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The University of Johannesburg Library, in collaboration with the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), will be hosting an International Conference on:
RECONNECT: Embracing the changing shape of the world and how we work together.
The new age of work is playing out to form a robust and holistic response on how we work, learn and teach. Accordingly, our responses create opportunities for transformative, growth-aligned business, employment and workplace strategies to emerge.
As we are faced with rebuilding our social and work-life balance following the severe, unprecedented pandemic that impacted the world, we will explore dialogues and presentations focusing on how our disrupted perspectives are being constructed in a POST COVID-19 world. Collaboration, innovation, and flexible responses have been developed with an agile view to accelerating library models and digital technology.
Join the University of Johannesburg Library’s International Conference as we connect thought leaders and like-minded colleagues who will convene to discuss “RECONNECTING”.
The 2022 International Conference is now FREE TO ATTEND
DATES: 17 & 18 May 2022
Virtually via Zoom (held at South African time)
In-person attendance: University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Campus, Corner Kingsway & University Road, Auckland Park, Johannesburg.
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P46QAuh0TKOmwCI3szLrpA
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/s/93767650354
Programme Director: Alrina de Bruyn, Director: University of
Johannesburg (UJ) Library
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| 08h30 – 09h00 | Technical Dry Run / Registration/Tea & Coffee for in-person delegates | UJ Library Technical /Events Team | |
| 09h00 – 09h10 | Welcome and Introductions | Alrina de Bruyn, Director, UJ Library | |
| 11h00 – 11h05 | Facilitator introduces Session & Speakers | ||
| 09h10 – 10h00 | SESSION 1: Beyond the web – Digital Transformation in Libraries1. Information Technology Skills Advantages and limitations in the post COVID online educational era. Author: Dr Victoria Kalogerou - Lecturer: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nicosia. 2. Vectorized video-on-demand massive open online course: a viable alternative for instructional delivery in Nigeria. Author: Paul Ingiona Adie - Educational Technology Unit, Department of Curriculum and Teaching Faculty of Educational Foundation Studies, University of Calabar, Nigeria. 3. Democratizing security education through educational technologies for Nigeria development. Authors: Gibson Samuel Okworo (Ph.D) - Department of Educational Technology, University of Uyo, Nigeria and Paul Ingiona Adie - Educational Technology Unit, Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Faculty of Educational Foundation Studies, University of Calabar, 4. A framework for embracing Web 2.0 Technologies to nurture the reading habits of secondary school learners in Zimbabwe. Authors: Sifundo Nkomo - Post Doctorial Fellowship: Digital Transformation and Innovation School of Business Leadership, University of South Africa University (UNISA) and Prof Mpho Ngoepe, Department of Information Science, University of South Africa (UNISA). 5. Providing Innovative Library and Information Services through Internet and Web Technologies: Case of the University of Zambia. Author: Pailet Chewe – University of Zambia Q&A Session | Facilitated by: Dr Arno Louw - Senior Specialist Centre for Academic Technologies (CAT) UJ |
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| 10h00 – 10h15 | Performance | ZIONRUTS FAMILY | |
| 10h15 – 10h35 | Keynote Address | Mahbob Yusof, Senior Deputy Chief Librarian Digital Scholarship & Information Commons Universiti Malaya. Title of talk: Reconnecting the old to the new: Revival of the Jawi script through the transliteration of Malay manuscripts. | Click To View |
| 10h35 – 10h45 | Q&A Session | Facilitated by: Alrina de Bruyn | |
| 10h45 – 11h00 | Convenience Break and Sponsors AD Videos (tea/coffee for in-person attendees) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO FACILITATOR: Alrina de Bruyn(tea/coffee for in-person attendees) | |||
| 11h00 – 11h05 | Facilitator introduces Session & Speakers | Alrina de Bruyn | |
