Current events
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DECEMBER 2007
Workshop : Improving wsflibrary.org, preserving WSF documents and founding a proactive public Library
- Date: 3 - 5 December, 2007
- Venue: The Kenya School of Monetary Studies(KSMS), Thika Rd, Nairobi
MONDAY 3 DECEMBER - Improving Our Website
08.30 - 10.30 Getting started - Wiki Editing
(Or how to memorize the wiki commands without forgetting the names of your children and grandchildren)
- Basic Wiki editing: Participants finish their personal User Pages
- Creating a Knowledge Base from the WSF. Presentation of the Manual, by Esther Obachi
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.00 A deeper look at the MediaWiki
- Exploring the MediaWiki, by KENET
- Why our site is not exactly like Wikipedia, by Mikael
12.00 - 13.00 Tagging the WSF's Activities
(The tags are the 21 'actionable themes')
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 17.00 Tagging the WSF's Activities, contd.
After work
17.00 - 19.00 Leisure time 19.00 Dinner
TUESDAY 4 DECEMBER - Building a WSF collection
08.30 - 10.30 The Physical documents
- The Jo Labadie Collection on Radical History, by Julie Herrada, the curator
- The physical documents from the Nairobi WSF, presentation by Rosemary Gitachu
Examination of the material collected during the Nairobi WSF
Brainstorming about the collection (discussion)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee
11.00 - 13.00 "The Physical documents", contd.
- How to link the physical documents to our website? (discussion)
- Improving the listiing of the documents on www.wsflibrary.org (work on site)
- Summary and Proposals for the future
- Documenting our discussion (work)
- 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.00 Tax Justice
- The Tax Justice Network and TJN Africa, by Alvin Mosioma
- Discussion
16.15- 17 Coffee and Summary/Evaluation of the day
After work
17.00 - 19.00 Leisure time 19.00 Dinner
WEDNESDAY 5 DECEMBER - A proactive public library
08.30 - 10.30 Website makeover
- Work on site
- Summary and proposals for the future
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee
11.00 - 13.00 Founding a proactive public library
- Round table discussion
- Participants from the city administration, the Hoperaisers of Korogocho, from KNLS, the workshop participants
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 The Way Forward
15.00 The launching of the website
- By her excellency, the Ambassador of Finland
- Cocktails
JANUARY 2007
Thursday 25 January
Evaluation meeting at 10.30 am in the Kenyatta Memorial University Library.
Wednesday 24 January
We continue to produce the project newsletter in the evening. Contact: Esther
Tuesday 23 January 2007
KLA seminar on Information is a Basic Human Right
Monday 22 January 2007
Copy/south, NIGD and PALIAct: Unlocking the Global Information Fortress
Sunday 21 January 2007
08: 00 Stadium, Kasarani, Main entrance.
- Morning briefing for project particpants at Moi at 8 am. Contact: Esther 0724804541
14:00 Stadium, Kasarani, Main entrance.
- Afternoon briefing of the project
Saturday 20 January 2007
Opening Ceremony
The Friday 19 January Seminar on WSF information Documentation
THE KENYA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM (WSF) 2007 INFORMATION DOCUMENTATION
DATE: FRIDAY, 19TH JANUARY 2007
VENUE: OLIVE GARDENS, KASARANI
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME:
8.30 am- 9.00 am Arrival and registration
9.00am – 9.30 am Welcome remarks By Rosemary Gitachu KLA Chairperson
Participants’�introduction
Seminar objectives
Official Opening By Ruth Makotsi, Executive Secretary, East African Book Development Association (EABDA)
9.30 am -10.30 am Overview of the WSF and the KLA WSF 2007 Information Documentation Project By Esther Obachi
The KLA WSF Library Website By Mikael Böök
10.30 am -11.00 am TEA/COFFEEE BREAK
11.00 am – 12.00 pm WSF 2007 programme of events/activities By Mikael Book
12.00 pm -1.00 pm WSF Information Documentation Guidelines By Rosemary Gitachu
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm LUNCH
2.00 pm -3.00 pm Digital Photo Documentation of WSF 2007 By Raisa Karjalainen (preliminary)
3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Assignment of roles and responsibilities
4.00 pm – 4.30 pm Official Closing By His Excellency the Ambassador, Embassy of Finland, Nairobi
Tea/Coffee
End of the Seminar
17 January: Memory project Orientation in Kasarani
We participate in the Orientation-meeting of the WSF Committee's Memory project on Wednesday 17.1. at 8.30 in Kasarani. --Book 14:29, 16 January 2007 (EAT)
On Friday 19.1.2007, the Librarians' pilot project have a final training workshop at Kasarani. More about it via the list lib-wsf@sympa.kaapeli.fi
