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Sponsors | 3 | |
Acknowledgements | 10 | |
Welcome | 11 | |
Conference programme | 12 | |
Welcome messages | ||
Prof R A Mogotlane , Vice Principal, University of Pretoria | 15 | |
Mr R Moropa , Acting Director, Academic Information Service, University of Pretoria | 16 | |
Prof N P J Kriek, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria | 17 | |
Keynote speakers | ||
Dr Adi Paterson - Towards e-Research in South Africa | 19 | |
Mr Roy Page-Shipp - South African Research Information Service project | 20 | |
Prof B Rubidge - Catalogue to our past and clues for the future - what the fossil record tells us | 21 | |
Dr Glenda Myers - Evidence-based medicine (EBM); evidence-based-librarianship (EBL); and all that jazz | 22 | |
Contributed papers | ||
Session 1: Library Products and Services | ||
1. Patching the publicity disconnect: Promoting information resources and services to Ohio veterinary professionals MURPHY, S.A. ( Veterinary Medicine Library, Ohio State University, USA) | 24 | |
2. Providing current awareness and information support services during a national crisis : the role of the Pirbright Library during the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK 2001 SHRIGLEY, S. (Library , Institute for Animal Health Laboratory, Pirbright, UK) | 29 | |
3. Client relationship marketing in the provision of animal health information: implications for librarians HADEBE, Z C. (Library, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe) | 33 | |
4. Programme for agricultural information service (PRAIS) in the SADC countries VERSTER, E. (Library and Information Services, University of the Free State, SA) | 37 | |
5. Effectiveness of Sokoine National Agricultural Library in disseminating veterinary information SIFE, A.S. and CHILIMO, W. (Sokoine National Agricultural Library, Tanzania) | 42 | |
Sessions 2 & 3: E-Resources | ||
6. African web-based animal health information LWOGA, E. T. and SIFE, A.S. ( Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania) | 51 | |
7 . Assessment of the utilisation of Makerere University electronic information resources by academic staff; challenges and prospects AGABA, D.M. ( Veterinary Medicine Library, Makerere University, Uganda) | 57 | |
8. Enhancing the use of electronic resources on a university library's website; herding electronic resources into subject groupings . CARRIGAN, E., SEWELL, R., WILSON, M.D.and HIGHSMITH, A. (Medical Sciences Library, Texas A& M University, USA) | 63 | |
9. Seamless library services using the Open URL syntax KING, P. (Kresge Library, The Scripps Research Institute, California, USA ) | 67 | |
10. Towards a development and use of internet web and information communication technologies for veterinary medicine education in Nigeria . BABALOBI, T. (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria) | 73 | |
Session 4: Knowledge Management | ||
11. Reconstructing knowledge about livestock management in southern Africa before colonisation. SWANEPOEL, D. and SNIJDERS, A. (Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute Library, SA) | 82 | |
12. From libraries to knowledge centres: transforming library services for the knowledge age . LAWRENCE, R. (Knowledge Resource Centre, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia) | 90 | |
13. Communities of practice in an academic library: a run on the wild side? VAN WYK, J (Academic Information Service, University of Pretoria, SA) | 97 | |
Session 5: The Web | ||
14. Digital collections; introduction and development of a model for the collection and dissemination of scientific and technologic information in veterinary medicine and other fields . ZIMBA, H.F. and HARUN, M. (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique) | 104 | |
15. Herding tacit knowledge; the opportunity for real teamwork to digitise information resources in support of learning, teaching and research at the University of Pretoria . BREYTENBACH, A., GRIMBEEK, E., GROENEWALD, R., HARMSE, N. HAUPT, S. and SMITH, C. (Academic Information Service and Telematic Learning & Education Innovation, University of Pretoria, SA) | 108 | |
16. Portal business; the conception, production and marketing . COATES, L. (Zoological Society of San Diego Library, San Diego, California, USA) | 116 | |
17. Web portals for animal health; capturing and harnessing information and knowledge for the e-environment . LOURENS, A., COETSEE, T., BREYTENBACH, A. and VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, E. (Academic Information Service, Veterinary Science Library, University of Pretoria, SA) | 119 | |
