[Irtalk] Programme [amended] for Wider Gauteng IR FORUM meeting on Friday 11 September 2015

[Leti Kleyn]

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WIDER GAUTENG IR-FORUM MEETING
A day of discussion for
Institutional Repository Managers, Open Scholarship Officers and Open
Access Supporters
on the theme of 
Institutional Repositories at a cross-road in South Africa?
Friday 11 September 2015
Merensky library, University of Pretoria 
SESSION 1 (Morning session)
8:00-8:30
Registration 
 
8:30–8:45
Word of welcome
 
8:45-9:15
Research Data Management in South Africa: Where are we?
Martie van Deventer (CSIR)
 
9:15-9:45
The New SA  Copyright Amendment Bill  2015 – Does it address our
needs?
Denise Nicholson (WITS)
 
9:45-10:15
Open Journal Software (OJS) – The ASSAf initiative
Ina Smith (ASSAf)
 
10:15-10:30
TEA BREAK
 
10:30- 11:00
ORCHID – An easy way to populate the empty repository?
Matthew Buys (ORCiD)
 
11:00-11:30
Why DSpace? Is it still the best Open Source Software for the
Institutional Repository?
Hilton Gibson (US)
 
11:30-12:00
Alternative software for the Institutional Repository – Some examples
Isak van der Walt (UP)
 
12:00-12:30
Is it time for an IR consortium of some kind? Exploring collaboration
among institutions
Leti Kleyn (UP)
 
12:30-13:30
LUNCH BREAK
 
SESSION 2 (Afternoon session)
13:30-15:00
Discussions on DSpace, Open Source Software and the technical
nitty-gritty of IRs with 
Hilton Gibson (US), Shaun Donovan (Teqcle) & other role players from
the Open Source community.
All welcome.
RSVP with Leti Kleyn leti.kleyn at up.ac.za or 012 420 3876 before 20
August 2015.
 

Dr Leti Kleyn
Manager: Open Scholarship Programme
E-Services Unit
Department of Library Services 
Merensky Library Room 2.24.2
University of Pretoria
8 leti.kleyn at up.ac.za ) 012 420 3876


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