| 11h05 – 11h50 | SESSION 2: The Role of Libraries in the World of Open Access1. Open Access: Sustainability of academic libraries in the world of open access (OP) Author: Dr Ebelechukwu Gloria Igwe - Department of Data and Information Science, Faculty of Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. 2. The roles of libraries in the world of open access as correlates to the research activities of postgraduate students in four universities in north -central Nigeria. Author: Dr Stella A. Onwukanjo (CLN) - Department of Library and Information Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna.Niger-State Nigeria. 3. Promoting scholarly communication at The University of Zambia: an experience of UNZA Special Collections. Authors: Precious Nganga and Mubanga Lumpa - The University of Zambia (UNZA) Medical Library 4. The Role of Tanzania Academic Libraries in Promoting Scholarly Communication through Open Access: A literature review. Authors: Kardo Joseph Mwilongo (PhD) – Librarian: Mzumbe University; Betty Kachota - Assistant Librarian: Mzumbe University | Facilitated by Santha Geduld - Campus Librarian, UJ | |
| 11h00 – 11h05 | Facilitator introduces Session & Speakers | Alrina de Bruyn | |
| 11h55 – 12h40 | SESSION 3: Collaboration with Academics in Virtual Teaching and Learning1. Active collaboration with faculty in delivering interdisciplinary undergraduate education. Authors: Chia Yew Boon - Deputy Director and Divisional Head of Knowledge Services, Office of Information, Knowledge and Library Services (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Samantha Ang - Digital Scholarship & Education librarian: Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) Library Umarani Jayapal - Digital Scholarship & Education Team in Nanyang Technological University Library. Author: Yuyun Wirawati Ishak - Lead, Assistant Director: Nanyang Technological University Library Institutional Repositories. 2. Google Jockeying: An Instructional Strategy for Blended Learning for Nigeria Author: Paul Ingiona Adie - Educational Technology Unit, Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Faculty of Educational Foundation Studies, University of Calabar. 3. The Evolving Duo: Reflections on the Librarian-Lecturer Virtual Teaching and Learning Partnerships during COVID-19. Author: Ivy Segoe – Faculty Librarian, University of Johannesburg. 4. Enhancing student-instructor interaction in asynchronous teaching through virtual office hour sessions. Author: Dr Thilini Rupasinghe is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Computing and Technology, University of Kelaniy, Sri Lanka. Facilitated Q&A Session | Facilitated by Nomoya Mahlangu - Director Research Support & Teaching and Learning |
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| LUNCH FOR IN-PERSON ATTENDEES – SPONSORS AD VIDEOS FOR VIRTUAL ATTENDEES | |||
| Introduction and Brief – SPONSORS BREAKOUT SESSIONS | |||
| 13h45 – 14h30 | BREAKOUT ROOMS FOR SPONSORS PRESENTATIONS |
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| Sponsor Presentation | 1. Bronwyn Rassmann, Director of SaaS Innovation, EBSCO1. Bronwyn Rassmann, Director of SaaS Innovation, EBSCO Title of talk: Welcome to the EBSCO House of Fun – a peak at FOLIO and EBSCO Discovery Service. | Chinua Achebe Auditorium | |
| Sponsor Presentation | 2. Zanele Magoba, Product Manager. – Worldwide Information Services (WWIS) | Nadine Gordimer Auditorium | |
| Sponsor Presentation | 3. Liesl van Wyk, CEO IT - NEVADA LMS Title of talk: Nevada LMS Acquisitions Platform for the Management of Library Resources | Alan Paton Auditorium | |
| Sponsor Presentation | 4. Tami King, Account Manager: Africa, ProQuest Part of Clarivate. Title of talk: Empowering Researchers to Take on Today’s Global Challenges. | Es'kia Mphahlele, Level One | |
| 14h45 – 15h15 | Keynote Speaker | Brittany Brannon - OCLC Research Support Specialist, Research Q&A Session | Click To View |
| CLOSURE: ALRINA DE BRUYN END WITH AD VIDEOS |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 11h50 – 12h50 | Keynote SpeakerProfessor 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. |
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| 12h50 – 13h45 | LUNCH (Nadine Gordimer Auditorium,Level 5) |
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| 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 |
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| 15h00– 15h15 | Tea/Coffee(Chinua Achebe Auditorium,Level 6) |
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| 15h15 – 16h15 | SESSION 3: Re-Imagining Sustainable LibrariesFacilitator: 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 |
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| CLOSING REMARKS: Zoya Mabuto-Mokoditoa | ||
The University of Johannesburg Library, in collaboration with the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), will be hosting an International Conference on:
RECONNECT: Embracing the changing shape of the world and how we work together
SAVE THE DATE: 17 & 18 May 2022
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Conference papers will be published as open access through UJ Press and will be subjected to a double-blind peer-review process before publication.
(Submitted papers must NOT have been previously presented, published or accepted for other publications.)
