[Air-l] Fwd: [Asis-l] Call for Participation in ASIS&T 2006 Workshop on North American Information Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa (NAIISA)

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

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> From: K S Albright <K.Albright at sheffield.ac.uk>
> Date: September 12, 2006 12:02:06 PM EDT
> To: asis-l at asis.org
> Subject: [Asis-l] Call for Participation in ASIS&T 2006 Workshop on  
> North American Information Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa (NAIISA)
>
> Call for Participation in ASIS&T 2006 Workshop on North American  
> Information
> Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa (NAIISA)
>
> Monday, 6 November 2006 5:30-7:00 pm
> Submit 250-word project description by September 30
> (see details below)
>
> Facilitators: Kendra Albright, Johannes Britz, Wallace Koehler
>
> Purpose
> The purpose of this proposed workshop is to bring those interested and
> involved in African information initiatives together for a formal  
> exchange of
> ideas and coordination of information about projects and funding.
>
> Abstract
> Ad hoc, informal meetings, coined the “Africa Forum,” have been  
> held at several
> previous ASIS&T and ALISE meetings for persons interested and  
> involved in
> information-related activities in Africa.  Participants have exchanged
> information on partnerships, grant-funded research, and information  
> needs in
> the Sub-Saharan region. Existing partnerships between Emporia State  
> University
> and Nigeria, the University of Tennessee and Makerere University,  
> and the
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Pretoria  
> (South Africa)
> have raised awareness of the increasing need for LIS research in  
> Africa and the
> exchange of information between LIS programs on both continents.  
> Recently,
> there has been increasing interest in information initiatives in  
> Africa, as
> evidenced by the increasing interest in the Africa Forum and the  
> expanding
> social network of participants. Additional LIS programs and  
> researchers have
> stated their interest in establishing academic partnerships and  
> developing
> research collaborations. Yet, no formal mechanism exists by which  
> to explore
> potential connections and further the development of ideas and  
> exchange of
> knowledge, and coordinate efforts for both future projects and  
> funding. Several
> US led African initiatives have happened in ad hoc fashion at the  
> risk of
> resource duplication. The purpose of this proposed workshop is to  
> bring those
> interested and involved in African information initiatives together  
> for a
> formal exchange of ideas and coordination of information about  
> projects and
> funding.
>
> Objectives
> The workshop will address the following objectives:
> (1)	To identify persons and projects currently involved in  
> information-related
> research and activities in Sub-Saharan Africa;
> (2)	To facilitate the interest of persons not currently involved in  
> this work
> who are interested in learning about opportunities;
> (3)	To increase opportunities for coordination of efforts and  
> potential
> collaboration;
> (4)	To identify and prioritize specific information projects that  
> are culturally
> appropriate for the African peoples;
> (5)	To identify appropriate grants and the development of  
> applications for
> initial and continued funding;
> (6)	To establish a formal mechanism by which to ensure continuous  
> networking
> between scholars.
>
> At this workshop, participants will present their projects/research  
> or interests
> in information related activities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Formal  
> papers are not
> expected; the focus will be on the identification and coordination  
> of people
> and projects. Those who wish to participate should submit a 250  
> word abstract
> to Kendra Albright (albright at utk.edu) or Johannes Britz  
> (britz at sois.uwm.edu) by
> September 30, 2006 with a description of their research/project (i.e.,
> research/project title, time span of research/project, research  
> question,
> country of study, user population, theory, and methodology) or area 
> (s) of
> interest.
>
> Speaker Biographies:
>
> Kendra Albright (University of Sheffield)
> Kendra Albright is Lecturer the University of Sheffield.  Her areas  
> of teaching
> and research interest include the role of information in the  
> reduction of
> HIV/AIDS in Africa, the effects of information and communication  
> technologies
> (ICTs) on development, information policy, and business  
> intelligence. She holds
> a Ph.D. in Communications with concentrations in Information  
> Science and
> Information Economics, a M.S. in Library Science, and a B.S. in Human
> Development. She has over seventeen years of professional  
> experience in science
> and business research libraries and private information research and
> consulting.
>
> Johannes Britz (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee)
> Johannes Britz is a native South African and moved to the United  
> States first
> and a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee  
> and then as
> Dean of the School of Information Studies (2005) at the same  
> institution. Prior
> to this Johannes has been 16 years at the University of Pretoria  
> South Africa.
> He specializes in the information ethics and has a special interest in
> information poverty and social justice - in particular to the African
> continent. He has done consultation work for amongst others the  
> Namibian as
> well as South African governments and act also as a consultant for  
> the European
> Union on a South African project.
>
> Wallace Koehler (Valdosta State University)
> Wallace Koehler is a professor and director of the Master of  
> Library and
> Information Program at Valdosta State University. He holds the  
> Ph.D. in
> international relations and the MS in information science. He has  
> served as
> External Examiner to the East African School of Library and  
> Information Science
> at Makerere University in Uganda. His research interests include  
> information
> ethics, professional associations, and web- and bibliometrics.
>
> QUESTIONS: All questions should be sent to Kendra Albright
> (k.albright at sheffield.ac.uk).
>
> -- 
> Dr Kendra Albright
> Department of Information Studies
> University of Sheffield
> Email: k.albright at sheffield.ac.uk
>
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Jeremy Hunsinger
School of Library and Information Science
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