IFLA 2015 IT Section Satellite Meeting

Workshop 1

Workshop 2

Workshop 3

Big Data for libraries

DSpace for Digital Repositories

Digital Libraries:
research methods and tools

Presented by:

Mr Siang Hock Kia

Deputy Director: Technology & Innovation
National Library Board of Singapore

Presented by:

IT and Digital Services division

Library and Information Service
Stellenbosch University 

Presented by:

Digital Libraries Laboratory

Computer Science department
University of Cape Town

Venue:

Venue:

Venue:

Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS)

J.S. Gericke library

Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS)

Breakaway Room 1004

Electronic Classroom

Breakaway Room 2004

Agenda:

• [slides] - Definition, description, and implementation of Big Data in libraries (Siang Hock Kia)

• [slides] - Introduction (Mimi Seyffert)

• [hands-on] - DSpace functionality in an Institutional Repository (Paulette Talliard)

• [text] - DSpace and Digitisation: an overview (Mimi Seyffert)

• [slides] - Technical Overview (Hilton Gibson)

• [wiki] - DSpace versus other platforms (Hilton Gibson)

• [text] - Introduction: aggregating mobile literacies (prof Marion Walton)

• [slides] - Simplifying interoperability protocols in digital libraries (Jorgina Paihama)

• [slides] - Simple archive architectures (Lighton Piri)

• [slides] - DSpace as a RIMS (Darryl Meyer / Craig Feldman)

• [slides] - Mobile text entry for transcribing historical languages (Sunkanmi Olaleye)

• [slides] - Gamifying annotations in heritage archives (King'ori Job Maina)

• [slides] - Mobile devices for navigation in physical heritage spaces (Ayodeji Olojede)

• [slides] - Summary + closing: Digital Libraries and Development (prof Hussein Suleman)

08h30 – 09h00

Registration
(STIAS foyer desk)

OPENING SESSION (Chair: Dr Lars Svensson)

09h00 – 09h10

Introduction

Mr Attie Juyn, Senior Director: Information Technology Division, Stellenbosch University

(Member of the Kuali Foundation Board of Directors)

[slides]

09h10 – 09h40

Keynote:

Open source software for libraries and archives: the unusual suspects

Mr Siang Hock Kia, Deputy Director (Technology and Innovation), National Library Board of Singapore

[slides]

09h40 – 10h05

Guest speaker topic:

Project success metrics for implementing open source solutions 

Mrs Martilene Orffer, Managing Director, OpenCollab (Pty) Ltd

(Kuali Commercial Affiliate - South Africa)

[slides]

10h05 – 10h15

Discussion 

10h15 – 10h45

Refreshments 

SESSION 1 (Chair: Prof Marion Walton)

The value proposition of open source software 

10h45 – 11h20

Small is beautiful: the value proposition for libraries as publishers using open source systems

Dr Edmund Balnaves, Prosentient Systems, NSW, Australia

[slides]

11h20 – 11h50

Open source for Open Access: OA initiatives @ Stellenbosch University

Ms Mimi Seyffert, Manager: Digitization and Digital Services, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

[slides]

11h50 – 12h20

Does Open Source track the effects of Open Access in the society?

Mrs Sri Amudha Sankar (PhD student), Department of Library and Information Science, Pondicherry University, India

[slides]

12h20 – 12h30

Discussion

 12h30 – 13h30

Lunch break
(STIAS patio and reception area)

SESSION 2 (Chair: Prof Hussein Suleman)

Open source software facilitating collaboration in communities

13h30 – 14h00

Development of a cross-institutional digital repository 

Ms Maggie Farrell, Dean of Libraries, Clemson University, USA

[slides]

14h00 – 14h30

The adoption of an open source ILS at Kyambogo University Library Service: a case study

Mr Robert Buwule, Senior Assistant Librarian, Kyambogo University, Uganda

(Prof Shana Ponelis, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA)

[slides]

14h30 – 15h00

How open source projects have resulted in established systems and networks of support

Mr Philliam Adoma, librarian, Muni University, Uganda

(Prof Shana Ponelis, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA)

[slides]

15h00 – 15h10

Discussion

 15h10 – 15h30

Refreshments

SESSION 3 (Dr Edmund Balnaves)

Discussion and closing

15h30 – 16h30

An overview of:

• New developments in library spaces for the 21st Century

• IFLA IT Section: strategies and activities

• Useful resources

[slides]