2023 Programme

12-13

Sept

Imagining Sustainability

THE FUTURE OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES DEPENDS ON EVERYONE

Programme

12 September 2023 | 08h00 – 17h00
Day 1

Time (SAST)	Activity		Venue Details
07h00 – 08h30	Exhibitors Set-Up	Foyer	Chinua Achebe Auditorium, Level 6
08h30 – 09h00	Registration/ Tea & Coffee	Foyer	Chinua Achebe Auditorium, Level6
09h00– 09h10	Welcome, Introductions and Order of the Day	Alrina de Bruyn, Director, UJ Library Reneka Panday, UJ Library	Chinua Achebe Auditorium, Level 6
09h10 – 10h30	Open Day For Exhibitors 1. Springer Nature 2. Worldwide Information Services 3. Elsevier 4. EBSCO 5. SABINET 6. Clarivate 7. UJ Press 8. KWAZINTO African Crafts 9. VK Innovations 10. The Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment 11. The Centre of Ecological Intelligence, UJ 12. The Faculty of Art Design and Architecture (FADA)- Jewellery Design and Manufacture, UJ 13. UJ Library MakerSpace 14. UJ Library Virtual Reality
10h30 – 11h00	TEA/ COFFEE (Chinua Achebe Auditorium,Level 6)
10h45– 11h00	Performance UJ Library Choir
11h30 – 12h30	Workshops In Designated Venues
	Workshop Titles
	1. Clarivate Title of Workshop: Empowering Minds, Igniting Discoveries: Unlocking the Secrets to Effective Research Support! Presenter: Samantha Bennett, Senior Customer Education Trainer 2. WorldWide Information Services (WWIS) Title of Workshop: The librarian in support of the researcher: Exploring emerging AI-driven tools to support topic discovery and manage information overload Presenter: Kirstin Krauss (PhD), Research Advisor, WWIS. 3. EBSCO Title of Workshop: Preserving the quality of research through technology. Presenter: Bronwyn Rassmann : Director of SAAS and Innovation – Sub Saharan Africa and Mosebjadi Petje: Regional Sales Manager for EBSCO Sub-Saharan Africa. 4. SABINET Title of Workshop: New Ventures and Products in African Research that Support Sustainability and Empower Libraries in the World Today. Presented by Jean Nell and Christelle Vermaak 5. Elsevier Title of Workshop: Advancing the research process…machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve research efficiency Presenter: Daneshree Moodley and John Sterley 6. Title of Workshop: Defining a model for Interdisciplinary collaboration Participating departments: Jewellery Design, Industrial Design, Fashion Design and UJ Library Makerspace 7. Virtual Reality Lab Presenter: Thabang Kekae		Chinua Achebe Auditorium, Level 6 Training Room, Level 2 Alan Paton Auditorium, Level 3 Eskia Mphahlele Level 2 Ben Okri, Level 1 Zakes Mda, Level 1 Andre Brink, Level 2
12h30 – 14h00	LUNCH (Nadine Gordimer Auditorium, Level 5 )
14h15 – 15h15	WorkShops
	1. Title of Workshop:Three things to bring the students back to your training. Presenter: Professor Maria Frahm-Arp, Executive Director, UJ Library 2. Title of Workshop: Let’s play-An interactive session on gaming in education. Presenter: Dr Herman Myburgh, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Intelligent Systems, University of Johannesburg 3. Title of Workshop: Introduction to Systematic Review. Presenter: Winkie Siebane, Information Specialist, University of Pretoria Medical School and Kedibone Moagi, Information Librarian, Faculty of Humanities, UJ 4. Title of Workshop:The role of information literacy to overcome information poverty. Presenters: Dr Elize du Toit, Specialist Librarian: Teaching and Learning, UJ Library 5. Title of Workshop: The Online Book Exhibition Presenters: Janina van der Westhuizen, Manager: Technical Services, UJ Library 6. Title of Workshop: How to give your Librarian a more online presence. Presenter: Pavlinka Kovatcheva, Faculty Librarian: Science, UJ Library		Alan Paton Auditorium, Level 3 Eskia Mphahlele Level 2 Ben Okri Level 1 Andre Brink Level 2 Zakes Mda, Level 1 Training Room, level 2
16h00	COCKTAIL DINNER EVENT (Nadine Gordimer Auditorium, Level 5 )
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13 September 2023 | 08h00 – 17h00
Day 2

Programme Director: Zoya Mabuto-Mokoditoa

Time (SAST)	Topic	Speaker
08h00 – 08h30	Technical Dry Run \| Registration for in-person delegates	Technical /Events Team
	PERFORMANCE LIBRARY CHOIR
09h00 – 09h20	Opening and Welcome	Professor Sarah Gravett. Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation, University of Johannesburg
09h20 – 10h20	Introduction to the Conference and Keynote Speaker Professor Maria Frahm-Arp, Executive Director, UJ Library Title of talk: Sustainable, Impactful Research and the Role of Libraries in 4IR

