NINTH SOUTHERN AFRICAN ONLINE INFORMATION MEETING
3 – 5 JUNE 2008
CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria
Organised by SAOUG together with SLIS and OSALL
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
TUESDAY 3rd JUNE 2008 : Pre-Conference Workshops
13:00 – 13:30 Finger Lunch Included in Registration fee with any workshop
WORKSHOP A : (Morning)
EVIDENCE-BASED LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PRACTICE (EBLIP)
The Basics: What, Why, How, Who and Where
Presenter: Dr Glenda Myers (To Be Confirmed)
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:00 EBLIP: What and Why
10:00 – 10:30 Tea
10:30 – 11:30 How: The Theory
11:30 – 12:30 How: In Practice
12:30 – 13:00 Who and Where
Cost: R250.00 per delegate (Members); R350 (Non-Members)
Maximum number of participants 50
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WORKSHOP B: (Afternoon)
Practical Presentation Skills for trainers
Presented by the Voice Clinic.
13:30 – 14:00 Registration
14:00 – 17:00 Workshop
Cost: R250.00 (Members); R350 (Non-Members)
By attending the workshop, which is being facilitated by The Voice Clinic, you will learn invaluable techniques to sell your ideas powerfully and get results.
The Voice Clinic will give you the expertise to control your jitters, think on your feet and present with increased confidence, energy and professionalism.
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WORKSHOP C: (Afternoon)
THE DEEP END: PLANNING A DIGITAL STRATEGY FOR YOURSELF
Presenters: Jarred Cinman and Jacqui Maroun, Cambrient
13:30 – 14:00 Registration
14:00 – 17:00 Workshop
Cost: R250.00 per delegate (Members); R350 (Non-Members)
Maximum number of participants 20 (to work in pairs)
NB: Full Day Registration (for two workshops): R450.00 (Members); R650 (Non-Members)
Tuesday Evening : 3rd June
18:30 – Late: Informal Dinner – Pay for Yourself – Baobab Restaurant, Menlyn Shopping Centre
You can stay in your hotel room and order room service, or you can join colleagues for a meal at a nearby restaurant and network with the conference delegates before the start of the conference
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WEDNESDAY 4TH JUNE 2008
08:00 – 9:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:05 Welcome
09:05 – 10:00 Keynote Speaker: Prof Derek Law, University of Strathclyde
Changing Users: Have They or Should we?
10:00 – 10:30 Tea & Exhibition
10:30 – 10:50 B de Kock, G Ehlers & H Kriel, University of Pretoria
“Teleporting” from Boring to Cool
10:50 – 11:10 Katinka van Straaten, ATD Tech-Know Link
Training End Users in the Mining Industry
11:10 – 11:30 Glenda Myers & Devind Peter, University of the Witwatersrand Health Sciences Library
The Training Monster
11:30 – 11:50 Charlie Maphuntshane Molepo, Universal Knowledge Software
Changing Roles of Libraries and Librarians with Emphasis on the Technology
(Working Title)
11:50 – 12:10 Martie van Deventer (CSIR) & Heila Pienaar (University of Pretoria)
Getting Executive Buy-In: The Value of Technology Demonstrators
12:10 – 12:30 Louise Temkin (Accenture)
(Topic to be Confirmed)
12:30 - 13:30 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSSION BOX LUNCHES
Topics:
- Patent Searching Support Group (Facilitor: Louise Mitchell)
- End User Training: Best Practice
- Institutional Repositories
- EBLIP (Evidence Based Library and Information Practice)
- Life after Graduation: the Gap between Theory and Practice
- Mentoring
- Library 2.0
- Budget for small libraries
- Automated Help Desk
- Federated Search Engines
- Designing new libraries
Delegates to Book for ONE Preferred Topic ONLY, with a Second Choice in Case of Over-subscription.
13:30 – 14:00 Exhibition
14:00 – 14:20 Ansie Martinek, Cement & Concrete Institute
Don’t Throw the Baby out with the Bathwater: A Case Study Regarding a News Alerting
Service in the Engineering Industry
14:20 – 14:40 Hamilton Mphidi, Sasol Technology Knowledge Optimization
Establishing an Online Reference Service
14:40 – 15:00 Dianne Kruger, Rand Merchant Bank
How do You Make a Computer Think Like a Human? A Case Study Regarding a
Clippings Service in the Banking Industry
15:00 – 15:30 Tea
15:30 – 15:50 Siphethile Muswelanto, CSIR
Life after Graduation Day: The Reality of the Information Industry
15:50 - 16:10 Tania McAnearney, Attorney and Freelance Writer
The Legal Practice Bill and its Impact on the Profession
16:10 – 16:30 Ana Kabalu, Southern African Legal Information Institute
Content Management
16:30 – 17:30 Exhibition
18:30 for 19:00 Dinner and Evening Entertainment at : The Flame & Grill, 300 Hill Street, Arcadia (opposite the American Embassy). Members: R60; Non-Members: R90.
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THURSDAY 5TH JUNE 2008
08:00 – 9:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:00 Keynote Speaker: Geoff Hoy, TENET
How Information Techies perceive the Librarian (Topic to be Confirmed)
10:00 – 10:30 Tea & Exhibition
10:30 – 10:50 Jarred Cinman, Software Director, Cambrient
Hype Slides Deleted: The real future of the Internet in South Africa
10:50 – 11:10 Carole Willis, University of the Witwatersrand
SA RIMS: Administration, Assistance or Annoyance (Working Title)
11:10 – 11:30 Ina Smith, University of Pretoria
11:30 – 11:50 Adele van der Merwe, CSIR
Databases, Institutional Repositories (IR) and Organizational Workflows
11:50 – 12:10 Ansie van der Westhuizen (UNISA) & Ina Smith (University of
Pretoria)
Strength through Collaboration: The UNISA-UP Partnership
12:10 – 12:30 Madelein van Heerden, CSIR
Establishing a Knowledge Commons at the CSIR
12:30 – 14:00 Facebook Vending Luncheon & Exhibition
You’ve heard of speed dating – now come and experience speed vending! You will
receive a random ticket to lunch with a specific vendor in your conference pack.
Vendors get 15 – 20 minutes to tell you about their products over lunch. This is the
equivalent of networking socially with your information vendors in a real time Facebook for
Vendors session. Take the opportunity to learn about products you wouldn’t otherwise know
about, and network with colleagues you wouldn’t normally get to know.
14:00 – 14:20 Antoinette Lourens, Erica van der Westhuizen, Amelia Breytenbach, Tertia Coetsee & Ria Groenewald, University of Pretoria Veterinary Library
The Librarian as Author and Publisher in the Web Environment
14:20 – 14:40 Susan Murray, AJOL
African Journal OnLine: The Journey towards African Learning Translating into African
Development
14:40 – 15:00 Heila Pienaar, University of Pretoria
Digital Scholarship and the Role of the University Library
15:00 – 15:30 Tea & Exhbition
15:30 – 15:45 From the Conference Chair
15:45 – 16:30 Christof Appel
The Changing Organization (Topic to be Confirmed)
16:30 Conference Closure
Meeting Organiser,
SA Online User Group,
P O Box 8059,
0001 PRETORIA,
South Africa
Cell: 082-7853510
E-mail: rdutoit@yebo.co.za
