24-25 APRIL 2007 at State Library, Maseru

PROGRAMME

Day One

OPEN ACCESS

Chairperson: Dr Motseliso Moshoeshoe- Chadzingwe; University Librarian: National Universitity of Lesotho

Introduction to Open Access Scholarly Communication

PVC-NUL

Susan Veldsman
eIFL Content Manager

Sustainability models for Open Access Social Sciences research Publications in Africa

Eve Gray

OPEN ACCESS ADVOCACY

Chairperson: Dr Tseli Moshoeshoe- Chadzingwe University Librarian: National University of Lesotho

Policies and practices in institutions

Monica Hammes
Assistant Director: Academic Information Services, University Pretoria

Policy issues that face governments and institutions in Africa seeking to increase the impact of their research

Eve Gray

INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES

Chairperson: Ntabiseng Ntaole

What and Why of IRs

Dr Hussein Suleman
Senior lecturer: Department of Computer Science, UCT

Institutional repositories in Lesotho: NUL challenges

Dr Matseliso Moshoeshoe- Chadzingwe
University Librarian: Library Services, National University of Lesotho

Institutional repositories in Swaziland: challenges

Dr Zipho Ncqobo
Deputy Librarian: Library Services, University of Swaziland

Institutional repositories in South African heritage institutions: the DISA project

Dr Dale Peters
DISA: University of KwaZulu-Natal

Guides to IR software and submitting content to IR (includes copyright issues)

Susan Veldsman
eIFL Content Manager

Choosing an IR platform: what’s new and what’s hot?

Dr Hussein Suleman
Senior lecturer: Department of Computer Science, UCT

Day Two

Chairperson: Dr Zipho Ncqobo,Deputy Librarian: Library Services, Univesrsity of Swaziland

Securing faculty and administration support

Monica Hammes
Assistant Director: Academic Information Services, University Pretoria

Metadata and e-preservation

Dr Dale Peters
DISA: University of KwaZulu-Natal

Demo of setting up and submitting

Dr Hussein Suleman
Senior lecturer: Department of Computer Science, UCT

IRs so far in the region

Susan Veldsman
eIFL Content Manager

Group discussions:

• convince ourselves
• convince researchers
• convince management

Facilitators:
Dr Hussein Suleman
Dr Dale Peters
Eve Gray
Susan Veldsman

Action Points