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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 agenda 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 languages.

• 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 (see below).

• The following partners involved: librarian teaching school (EBAD) [1]Staff and students, national association for Senegalese librarians, archivists and documentalists (ASBAD) [2], Senegalese Archive direction (DAS) [3].

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 Mali and Kenya arriving.

Saturday 5 February

• Meetings at the library at 10 am
• Project participants from Cote d'Ivoire, Uganda and Netherlands arriving.

Sunday 6 February (Opening of the WSF)

• After the opening march we all meet at 16h pm in the Salle de réunion of the BU prepare the collecting of documents.A briefing will be held for volunteers who will collect the memory of the Forum. 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 and diaspora day" of the WSF

• Collecting documents on African social movements. Program of all the activities as an Excel file

File:Programme7fevrier.xls here

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 has two sessions. Session 1 takes place 12h 30 pm to 15h 30 in the Salle de réunion of the BU UCAD. Session 2: 16h-19h in the same place. See 8 February 2011 workshop

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" ( http://www.wsflibrary.org/index.php/Image:Huub_draft.doc )

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

• Collecting documents about the differents activities of the WSF

Thursday 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