Sessions 6 & 7: Role of the Information Specialist | ||
18. Benchmarking; pathway to knowledge sharing . BURFORD, N. (Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University, USA) | 126 | |
19. Library management issues, then and now . KOK, V. T., KRIZ, H. and FANG, C.S. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, USA) | 128 | |
20. Enhancing access to animal health information; the role of information specialists . SIMUI, M. (Veterinary Library, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia) | 131 | |
21. Exploring new information habitats: the information specialist as guide in the e-Research environment . VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, E. and RANDALL, E. (Academic Information Service, University of P retoria, SA) | 136 | |
22. Developing information skills training to meet the changing needs of veterinary education . BROWN, F. and DOZIER, M. (Veterinary Library, University of Edinburgh, UK) | 141 | |
Poster session | ||
1. The Hernquist Library - changing bookshelves, changing roles . Beata Akersten. ( Hernquist Library, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden. ) | 148 | |
2. A knowledge platform in veterinary public health: the experience of IZSA&M . B. Alessandrini, P. Colangeli, D. Orientale, S. Del Papa. ( Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'A bruzzo e del Molise "Giuseppe Caporale". 64100 Teramo, Italy.) | 148 | |
3. Development of an expert information system for the management of animal diseases epidemics . P. Colangeli, R. Lelli. (I stituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'A bruzzo e del Molise "Giuseppe Caporale", 64100 Teramo, Italy.) | 149 | |
4 . How information beats iron or knowledge management enables Strasser hoofcare . Martha de Jager. ( Knowledge Management, Deloitte & Touche, Pretoria, SA ) | 149 | |
5. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "Giuseppe Caporale" and international cooperation . S. Del Papa, B. Alessandrini, O. Pediconi. (OIE Collaborating Centre for Veterinary Training, Epidemiology, Food Safety and Animal Welfare ; Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "Giuseppe Caporale". 64100 Teramo, Italy.) | 150 | |
6 . Mentoring in a veterinary library . Raisa Iivonen. ( Viikki Science Library, University of Helsinki, Finland.) | 150 | |
7 . The Health Sciences library as partner in case-based learning exercises: the diagnostic challenges at Washington State University . Sarah K. McCord and Vicki F. Croft. ( Washington State University, Health Sciences Library, Pullman, WA, USA.) | 151 | |
8. Open access issues and how these are being addressed at the University of Glasgow . Maureen McGovern. ( James Herriot Library , University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK ) | 151 | |
9. Totally E: Meeting the challenge of going electronic only for document delivery and interlibrary loan . Becky McKay, Chris Foster , Martha Bedard . ( Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University, USA.) | 152 | |
10. Harnessing information resources: collection management at the Veterinary Science Library, University Pretoria . Marguerite Nel. ( Academic Information Service, University of Pretoria, SA .) | 152 | |
11. Promoting information literacy as a cooperative project between five Nordic countries . Teodora Oker-Blom*, Anne Cathrine Munthe, Heli Myllys.* ( *Viikki Science Library, University of Helsinki, Finland; Library, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Norway. ) | 153 | |
12. Bluetongue entomological surveillance in East European and Balkan countries: collection and display of geographical data . L. Savini, Carla Ippoliti, Sandro Pelini, Annamaria Conte, Paolo Calistri. ( Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'A bruzzo e del Molise "Giuseppe Caporale", 64100 Teramo, Italy.) | 153 | |
13. The international scientific visibility: the case of the research in veterinary medicine in Mozambique (A visibilidade científica internacional: o caso da pesquisa na área de medicina veterinária em Moçambique) . Horácio Francisco Zimba & Suzana Pinheiro Machado Mueller. (Veterinary Library, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Moçambique; Universidade de Brasília, Brazil. ) | 154 | |
List of delegates | 155 | |
Index to authors | 160 | |
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