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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 the BU to prepare the collecting of documents. Djibril Diakhate gives an overview of the http://www.wsflibrary.org [1] with new information

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