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Fourth Southern African Online Information Meeting
Eskom Conference Centre, Midrand, South Africa
12-13 June 1997
THURSDAY 12 JUNE 1997
08:00 Registration
08:30 Welcome and Introduction: Glenda Myers, Southern African Online User Group
08:40 Keynote Address: The role of the National Information Technology Forum (NITF) in developing the information society. Joe Tsotetsi, Motswedi Technology Group
SESSION ONE: 9:25 - 12:30
Chair. Glenda Myers, SA Online User Group
09:25 Consortia forming in South Africa: the GAELIC experience. Pierre Malan, SABINET
09:45 Enhancing learning through networked information literacy development. Colin Darch and Cathy-Mae Karelse, CALICO Infolit (Presented by Kate Whittaker)
10:05 Questions
10:20 - 11:00 Refreshments
11:00 The digital library at the University of Ghent. Herbert van de Sompel, Library IAutomation University of Ghent
11:30 Crystalball gazing: to converge or not to converge: An overview for South African libraries. Suzette Oosthuizen , University of Fort Hare Library
11:50 Internet, intranet, elephants and us. Caroline de Wet & Dianne Kruger, Rand Merchant Bank
12:10 Questions
12:30 -14:00 Lunch
SESSION TWO: 14:00 - 15:30
Chair: Gill Owens, Cement & Concrete Institute
14:00 Should we take disintermediation seriously? Ina Fourie, UNISA
14:30 From print to electronic publishing: The new role of the intermediary. Ronald Shuttleworth, Blackwell, SA
14:50 The webmaster: A new player in the online team. Pieter van der Walt, InterTech & Pieter van Brakel, RAU
15:10 Questions
15:30 - 16:00 Refreshments
16:00 Official Opening of Exhibits
17:00 Cocktail Party - Sponsored by SABINET Online and Knight-Ridder
FRIDAY 13 JUNE 1997
08:00 - 8:30 Registration
SESSION THREE: 08:30 - 12:00
Chair Olga Svoboda, Mintek
08:30 WWW interfaces: The ultimate solution for searching online systems? Pieter van Brakel & Martie Pienaar, RAU
08:50 The advantages of developing search interfaces for databases on the World Wide Web. Rosalind Hattingh, SABINET
09:10 Web access to the British Library databases. Mike Curston, British Library
09:30 Questions
09:50 - 10:20 Refreshments
10:20 Beyond the borders of South Africa: Distance education via digital satellite television. L A du Pisani, University of Pretoria
10:40 A virtual classroom: A must for the future. Johann Moller, University of Pretoria
11:00 Technology-based learning and teaching to address an archaeological problem. Johann Fouche, University of Pretoria
11:20 The electronic MBL: Providing South African business students with access to remote information. Lorraine Grobler & Marieta Snyman, UNISA
11:40 Questions
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
SESSION FOUR: 13:30 - 16:30
Chair: Henk de Bruin, University of Pretoria
13:30 Creating online communities on the Internet: A practical solution for the global engineering community. Richard Hollis, Ei Europe
14:00 ISI's Citation Database local Web browser software. Jonathan Green, ISI
14:20 New tools for research: Linking bibliographic databases with full text collections. Remco van der Merwe, Ovid
14:40 Questions
15:00 - 15:30 Refreshments
15:30 Added value in Web publications.Theo Bothma, University of Pretoria
15:50 From electronic publishing to print-on-demand: A South African case study. Magda Bornman & Anseri Swanepoel, Johnson & Johnson
16:15 Questions
16:20 - 16:30 Closure and Thanks - Glenda Myers, Chair: SAOUG
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