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.
Set menu (3 course meal with 3 choices per course) at R130.00 plus 10% service fee = R143.00 pp plus drinks.
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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? See abstract
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 See abstract
10:50 – 11:10 Katinka van Straaten, ATD Tech-Know Link
Training End Users in the Mining Industry See abstract
11:10 – 11:30 Glenda Myers & Devind Peter, University of the Witwatersrand Health Sciences Library
The Training Monster See abstract
11:30 – 11:50 Charlie Maphuntshane Molepo, Universal Knowledge Software
Changing Roles of Libraries and Librarians with Emphasis on the Technology
See abstract
11:50 – 12:10 Martie van Deventer (CSIR) & Heila Pienaar (University of Pretoria)
Getting Executive Buy-In: The Value of Technology Demonstrators See abstract
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. See abstract
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 See abstract
15:00 – 15:30 Tea
15:30 – 15:50 Siphethile Muswelanto, CSIR
Life after Graduation Day: The Reality of the Information Industry See abstract
15:50 - 16:10 Tania McAnearney, Attorney and Freelance Writer
The Legal Practice Bill and its Impact on the Profession See abstract
16:10 – 16:30 Ana Kabalu, Southern African Legal Information Institute
Content Management See abstract
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.
About the entertainment: Stan & Sion are two brothers who arrived from England 20 years ago on holiday, but loved SA so much they decided to stay. They formed the group “MELLOW”; a live lineup of two steel string accoustic guitars and two voices, with no backing track of any kind. This leads to a more personal connection with their audience. They perform songs from Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Sting, Simon & Garfunkel to mention but a few. This event promises to be great fun.
Partly-sponsored by SAOUG
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THURSDAY 5TH JUNE 2008
08:00 – 9:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:00 Keynote Speaker: Geoff Hoy, TENET
Networking Nuts and Bolts for Librarians or What Librarians should know about IT
Techies. See abstract
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) See abstract
11:10 – 11:30 Ina Smith, University of Pretoria
The Institutional Repository Toolbox: How to Successfully Implement an Institutional
Repository See abstract
11:30 – 11:50 Adele van der Merwe, CSIR
Databases, Institutional Repositories (IR) and Organizational Workflows See abstract
11:50 – 12:10 Ansie van der Westhuizen (UNISA) & Ina Smith (University of
Pretoria)
Strength through Collaboration: The UNISA-UP Partnership See abstract
12:10 – 12:30 Madelein van Heerden, CSIR
Establishing a Knowledge Commons at the CSIR See abstract
12:30 – 14:00 Luncheon & Exhibition
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 See abstract
14:20 – 14:40 Susan Murray, AJOL
African Journal OnLine: The Journey towards African Learning Translating into African
Development See abstract
14:40 – 15:00 Heila Pienaar, University of Pretoria
Digital Scholarship and the Role of the University Library See abstract
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