10h20 -10h40	Tea / Coffee (Chinua Achebe Auditorium,Level 6)
10h40 – 11h50	SESSION 1: Budgets and Sustainable Libraries ("Promoting Sustainability: Budgets and Libraries”) Facilitator: Professor Maria Frahm-Arp 1. Glenn Truran- Director: South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC). 2. Dr Mathew Moyo– Chief Director, Library and Information Service, North-West University (NWU) 3. Veronica Klipp– Publisher, Wits University Press
11h50 – 12h50	Keynote Speaker Professor Earl B Givens, Jr. - Director of Library Services, Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. Title of talk: From Strategy to Culture: Building Sustainability into Library Organizations.
12h50 – 13h45	LUNCH (Nadine Gordimer Auditorium,Level 5)
14h00 – 15h00	Session 2: Supporting Research into SDG’s in the 4IR. Facilitator: Ivy Segoe- Research Librarian, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. 1. Polly Boruff Jones - Dean of University Libraries, Oakland University, Michigan, United States. (virtual). 2. Dr Anthony Kaziboni - Head of Research at the Institute for the Future of Knowledge, University of Johannesburg, South Africa 3. Ivy Segoe - Research Librarian, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. 4. Professor M Madhan - Professor of Library Science and Director, Global Library at Jindal Global University based in Sonipat, India (Virtual) 5. Professor Nelago Indongo -Director, Multidisciplinary Research Centre, the University of Namibia. Prof Indongo is a member of the Steering Committee of our ACU Higher Education and the SDGs Network and the lead for the thematic area of research (Virtual) 6. Professor Labode Popoola- Professor of Forest Economy and Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. (Virtual) Q&A Session
15h00– 15h15	Tea/Coffee(Chinua Achebe Auditorium,Level 6)
15h15 – 16h15	SESSION 3: Re-Imagining Sustainable Libraries Facilitator: Frederick Mavunduse, Campus Librarian, UJ 1. Ed Fay - Director of Library Services and University Librarian – University of Bristol, England. (Virtual). 2. Kelvin Watson - Executive Director, Library District Administrative Offices, Las Vegas-Clark County Library, Las Vegas. (Virtual) 3. Rebekkah Smith Aldrich -Executive Director at Mid-Hudson Library System, New York. Rebekkah is an active member of the American Library Association (ALA), most recently chairing the new ALA Council Committee on Sustainability (Virtual) 4. Jon Ray – Director of Environmental Sustainability, Wiley (Virtual) 5. Lazarus Matizirofa –Associate Director: Research, Scholarly Communication, Digital Systems & Services, Department of Library Services, Wits University, South Africa. Q&A Session
	CLOSING REMARKS: Zoya Mabuto-Mokoditoa

Programme Director

The founder of ZoyaSpeaks - a leadership development entity. She is a professional speaker, Corporate MC, Facilitator, and Personal Mastery Coach

Zoya Mabuto-Mokoditoa

Speakers

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation, University of Johannesburg

Prof. Sarah Gravett

Executive Director of the Library and Information Centre at the University of Johannesburg (UJ).

Prof. Maria Frahm-Arp

Keynote Speaker

Director: South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC), South Africa

Glenn Truran

Chief Director, Library and Information Service, North-West University (NWU), South Africa.

Dr Mathew Moyo

Publisher, Wits University Press, South Africa

Veronica Klipp

Director of Library Services, Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina, United States.

Prof. Earl B Givens, Jr

Keynote Speaker

Dean of University Libraries, Oakland University, Michigan, United States

Polly Boruff Jones

Head of Research at the Institute for the Future of Knowledge, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Dr Anthony Kaziboni

Research Librarian, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Ivy Segoe

Facilitator

Professor of Library Science and Director, Global Library at Jindal Global University based in Sonipat, India.

Prof. M Madhan

Director, Multidisciplinary Research Centre, the University of Namibia. Prof Indongo is a member of the Steering Committee of our ACU Higher Education and the SDGs Network and the lead for the thematic area of research

Prof. Nelago Indongo

Professor of Forest Economy and Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Prof. Labode Popoola

Campus Librarian, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Frederick Mavunduse

Facilitator

Director of Library Services and University Librarian – University of Bristol, England

Ed Fay

Executive Director, Library District Administrative Offices, Las Vegas-Clark County Library, Las Vegas

Kelvin Watson

Executive Director at Mid-Hudson Library System, New York. Rebekkah is an active member of the American Library Association (ALA), most recently chairing the new ALA Council Committee on Sustainability