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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link=blue vlink=purple style='margin-left:3.0pt;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.75pt'><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The draft programme for the Fourth African Scholarship and Curation Conference (and its workshops) from 17-19 May 2011 has been posted on the website: see <a href="http://www.nedicc.ac.za/test/Programme.aspx">http://www.nedicc.ac.za/test/Programme.aspx</a>. The registration function has been activated. We look forward to welcoming you at the conference!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There is an early bird discount (providing we receive your registration fees before 15 April 2011).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We would appreciate your assistance in distributing information about the conference to colleagues in Africa. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4<sup>th</sup> African Conference for Digital Scholarship and Curation </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dates: 17 -19 May 2011</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Venue: CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><b><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>'Innovation & collaboration in the digital research and learning environments'</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Collaboration is an acknowledged and important source of innovative thinking. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The rapid development of new and emerging technologies have ensured that </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>the creation and pursuit of new ideas can be brought to community by networks of individuals, selected because of their individual contributions and credibility, and operating in a coordinated manner. This conference will attempt to surface some of the innovations brought about as a result of such collaborations. We will also endeavour to highlight the role technology plays in enabling collaborations and in collectively building repositories of data and knowledge.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><span class=staticpagecontent1><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The deployment of powerful computers, high-speed networks, and large scale storage technologies has made the academic and research landscape increasingly dynamic. </span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Emerging professional are much more information and </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>computer literate than ever before. They also have a very different expectation for both the university and work experience.<span class=staticpagecontent1> These transformations oblige us in academia, research and the general information service provision industry to seriously seek and develop strategies and solutions to effectively harness the new opportunities. </span>The 2-day conference is organized under the joint banner of the Network of Data and Information Curation Centres (NeDICC), the University of Botswana and the University of Pretoria (South Africa). The conference will address various issues of digital scholarship, digital curation and the accompanying emerging technologies. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>