[Lib-helig-l] Stellenbosch University 2011 Annual Library Symposium: Second announcement

Transformers: Research Libraries in the 21st Century

Stellenbosch University 2011 Annual Library  Symposium

 

The Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service takes pleasure in confirming that the Stellenbosch University Annual Library Symposium will take place in November this year.

 

The Symposium has been an important platform for deliberation of library and information service trends and issues, networking and professional development for the last 12 years. In 2011 this legacy continues as we turn our attention to the changing research environment in which we as libraries currently find ourselves.

 

Here is a glimpse of the programme and some of the speakers who will present at the Symposium:

 

Keynote – Mr. James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University (Virtual Presentation)

 

Session 1: National research landscape, research agenda and new modes of research:

Dr Albert van Jaarsveld, President and CEO of the NRF

Prof Johan Groenewald, Graduate School Project Leader, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Stellenbosch University

 

Session 2: Libraries and library schools creating virtual environments and innovative services to support research

Mr Robin Green, Deputy Librarian, University of Warwick, UK

Dr Ezra Ondari-Okemwa, Senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa

Dr Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Executive Director, Library Services, UNISA, South Africa

 

Session 3: New roles for libraries (data management, open access publishing and performance management of research output)

Mr Scott Brandt, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Library Science, Purdue University Libraries, USA (Virtual Presentation)

Dr Alma Swan, Consultant in scholarly communication and a Director of Key Perspectives Ltd, UK (Virtual presentation)

Session 4: Initiatives for developing research and research support in Africa

Prof Maria G. N. Musoke, University Librarian, Makerere University, Uganda
Ms Fiona Still-Drewett, Faculty Librarian, Rhodes University Library, South Africa and 2011 RLC USA intern to University of Arizona

Ms Lucia Schoombee, Research Support Librarian and Ms Naomi Visser, Faculty Librarian, Stellenbosch University Library and 2011 RLC USA interns to University of Washington and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland

 

Please note that this is not the final list of speakers.  Additional speakers will be confirmed soon and added to “Programme” on the symposium website, so be sure to visit the website regularly.

 

Date:                17-18 November 2011

 

Cost:                 R1500-00 per person (full symposium), R1000-00 per person (17 November), R500-00 per person (18 November)

 

Venue:              JS Gericke Library, Stellenbosch University

 

Enquiries:          Naomi Visser, tel.: +27 (21) 808-4425, e-mail: nrv@sun.ac.za 

 

Registration:      Opens Monday 19 September

 

Website:              http://www.lib.sun.ac.za/Sym2011/Index.htm

 

We once again look forward to welcoming you in Stellenbosch.