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<DIV>The African Digital Scholarship & Curation Conference 12-14 May 2009 <U>preliminary programme & registration form</U> are now available on the Web (<A href="http://www.ais.up.ac.za/digitalscholarship.htm">http://www.ais.up.ac.za/digitalscholarship.htm</A>). </DIV>
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<DIV>Digital scholarship and curation are steadily gaining momentum internationally and on the continent. Are you and your institution a part of this dynamic process? If yes, then join colleagues at this conference to share ideas, network and strategise. If no, then you should attend to become a part of this dynamic process.</DIV>
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<DIV>Some of the exciting <U>topics</U> presented by African & international speakers are: e-Research & e-Science, Digital preservation, Digital data managemant & curation, Collaboration / Web 2, Repositories, Intellectual property issues, Open scholarship, e-Resources, e-Learning and Distance learning, IT infrastructure for digital scholarship, IT adoption & perceptions, Information literacy, Digital divide.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><U>Workshops</U> are also available on: Spatial data, Web 2 for your library, Implementation of an institutional repository, Use & pitfalls of federated searching, Open access & advancement of science & research, Computer games for information literacy.</DIV>
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<DIV><U>Last day of payment</U>: 31 March 2009<BR><U>Full 2 day conference</U>: R1 500<BR><U>Single day of conference</U>: R800<BR><U>Each workshop</U>: R400<BR><U>Function</U>: R50</DIV>
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<DIV>See you there!</DIV></BODY></HTML>