Title:                                      Community Libraries Conditional Grant

Hosts:                                    LIASA and Department of Arts and Culture

Cost per delegate:               R0-00 (included in the conference registration fee)

Workshop summary:             Update on the Condition Grant for Community Libraries

                                             Show case by Community Libraries

Title:                                     Do we practice what we preach or preach what we practice?

Hosts:                                   RETIG (Research. Education and Training Interest Group)

Maximum delegates:          70

Cost per delegate:             R500-00 (TBC)

Workshop summary:           This workshop will focus on the significance and relevance of LIS training and education for library practitioners.  Previous concerns that were raised about an ageing “profession” and the danger of more library schools closing, not to mention a move away from the traditional concept of library schools, will be addressed.  This particular workshop deals with academic libraries, but will at a later stage include all other library types.

Sponsors:                             None

Title:                                       Being an effective change master

Hosts:                                     Centre for African Library Leadership

Maximum delegates:             40

Cost per delegate:                R650-00

Workshop summary:        

The purpose of this programme is to equip people / librarians / middle managers with the necessary skills to anticipate, initiate and mange change with specific reference to institutional and individual resilience.

Title:                                       Library Promotion and Advocacy

Hosts:                                     LIASA - CiCD

Maximum delegates:             70

Cost per delegate:                R500-00

Workshop summary:        

As practitioners in the Library and Information sector we have to engage in deliberate and continued efforts to raise awareness of libraries and the role it plays in the community. 

Advocacy can be as simple as talking about the library to your neighbour but it can also be as multifaceted as designing an advocacy plan for your library that includes meeting with decision makers in your community and the development of advocacy strategies around specific issues.

Margaret Law of the University of Alberta in Canada is an authority on library advocacy and she will present this informative workshop.

Title:                                       Integrating web 2.0 applications and mobile technologies

Hosts:                                     LIASA - CiCD

Maximum delegates:             30

Cost per delegate:                R650.00

Workshop summary:        

This workshop will build a bridge between not knowing where to start your interaction via Lib 2.0 tools with your clients and getting the basics in place, and what to do once the basics are in place.

                                   Workshop outline:

-         Introduction to mobile phone library services

-         Using web 2.0 on mobile phones for library services

-         Marketing libraries through mobile services

-         E-resources via mobile