[IRTalk] FW: Invitation to NeDICC Workshop on Digital Scholarship - 4 April 2018, 09:00-12:30

[Ina Smith]

Dear Colleagues,


It is our pleasure to invite you to a NeDICC Workshop on ‘Digital Scholarship - Don’t get left behind’ on 4 April 2018. The workshop will be presented by Mr Isak van der Walt, Senior IT Consultant and MakerSpace manager, University of Pretoria

Your work, private life, business, transport, literally everything is affected by digital technologies, and the way we do research is not any different. The rate and pace at which technology changes scholarly discovery and output is alarming, so are you as individual or organisation ready for this change?

This workshop aims to clarify, classify and scope digital scholarship activities for your institution. You should be able to leave the session with a better understanding on how to approach digital scholarship and what processes you could follow to enable this ever-growing field.


The workshop will be held at the CSIR Knowledge Commons (Pretoria), in the Sedibeng venue from 09:00 to 12:30.

Cost: Free

Please RSVP before by 12H00 on Tuesday 3 April 2018, to Fatima Darries at darrif at unisa.ac.za<mailto:darrif at unisa.ac.za>


People can also participate virtually via Vidyo  (see instructions below).


Best Regards,

Niklas, Johann and Fatima

(NeDICC Steering Committee)

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Access details to the NeDICC virtual meeting room:

Participants are advised to see if they can access the room prior to the event as to ensure they have the right software installed. There is currently no one in the "Room" but you will be able to test.

Join NeDICC at up-vc.tenet.ac.za<https://www.tenet.ac.za/services/vidyo/vidyoportal-addresses> using any of the following options:

- To join as a first-time user from your desktop or mobile device, or to annotate with VidyoSlate on your iPad: Click http://up-vc.tenet.ac.za/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=aezNNrYGjQOWpVhuDl3Cszx9mg

- To join from another VidyoPortal using IPC: Enter NeDICC at up-vc.tenet.ac.za<mailto:NeDICC at up-vc.tenet.ac.za>

- To join from a non-Vidyo conferencing endpoint: Connect through a VidyoGateway <196.24.243.140> using H.323 or SIP and enter meeting ID 243333

- To join from your phone: Dial any of the numbers below, followed by extension 243333

+27 (0) 1 090 04122 | +27 (0) 21 180 4992 | +27 (0) 21 673 6771 | +27 (0) 31 35 04001 | +27 (0) 878 202 265

NOTE: Any video, audio and/or materials viewed during this conference may be recorded.

Need help getting started? Check out the Vidyo Knowledge Center at http://www.vidyo.com/knowledge-center/ and TENET's help pages at https://tenetvc.wordpress.com/users/


Biography:


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Mr Isak van der Walt is currently Senior IT Consultant and MakerSpace Manager at the University of Pretoria Library Services. He is tasked with establishing a Digital Scholarship Centre at the University of Pretoria, and is currently at the implementation stage of his project. With over 18 years of experience within the academic and research ICT sector, he is well versed in translating business needs into technical requirements.  Isak’s role in the strategic innovation unit is to analyse and rethink existing environments and implement the required changes to ensure advancement and sustainability.

Isak held the following positions from 1999 - Current:

- Snr IT Consultant & MakerSpace Manager (UP)

- Snr Systems Analyst (UP)

- Manager of Information Systems (Consulta Research)

- Network Analyst (UP)

- Junior Network Analyst (UP)

His areas of interest and expertise are:

- Virtual Research Environments.

- Research Data Management.

- Digital Innovation and Technologies.

- Strategic Innovation


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