The recordings of the sessions are available on the Library’s YouTube channel, under the playlist SU Library Symposium 2021.
| Tuesday 12 October | |
| 08:00– 09:00 | Registration |
| OPENING SESSION | Chair: Ellen Tise |
| 09:00- 09:05 | Welcome Ellen Tise, Senior Director, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University |
| 09:05 – 09:15 | Opening Prof Eugene Cloete, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies, Stellenbosch University |
| 09:15-10:00 | Opening keynote address: Prof Kanshukan Rajaratnam, Director of the School for Data Science and Computational Thinking, Stellenbosch University Open data: What we learnt from the pandemic Abstract Presentation |
| 10:00-10:15 | DISCUSSION |
| 10:15-11:00 | REFRESHMENTS |
| SESSION 1: Changing landscape of higher education in research, teaching and learning | Chair: Delene Pretorius Deputy Director: Academic Services, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University |
| 11:00-11:30 | Sonja Cilliers, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Stellenbosch University Business School How is being a virtual lecturer the same as being a radio DJ? Oh, let me count the ways… Abstract |
| 11:30-12:00 | Prof Lis Lange, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Learning and Teaching, University of Cape Town In defence of abnormality: Reflections on teaching and learning and the “new normal Abstract |
| 12:00-12:30 | Prof Denis Ocholla, Senior Professor, Department of Information Studies, University of Zululand Reflections on the changing research landscape in the digital environment in higher education Abstract Presentation |
| 12:30-13:00 | DISCUSSION |
| 13:00-14:00 | LUNCH |
| SESSION 2: The agility of academic libraries and the future of work | Chair: Henriëtte Swart Director: Branch Libraries, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University |
| 14:00-14:30 | Prof Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction, University Library; School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Academic libraries and institutional resilience: Reflections on the long 2020 Abstract |
| 14:30-15:00 | Ujala Satgoor, Executive Director: University of Cape Town Libraries When crises converge: Leading and managing academic libraries during times of crises Abstract Presentation |
| 15:00-15:15 | REFRESHMENTS |
| 15:15-15:45 | Dr Daniel le Roux, Head of the Cognition and Technology Research Group, Department of Information Science, Stellenbosch University The automation of work: A South African perspective Abstract |
| 15:45-16:15 | Dr Lorraine Haricombe, Vice Provost and Director, University of Texas Libraries, Austin, USA Embracing the possibilities of the future of work Abstract Presentation |
| 16:15-16:30 | DISCUSSION |
| Wednesday 13 October | |
| SESSION 3: Robotics, open science and artificial intelligence | Chair: Wouter Klapwijk Director: Information Technology Services, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University |
| 08:00-08:30 | Registration |
| 08:30-09:00 | Isak van der Walt, Manager: Digital Scholarship & Innovation, Department of Library Services, University of Pretoria Strangers in our midst: Robotics in academic libraries Abstract Presentation |
| 09:00-09:30 |
Dr Andrew Cox, Senior Lecturer, Information School, University of Sheffield, UK Librarians and data Abstract Presentation |
| 09:30-10:00 | Dr Anwar Vahed, Director, Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa (DIRISA) DIRISA for open data and open science Abstract Presentation |
| 10:00-10:30 | DISCUSSION |
| 10:30-11:00 | REFRESHMENTS |
| 11:00-11:30 | Prof Anton van Niekerk, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy; Director of the Centre for Applied Ethics, Stellenbosch University Future ethics: Robots, algorithms and biases Abstract Presentation |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Prof Brito Cruz, Senior Vice-President, Research Networks, Elsevier; Emeritus Professor, Physics Institute, Unicamp, Brazil Trends in artificial intelligence research Abstract |
| 12:00-12:30 | DISCUSSION |
| 12:30-13:30 | LUNCH |
| SESSION 4: Data services and innovation in libraries | Chair: Mimi Seyffert-Wirth Deputy Director: Digital Scholarship, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University |
| 13:30-14:00 | Alan Oliver, Business Development Director, EMEA, Ex Libris, ProQuest, UK Data, everywhere Abstract Presentation |
| 14:00-14:30 | Samuel Simango, Manager: Research Data Services, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University Research data management as a quality management system Abstract Presentation |
| 14:30-15:00 | REFRESHMENTS |
| 15:00-15:30 | Norman Hebler, Head: Makerspace, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University Jeremiah Petersen, Manager: Learning and Training, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University Innovation and collaboration through makerspaces in libraries Abstract Presentation |
| 15:30-16:00 | Andrew K. Pace, Executive Director, Technical Research, OCLC, USA Library collections as data for computational science Abstract Presentation |
| 16:00-16:30 | DISCUSSION |
| 19:00-22:00 | Dinner at Lanzerac’s Manor Kitchen, kindly sponsored by EBSCO |
| Thursday 14 October | |
| SESSION 5: The impact of Covid-19 on library services | Chair: Ilse de Lange Director: Technical Services and E-Resources, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University |
| 08:00-08:30 | Registration |
| 08:30-09:00 | Elizabeth Moll-Willard, Faculty Librarian: AgriSciences, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University Sibongiseni Mrwashu, Faculty Librarian: Science, University of Western Cape Library Information and media literacy during Covid-19 Abstract Presentation |
| 09:00-09:30 | Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, Wellcome Trust, UK Open Access, Covid-19 and Plan S Abstract Presentation |
| 09:30-10:00 | Kate Robinson, University Librarian, University of Bath, UK Virtual services in academic libraries: Services for the nowhere (wo)man during COVID-19 Abstract Presentation |
| 10:00-10:30 | Jeremy Atkinson, Library and Information Services Consultant, Cardiff, Wales, UK Envisioning academic library services and technology and change post-pandemic: Getting it right Abstract Presentation |
| 10:30-10:45 | REFRESHMENTS |
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10:45-11:15
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Laila Vahed, Director, Library and Information Services, University of Zululand The positive spinoff of lockdown on e-collection enhancement and use at the University of Zululand Library Abstract Presentation |
| 11:15-11:30 | DISCUSSION |
| 11:30-12:30 | PANEL DISCUSSION Leadership and innovation during a crisis Ellen Tise, Senior Director, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University Prof Maria Frahm-Arp, Executive Director, University of Johannesburg Library Dr Shirlene Neerputh, Director, Library Services, University of Western Cape |
| 12:30-13:30 | LUNCH |
| CLOSING SESSION | Chair: Siviwe Bangani Director: Research Services, Libary and Information Service, Stellenbosch University |
| 13:30-14:15 | Closing keynote address Dr Morné Mostert, Director of the Institute for Futures Research, Stellenbosch University |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Closing of the symposium |