Submission: Individual proposals should include a 250-word abstract, accompanied by a short bio, name of institution, contact email and phone numbers of presenters.
Sub-themes
Final Due Date to Submit Abstract: 31 March 2022
Notification of acceptance of abstracts by 30 April 2022. Email address: renekap@uj.ac.za
To attend the International Conference, Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P46QAuh0TKOmwCI3szLrpA
Reconnecting the old to the new: Revival of the Jawi script through the transliteration of Malay manuscripts.
RECONNECT: CHANGING LIS ECOLOGIES
Reconnecting to the Future:
Creating a New Model Library
Partnership and collaboration remain at the heart of UJ Library.
Join our exclusive workshops and networking sessions on a variety of topics, including:
As part of our commitment to ensuring that, our extensive network continues to engage and collaborate during this challenging time and beyond. We are using this virtual conference platform to cross borders, narrow divides, and create access to inspire change.
This virtual international conference will offer practical advice and lessons learned, exploring a range of key areas in higher education.
It will enable delegates to get insights and perspectives from university libraries both nationally and internationally to advance our knowledge and support.
The conference will be hosted on the Zoom platform with the following additional online services:
Breakout Rooms – Breakout rooms allow you to split your attendees into up to 50 separate sessions. This year we will allow participants to select and enter breakout sessions as they please.
Language Interpretation – Allows you to have interpreters for different languages for translation
Live Transcript – An improvement on the Closed Captioning feature that does a live transcription of everything said in the meeting/webinar
The University of Johannesburg Library, in collaboration with the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), will be hosting an International Conference on: RECONNECT: Embracing the changing shape of the world and how we work together.
RECONNECT: Embracing the changing shape of the world and how we work together! The new age of work is playing out to form a robust and holistic response on how we work, learn and teach. Accordingly, our responses create opportunities for transformative, growth-aligned business, employment and workplace strategies to emerge. As we are faced with rebuilding our social and worklife balance following the severe, unprecedented pandemic that impacted the world, we will explore dialogues and presentations focusing on how our disrupted perspectives are being constructed in a POST COVID-19 world. Collaboration, innovation, and flexible responses have been developed with an agile view to accelerating library models and digital technology. Join the University of Johannesburg Library’s International Conference as we connect thought leaders and like-minded colleagues who will convene to discuss “Reconnecting”. The “gig economy”, coupled with the pandemic, has triggered organisations to step into a highly reactive mode. Leadership across the business and corporate world compete to position themselves at the forefront of an ever-changing environment. This means that the future of workforce options in more fluid organisations will focus on clarifying future roles, skills, and mindsets of organisational leaders and their people through reskilling, upskilling, recruitment, and organisations’ flexibility. The increased demand for agile responses from Leadership must ensure that increased organisational fluidity and rapid workplace upskilling do not lead to greater fragmentation in an already fractured global economy. Connectivity and agile strategic collaboration are crucial in the new digital post-pandemic age!
The University of Johannesburg Library announced a CALL FOR PAPERS for their
International Conference set for 17-18 May 2022. And while the full programme is yet to be finalised, plans are full steam ahead for our first Hybrid Conference since the pandemic began in 2020.
We are excited about the prospect of being together, sharing what we have learned over the last two years, and looking towards RECONNECTING after the COVID pandemic.
This event is for everyone interested in connecting with librarians and academics worldwide and learning from the COVID pandemic experience through their community lens.
The conference will focus on several areas of conversation:
Each year, the University of Johannesburg Library solicits the library industry for financial support to assist in the costs of running such a diverse international conference. The value of hosting this international conference revolves around creating an environment (virtual or hybrid) where exhibitors and sponsors can meet prospective clients, and attendees can find insights, discover opportunities and build relationships.
We need to create immersive learning experiences and networking opportunities for online attendees to make this happen. In doing this, the UJ Library will create avenues for exhibitors and sponsors to pass across their message and showcase their offerings to attendees. This gives sponsors maximum brand awareness and reconnecting to the academic institution.
Consider the following to create real value as an exhibitor and sponsor in our virtual or hybrid space.
Please contact Reneka Panday for all queries and further information or complete the sponsorship form below.
For more sponsorship opportunities to fit your budget and preferences and/or for the opportunity to exhibit at the conference, email renekap@uj.ac.za
To become a sponsor, please complete this form and return it to the Marilldene Guercio at mguercio@uj.ac.za