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<br><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: 31 March 2014 16:21<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>
Cc: <a href="mailto:joan.delahaye@up.ac.za">joan.delahaye@up.ac.za</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">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Applications are now open for the first intake of the Carnegie-funded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme, which is aimed at enhancing ICT skills for research enablement in African universities. 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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">This four-week residential training programme with both practical (70%) and theoretical (30%) components will cover the following topics:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">Setting the context: Libraries, ICTs and research  <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">Leadership and innovation <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">Information literacy<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">Social media for research discoverability in an academic environment <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">Mobile technology and mobility <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">Managing and organising information <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">Personal Information Management <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">Open Scholarship and Open Science (OS/S) – Publishing <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">Open Scholarship and Open Science - Institutional Repositories. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">Open Scholarship and Open Science - Understanding and using research data management<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>11.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">Digitisation<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>12.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">Evaluating website architecture<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>13.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">Cloud computing and storage<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>14.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">Virtual research environments<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB"><span>15.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-GB">The next generation librarian <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Grant exclusions:<u></u><u></u></b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><u></u>Visa applications, personal expenses (for example medicine, laundry, phone calls, etc.) <u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><u></u>ICT equipment such as laptops, modems, internet access top-ups etc.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><u></u>Travel to and from the airport in your home country<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Application for the first intake of 2014 closes on 29 April 2014.  </b>No late applications will be considered. (There will be a second intake in November 2014, as well as further intakes in 2015 and 2016.)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">For additional information on the programme content, eligibility and selection criteria, application procedures, important dates, etc., please see: <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">All correspondence or enquiries: Joan de la Haye at <a href="mailto:Carnegie-cpd@up.ac.za" target="_blank">Carnegie-cpd@up.ac.za</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></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">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Head: Department of Information Science</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Chair: School of Information Technology</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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