Preliminary Programme: ProLISSA 2006
"Progress in Library and Information Science in Southern Africa"Fourth biennial DISSAnet Conference
Pretoria
2 - 3 November 2006
Thursday 2 November
| Time | Name | Title |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration & Tea/Coffee | |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome | |
| 09:10 - 09:50 | Invited paper Prof Peter Ingwersen Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark | Context in Information Interaction - Revisited 2006 |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | Ina Fourie and Retha Claasen-Veldsman University of Pretoria | Exploring the need of South African oncology nurses for current awareness services (CAS) available via the WWW |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Gavin R Davis University of the Western Cape | Information searching skills of undergraduates at two historically disadvantaged institutions in the Western Cape: what are the challenges? |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Tanya du Plessis University of Johannesburg | VLE-integration: course specific linking for enhanced e-learning |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Neil Evans and Gary Mersham University of Zululand | Communication and information aspects of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs): a South African study |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Esther Koster University of Pretoria | Effects of word placement and frequency on the relevance ranking of internet search engines |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha1 & Dennis Ocholla2 1University of Eastern Africa Baraton, Eldoret, Kenya 2University of Zululand | Country-wise collaborations in HIV/AIDS research in Kenya and South Africa, 1980-2005 |
| 12:20 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 13:50 | Erica Cosijn University of Pretoria | Wikis: a breeding ground for aspiring anarchists or the ultimate knowledge management tool? |
| 13:50 - 14:10 | Dennis Ocholla University of Zululand | Common errors and challenges of publishing in a peer refereed Library and Information Journal |
| 14:10 - 14:30 | Fanie de Beer University of Pretoria | An acritical philosophy of information |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | Peter Johan Lor1,3 & Johannes J Britz2,3 1IFLA 2 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA 3University of Pretoria | Challenges of the approaching Knowledge Society: Major international issues facing library and information professionals |
| 14:50 - 15:20 | Tea/Coffee | |
| 15:20 - 16:20 | Keynote Prof Paul Sturges Loughborough University, UK | An access based information research agenda for Africa: developed in the crude English style |
| 16:30 - | Cocktail |
Friday 3 November
| Time | Name | Title |
| 08:15 - 09:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| 09:00 - 09:40 | Invited paper Prof Irene Wormell Swedish School of Library and Information Science, Sweden | Information Management vs. Knowledge Management - what makes the difference? |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | David Heppes & Adeline du Toit University of Johannesburg | Assessing the level of maturity of the competitive intelligence function of a retail bank |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | James Matovu1 & Dennis Ocholla2 1Makarere University, Uganda 2University of Zululand | The feasibility of a management information system for public administration in Uganda |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Andrew Kok University of Johannesburg | Intellectual Capital Management at the former Rand Afrikaans University |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Tea/Coffee | |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Ezra Ondari-Okemwa1 & Mabel Minishi-Majanja2 1University of Cape Town 2UNISA | Knowledge management education in Departments of Library and Information Science in South Africa | 11:30 - 11:50 | Daisy Selematsela & Adeline du Toit University of Johannesburg | Developing a competency profile for instruction librarians in academic information services |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | PN Dlamini University of Zululand | The role of information and communication technologies for sustainable management, preservation and dissemination of indigenous knowledge |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Naresh Sentoo & Ramika Pillay Durban University of Technology | The balancing 'act': copyright versus academia |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 13:50 | Retha Claasen-Veldsman & Maritha Snyman University of Pretoria | Evaluating audiocassettes as a medium for health information dissemination |
| 13:50 - 14:10 | Alice Kwake & Dennis Ocholla University of Zululand | Conceptualizing and contextualizing Info-mobilization theory as a theoretical framework for LIS research on ICT and rural development |
| 14:10 - 14:30 | Wanyenda Chilimo & Patrick Ngulube University of KwaZulu-Natal | Making sense of the nexus between information and communication technologies and poverty reduction: an analysis of the relevance of selected conceptual models to the context of developing countries |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Marlene Holmner & Maritha Snyman University of Pretoria | The centre approach as a way to bridge the Digital Divide on a technological level in South Africa |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Alice Wafula-Kwake University of Zululand | Demystifying ICT diffusion and use amongst rural women in Kenya |
| 15:40 - 16:30 | Closing keynote Prof Joseph Ojiambo Moi University, Kenya | Developing human resource capacity in information sciences for the knowledge industry with specific reference to Africa |
| 16:30 | Closing |
Please note that no refunds can be made for any cancellations after 25 October 2006 at 17:00, and such delegates are liable for the full conference fee.
The ProLISSA 2006 organisers gratefully acknoweldge grants from
the National Research Foundation and the SALI Trust.
