5 August 2016
Africa Section Focus at IFLA World Library and Information Congress 82nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly , 13–19 August 2016, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Saturday 13 August 2016
Business Meetings
17:30 - 18:30 C222
Session 050, Caucus - Africa, Asia & Oceania and Latin America and the Caribbean
Sunday, 14 August 2016
08:30 - 10:00 C216
Session 068, Division Leadership Forum: Division V
The Division V Leadership Forum is a meeting of all Officers (Chairs and Secretaries of the Sections) and Special
Interest Group Conveners from IFLA’s Division V, Regions, a group of Professional Units representing interests in the three regions Africa, Asia Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Chairs:
Victoria Okojie (Chair Division V, Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN), Nigeria)
Business Meetings
13:45 - 15:45 C223
Session 084, SC I - Africa
Tuesday 16, August 2016
13:45 - 15:45 Union Station Ballrooms A/B/C
Session 145, Creating an Enabling Information Environment for Africa: Taking the
Cape Town Declaration Forward - Africa (SI)
Chairs:
Rosemary Shafack
Katherine Matsika
1. Enabling technology driven library environment in Sub-Saharan African
Universities: A study of the Carnergie Continuing Professional Development
Programme experience vis-à-vis the participants work enhancement
Richerd Bruce Lamptey (Kwame Nkurumah University of Science and Technology,
Ghana)
Dinah Koteikor Baidoo (Ashesi University College, Ghana)
Anna Adwoa Hassan (Kwame Nkurumah University of Science and Technology,
Ghana)
Marlene Holmner (School of Information Technology, University of Pretoria, South
Africa)
2. Information Literacy, Research, Scholarship and Publication; Comparative of
PhD Students in Nigerian and South African Universities
Elizabeth Adetola Oyewo (University of Kwazulu- Natal, South Africa)
Samuel Umoh Uwem (University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa)
3. Building strong partnerships in Library Community through the Jay Jordan
IFLA/OCLC Early Career Fellowship Program for Continuing Professional
Development.
Sarah Kaddu (East African School of Library and Information Science, Makerere
University, Uganda)
Wednesday 17, August 2016
Business Meetings
08:00 - 09:30 C226
Session 161, SC II – Africa
Congress Programme
ATINA
13:45 - 15:45 Union Station Ballrooms A/B/C
Session 189, African Libraries: Enhancing Community Access to Information and
Knowledge for Development - Access to Information Network - Africa (ATINA)
Special Interest Group (SIG) (SI)
Chairs:
Helena Asamoah-Hassan (Kwame University of Science and Technology, Ghana)
Abraham Azubuike (Dag Hammarskjold Library, United Nations, United States)
1. Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all: The role of Ghanaian
academic libraries in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Perpetua Dadzie (University of Ghana, Ghana)
Ebenezer Martin-Yeboah (The Library, University of Cape Coast, Ghana)
Gloria Tachie-Donkor (The Library, University of Cape Coast, Ghana)
2. Evaluating the impact of eBook on reading motivation of students of higher
learning in Nigerian Universities
Vera Nkiruka Akpokodje (University of Jos, Nigeria)
Scholastica Chizoma Ukwuoma (University of Nigeria, Nigeria)
3. Promoting Innovation in Namibian Libraries through Leadership Training
Namutenya Hamwaalwa (Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Namibia)
Rebecca M. Teasdale (Rebecca Teasdale Consulting, United States)
Rebecca McGuire (University of Illinois, Mortenson Center for International Library
Programs, United States)
Teopolina Shuumbili (Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Namibia)
4. The University Library as an Innovation and Knowledge Services Centre. A case
from Nigeria
Chinwe Veronica Anunobi (Federal University of Technology, Nigeria)
Colette Onyebinama (University Library, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria)
5. Liberté d’expression et libéralisation de la vie politique en Afrique: Les
Bibliothèques à la croisée des chemins
Simon Jules Koudjam Yameni (Bibliothèque Centrale de l’Université de Douala,
Cameroon)