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<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Theo Bothma</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:theo.bothma@up.ac.za">theo.bothma@up.ac.za</a>></span><br>Date: 12 November 2014 09:53<br>Subject: [IFLA-L] Enhancing librarians' ICT skills for research enablement in African universities: a Carnegie-funded CPD programme<br>To: <a href="mailto:ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr">ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr</a><br><br><br><div lang="EN-ZA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">*** Apologies for cross postings / Please distribute widely ***<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Enhancing librarians’ ICT skills for research enablement in African universities: a Carnegie-funded CPD programme<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Applications for the third intake of the Carnegie-funded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme, which is aimed at enhancing ICT skills for research enablement in African universities opens on the 1st of November 2014 and closes on the 30th of November 2014. Academic librarians and LIS faculty in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda are eligible to apply for admission to this programme.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Eight four-week training sessions will take place over a period of three years. 32 participants will be selected for each intake. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>This four-week residential training programme with both practical (70%) and theoretical (30%) components will cover the following topics:<u></u><u></u></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Setting the context: Libraries, ICTs and research <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Leadership and innovation <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Information literacy<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Social media for research discoverability in an academic environment <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Mobile technology and mobility <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Managing and organising information <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Personal Information Management <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Open Scholarship and Open Science (OS/S) – Publishing <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Open Scholarship and Open Science – Institutional Repositories <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Open Scholarship and Open Science – Understanding and using research data management<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Digitisation<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Evaluating website architecture<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Cloud services and storage<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Virtual research environments<u></u><u></u></span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB">The next generation librarian </span><span><u></u><u></u></span></li></ol><p style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span>This is a fully funded programme which will take place in Pretoria, South Africa. The funding covers books and other academic expenditures, flights, accommodation, and a daily stipend while in Pretoria. All participants are expected to reside in the accommodation provided in Pretoria for the duration of the programme.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Grant exclusions:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Visa applications, personal expenses (for example medicine, laundry, phone calls, etc.) <u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">ICT equipment such as laptops, modems, internet access top-ups etc.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">Travel to and from the airport in your home country<u></u><u></u></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Application for the third intake closes on 30th of November 2014. </span></b><span>No late applications will be considered. (There will be a fourth intake in May 2015, as well as further intakes in 2015 and 2016.)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>For additional information on the programme content, eligibility and selection criteria, application procedures, important dates, etc., please see: <a href="http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=22719&subid=22719&ipklookid=7" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=22719&subid=22719&ipklookid=7</span></a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>All correspondence or enquiries: Joan de la Haye at <a href="mailto:Carnegie-cpd@up.ac.za" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Carnegie-cpd@up.ac.za</span></a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Theo Bothma<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">*****************************<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Prof Theo JD Bothma<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Head: Department of Information Science<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Chair: School of Information Technology<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Physical address:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dept. of Information Science<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Information Technology Building 6-73<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hatfield Campus<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">University of Pretoria<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Corner of Lynnwood Road and Roper Street<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hatfield<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">0083<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Postal address:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dept. of Information Science<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">University of Pretoria<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Private Bag X20<br>Hatfield<br>0028</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">South Africa<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT">Tel <a href="tel:%2B27%20%280%2912%20420-2961" value="+27124202961" target="_blank">+27 (0)12 420-2961</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT">Fax <a href="tel:%2B27%20%280%2912%20362-5181" value="+27123625181" target="_blank">+27 (0)12 362-5181</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="IT"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT">E-mail <a href="mailto:theo.bothma@up.ac.za" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">theo.bothma@up.ac.za</span></a> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Web <a href="http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=3706" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=3706</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.it.up.ac.za/documentation/governance/disclaimer/" title="http://www.it.up.ac.za/documentation/governance/disclaimer/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">Disclaimer / Vrywaringsklousule</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><img border="0" width="238" height="63" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFFE5E.748C5AD0" alt="Description: http://web.up.ac.za/images/UP_centenary_logo.jpg"></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div><br></div>