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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><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><br>*** Apologies for cross posting / Please distribute widely ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Applications are now open for the sixth intake of the Masters of Information Technology (Stream B) programme at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. The programme is aimed at enhancing ICT skills for research enablement in African universities. There are two types of intake, namely funded and non-funded. Prospective students can apply for either the funded or the non-funded intake, depending on their country of origin. Academic librarians and LIS faculty in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda are eligible to apply for admission to the funded option of the programme. <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:"Segoe UI","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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Applications close on 31 October 2015.<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:"Segoe UI","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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>The funded programme is presented through a grant by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Please note that this will be the final funded intake. <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:"Segoe UI","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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>The program makes use of a blended learning methodology - technology-mediated distance education as well as on-site, face-to-face lectures. Lecturing will take place in Pretoria, South Africa, as well as in the USA at the Universities of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Wisconsin-Milwaukee and in Uganda at Makerere University.<br> <br>Aim of programme:<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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>- To empower the next generation of library and information professionals within sub-Saharan African countries with knowledge and skills to apply modern information and communication technologies (ICTs).<br>- To build capacity amongst middle managers involved in managing ICT or working in ICT-intensive environments in academic libraries and faculty members at Library and Information Science schools to support the next generation of academics and researchers in Africa.<br> <br>What we offer:<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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>The programme will consist of coursework as well as a mini-dissertation based on applied research related to the individual’s own institution, each component carrying 50% of the credits of the programme.<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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>The following are compulsory coursework modules:<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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>- IT Systems in libraries<br>- Web trends in the library<br>- Digital repositories<br>- Knowledge management<br>- Facilitating information retrieval and information use<br>- Network technologies<br>- The knowledge society and international librarianship<br>- Computing in perspective<br>- Organisational behaviour and leadership<br>- Strategic ICT management<br>- ICT Project Management<br>- IT Financial Management<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:"Segoe UI","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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>For students that qualify for the funded version of the programme, the funding covers books and other academic expenditures, flights, accommodation, and a daily stipend while in Pretoria, the USA and Uganda. All participants are expected to reside in the accommodation provided for the duration of the block periods in South Africa, the USA and Uganda.<br> <br>Grant exclusions:<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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>- Visa applications, personal expenses (for example medicine, laundry, phone calls, etc.) <br>- ICT equipment such as laptops, modems, internet access top-ups etc.<br>- Travel to and from the airport in your home country<br> <br>Application for the sixth intake of 2016 closes on 31 October 2015. No late applications will be considered. <br> <br>For additional information on the programme content, eligibility and selection criteria, application procedures, important dates, etc., please see: <a href="http://www.up.ac.za/school-of-information-technology/article/1906037/masters-in-information-technology-stream-b-carnegie">http://www.up.ac.za/school-of-information-technology/article/1906037/masters-in-information-technology-stream-b-carnegie</a>.<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:"Segoe UI","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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>All correspondence or enquiries: Ms Rachel Fischer at <a href="mailto:mit-info@up.ac.za">mit-info@up.ac.za</a>.<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:"Segoe UI","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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Kind regards<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:"Segoe UI","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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Theo Bothma<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:"Segoe UI","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:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span 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class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Physical address:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Information Technology Building 6-73</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hatfield Campus</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Postal address:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dept. of Information Science</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University of Pretoria</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Private Bag X20<br>0028 Hatfield<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>South Africa</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=IT style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tel +27 (0)12 420-2961</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal 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