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We use this page to stay informed about the activities of librarians, archivists, documentalists and volunteers who participate in the WSF Library Project

FEBRUARY 2011: THE DAKAR WSF EVENT

Here we update our day-to-day programme before and during the Dakar WSF 2011

• Our base in space is the Bibliothèque Centrale de l´Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (BU UCAD) Homepage of the library: http://www.bu.ucad.sn/cyberpac/default.asp
• The director of the BU UCAD is Madame Mariétou Diongue Diop. The cooperation between the BU and the WSF Library project is co-ordinated by Mandiaye Ndiaye. He is head of BU's section for oriental lqnguqgues.

• The BU has been granted financial support from SEPHIS to cover costs for the workshop La documentation comme outil pour la justice sociale / Documentation as a tool for social justice and other activities during the Dakar WSF. The workshop is arranged 8 February by the BU UCAD in partnership with the NIGD and the IISH as a part of the programme of the WSF.

• Staff and students at the Ecole de Bibliothécaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes ([| EBAD]) are also involved

Thursday 3 February

• Meeting at the BU UCAD library 17h-19h of about 10 librarians from Senegal and Mikael Book from Finland. The meeting was called and chaired by Mandiaye Ndiaye.

Purpose: discuss and decide how to share information and think about strategies for collecting WSF memory. Decided to set up a central point at the Library to receive papers, photos, computer files from flashdisks etc.

Friday 4 February

• Preparations and website updating at the EBAD and BU UCAD
• Project participants from Cote d'Ivoire and Kenya arriving.

Saturday 5 February

• Meetings at the library
• Project participants from Mali, Uganda and Netherlands arriving.

Sunday 6 February: The WSF event opens

The WSF event opens with a march from a point (to be added) in the city to the BU UCAD --Admin 10:36, 4 February 2011 (EST)

• After the march we all meet at 16h pm in the Salle de réunion of the BU prepare the collecting of documents. Djibril Diakhate gives an overview of how to use this wiki ( http://www.wsflibrary.org ) and update it with new information on the activities of the WSF during the WSF event.

Monday 7 February: "Africa day" of the WSF

• Collecting documents on African social movements

Tuesday 8 February: "Self-organised activities" of the WSF

• International workshop on the methodology of "documentation for social justice". Quelle information pour plus de justice sociale?.

• The workshop begins at 13h30 pm at the Salle de réunion of the BU UCAD. --Admin 10:36, 4 February 2011 (EST) to be confirmed

• Huub Sanders has prepared a draft paper on the theme of the workshop:

"La documentation comme outil pour la justice sociale / Documentation as a tool for social justice" Here: http://www.wsflibrary.org/index.php/Image:Huub_draft.doc

9 February: "Self-organised activities" of the WSF

• Collecting documents about the differents activities of the WSF

10 February: "Assemblies of convergence on the thematic axes" of the WSF

• Collecting documents about the assemblies of convergence

11 February: Final day of the WSF event

• Meeting to sum up and evalute what has been achieved