[Lib-helig-l] Fwd: Last chance to Register: ICADLA2 conference and Workshop

 

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFRICAN DIGITAL LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES (ICADLA-2)

 

ICADLA-2 is around the corner. Don't miss your chance to be there.  The final deadline for registrations is 31 October 2011. We urge all stakeholders wishing to attend the conference to register their participation online at http://www.wits.ac.za/newsroom/conferences/icadla-2/13300/online_registration.html as soon as possible.

 

ICADLA-2 is a two part event - a three day workshop, Digital Futures: From Digitization to Delivery, (14-16 November 2011) and a two day conference, Developing National and Institutional Digitization Strategies, (17-18 November 2011).  It will be held at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa from 14 – 18 November 2011.

 

The conference will be opened by the South African Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture at the University of the Witwatersrand on Thursday, 17 November 2011. Delegates from national libraries and archives, universities and associations, from across Africa will gather to develop digitisation strategies, discuss management and capacity issues and form partnerships during the 2-day conference. Under the spotlight will be discussions about: Capacity and Resource Mobilisation, Policy, Legislative Frameworks and African Experiences, Collaborative Projects and Programmes, International Best Practice and the International Arena, Technical Issues and Resource Discovery Tools.

 

Speakers from throughout Africa including Burundi, Namibia, Kenya, Morocco, Eritrea, Sudan, Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Malawi will present papers.

The speakers represent institutions and organisations including:

The Internet Archive	The World Digital Library
Europeana Foundation	National Library of Norway
The African Union	United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
African Digital Library Support Network	University of the Witwatersrand
University of Zambia	University of Nigeria
University of Stellenbosch	University of Western Australia
University of Malawi	Makerere University, Uganda
Kings College, London	National Library of South Africa
National Archive and Records Service of South Africa	National Archives of Namibia
National Archives of Kenya	National Archives of Zimbabwe
Burundi Association of Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists	National Research Foundation, South Africa
African Development Bank	National Library of Uganda

 

Please see full conference programme at: http://www.wits.ac.za/newsroom/icadla-2/test/14079/programme.html

 

The internationally acclaimed "Digital Futures: from Digitisation to Delivery" training event will be run by international expert Simon Tanner from 14-16 November. Digital Futures is aimed at managers and other practitioners from the library, museum, heritage and cultural sectors looking to understand the strategic and management issues of developing digital resources from digitisation to delivery.

Please note that the workshop can only accommodate a limited number of participants as individual attention is a key component and benefit of the course. Selection is based on regional representation and compliance with the minimum requirements.

 

Please see Digital Futures Academy workshop programme at: http://www.wits.ac.za/newsroom/icadla-2/13425/workshop_registration.html

 

For more information contact Michele Pickover: michele.pickover@wits.ac.za

 

 

 

 

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