstorming with delegates
Election of chairpersons for working groups
Institutional visits to SA National Archives/SABC
Dinner
Cost: R250 (USD40) per person including refreshments and lunch
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14:00-17:00
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Workshop 3: The management of library associations
Jennifer Nicholson, Executive Director, Australian Library and Information Association
Cost: R200 (USD30) per person including afternoon refreshments
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PRELIMINARY
SCECSAL 2002 CONFERENCE and EXHIBITIONS
07:30 - 08:15
08:15 - 08:35
08:35 - 09:15
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Registration
Chair: Robert Moropa
Opening and welcome - Ellen Remona Tise
LIASA President
Keynote address - speaker still to be announced
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09:15 - 10:30
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Session 1: Indigenous Knowledge Systems: setting the scene
Chairperson still to be announced
Indigenous knowledge: challenges for the African continent -
Peter & Thana Whitehead,
Cape Town, South Africa
Indigenous knowledge for the benefit of all: can management principles be effectively used?
Andrew Kaniki, Information Studies, School of Human and Social Studies, University of Natal
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11:00 - 13:00
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Session 2: Management of Indigenous Knowledge
Chairperson still to be announced
Strategies for managing and preserving indigenous knowledge in the knowledge management era
Patrick Ngulube, University of Natal
Management of indigenous knowledge in Lesotho: prospects and challenges for information professionals
Mabafokeng Makara, Thomas Mofolo Library, National University of Lesotho
Towards systematic management of Indigenous Knowledge: a review of oral information projects
in a library school
Iyabo Mabawonku, Department of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Geographic information system based model for community indigenous knowledge in developing countries:
a case for Uganda
Elisam Magara, Kampala, Uganda
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14:00 - 15:30
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Session 3: The role of IT and ICT in the dissemination of indigenous knowledge
Chairperson still to be announced
Indigenous knowledge: Africa's opportunity to contribute to global information content
Justin Chisenga, University of Natal
The digital divide in Subsaharan Africa: implications for globalisation of IKS in the SCECSAL Region
Stephen M Mutula, University of Botswana
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15:30 - 16:00
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Refreshments
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16:00 - 17:30
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Continuation of Session 3: The role of IT and ICT in the dissemination of indigenous knowledge
Cross-language information retrieval opportunities for IKS
Erica Cosijn, University of Pretoria, Kalervo Jarvelin University of Tampere, Finland;
Johannes Nel, John Theophanus & Theo Bothma, University of Pretoria
Indigenous knowledge and African libraries: ICT issues and the way forward
Duncan Wambogo Omole, African Council for Communication Education (ACCE), University of Nairobi
Disseminating relevant pregnancy education information in a rural community: can ICT play a role?
Maritha Snyman and Marlene Holmner, University of Pretoria
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19:00
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Opening ceremony and reception
Master of Ceremony still to be announced
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08:30 - 10:30
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Session 4: The implications of IKS for education and training
Chairperson still to be announced
Africa's indigenous knowledge systems: implications for the curriculum
Gloria Emeagwali, History Department, Central Connecticut State University,USA
Globalisation and localisation of LIS education: strategies and challenges for the SCECSAL region
Isaac MN Kigongo-Bukenya, Makere University, Kampala, Uganda
The transformation of art and design curricula at technikons in South Africa through the
introduction of indigenous knowledge content
Tony Starkey, Technikon Natal
Information literacy: a global issue
Alan Bundy, University of South Australia
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10:30 - 11:00
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Refreshments
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11:00 - 12:00
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Session 5: Indigenous knowledge as a product of the corporate environment
Chairperson still to be announced
If only we knew what we know …: the case of how Elsenburg is turning local knowledge into
intellectual capital
Anna Weideman, Elsenburg Library, Elsenburg
Communication mechanisms of the indigenous knowledge system
Hester W J Meyer, University of South Africa
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12:00 - 14:00
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Exhibitors' lunch and product presentations
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14:00 - 17:00
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Parallel workshops and library visits
Workshop 5: Reading promotion in Public Library Services
Sponsored by the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)
Workshop 6: MCB/Emerald Workshop
During the workshop the Emerald full text database and other electronic databases will be demonstrated.
Sponsored by MCB.
Workshop 7: Current developments in Bibliographic Control in the SCECSAL region:
an open session of the Southern African Bibliographic Control Committee (SABCC).
Sponsored by the National Library of South Africa.
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14:00 - 15:00
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Workshop 8: Networking for Information Professionals DISSAnet - Irene Wormell, Sweden
Sponsored by the Department of Information Science of the University of Pretoria.
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14:00 - 17:00
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Visits to Library of the University of South Africa and the Pretoria Public Library
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15:00 - 17:00
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Workshop 9: COMLA regional meetings
Information still to be confirmed.
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Please note that a nominal fee of R30 (USD5) per person will be charged to attend this function.
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08:30 - 10:00
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Session 5: Indigenous knowledge systems and policy issues
Chairperson still to be announced
Indigenous knowledge policy issues in South Africa
Odora Hoppers, HSRC, University of Pretoria
Globalisation threatening information flows in Botswana's development strategy
Batlang Comma Serema, University of Botswana
Indigenous knowledge, the jewel of our national information heritage: a case for the need
for clear policy guidelines for the organisation and exploitation of indigenous knowledge
with specific reference to Malawi
Dickson B. Vuwa Phiri, University of Malawi
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10:00 - 10:30
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Refreshments
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10:30 - 13:00
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Session 6: Lessons from practical experiences with IKS
Chairperson still to be announced
Global challenges, local solutions: lessons from practical experiences: the Kenya case scenario
Fred Onyango, University of Swaziland Library
Local knowledge and information technology for a sustained rural livelihood
Jaqueta Keet and Joyene Isaacs, Agricultural Research Council, Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, Stellenbosch
Acquiring unpublished documents: Malawi's experience
Willard M Kazembe, Ministry of Health and Population, Malawi
Indigenous information provision to young people: the case of sexual health information provision in
Botswana
Ayanda Agnes Lekau, University of Botswana
The development of a web-based career guidance program, incorporating indigenous knowledge systems
Inge P. Sonnekus, Unisa & Marlene Holmner, University of Pretoria
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14:00 - 15:30
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Session 8: The information sector as representational systems for indigenous knowledge
Chairperson still to be announced
Indigenous knowledge: its communication and preservation in Africa
Bunmi Alegbeleye, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Setting up an information resource centre for the management of indigenous knowledge at
the Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Center
Bright Nkhata, Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Center, University of Botswana
Publishing as a representational system for indigenous knowledge
Rhode Hechter, University of Pretoria
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15:30 - 16:00
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Refreshments
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16:00 - 17:00
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Session 9: New developments in the management of indigenous knowledge
Chairperson still to be announced
Classification of African languages on the basis of mutual intelligibility
Kwesi Prah, CASAS, Cape Town
DISA: Development and implementation of a digital library resource
Dale Peters, University of Natal
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17:00 - 17:30
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Best COMLA student essay to be presented
Final speaker still to be announced
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17:30 - 18:30
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Discussion and conclusion
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08:30 - 12:30
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SCECSAL General Assembly Meeting and business
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10:00 - 10:30
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Refreshments
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14:00 - 17:00
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SCECSAL General Assembly Meeting and business
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19:00
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Closing award ceremony and reception
Master of Ceremony still to be announced
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Please note that a nominal fee of R50 (USD8) per person will be charged to attend this function.
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PROGRAMME
