Registration, Welcome Coffee & Refreshments.

Official Welcome and Introduction.

Dr. Nancy Kwangwa: “Whose Knowledge Counts? Reimagining Collection Development for Africa’s Digital and AI Future” VIRTUAL

Coffee and refreshments break.

• T. Mahlatse; N. Matlawe: “Marginal human intervention, quality audit: AI acquisitions perspectives”
• P. Budeli; T. Tseole: “Application of artificial intelligence technologies for improving collection development: TSIBA and the National University of Lesotho libraries”
• M. Visser: “Facing the Chimera: Navigating Budgets, AI, and User Expectations in Academic Libraries”
• Sponsor (PLATINUM)EBSCO: Colleen Mills – “Where does EBSCO services support collection development in libraries”

• J. Nasaka Barasa: “Beyond paywalls: rethinking scholarly access for African postgraduate researchers”
• N. Kandiwe; E. Madziwo: “Exploring the role of academic libraries in research transfer and crisis resilience: a survey of the Zimbabwe University Libraries Consortium (ZULC)”
• H. Nzambu et al.: “Building LIRE: a DSpace-based institutional repository for knowledge equity at an online university in the Democratic Republic of the Congo”
• Sponsor (PLATINUM)Casalini Libri: Helen Byrne

Session 1 & 2 Discussion.

Lunch break, Vendor Exhibition, and Official Conference Group Photo.

• Sponsor (PLATINUM)Research Solutions: Adam Barry – “What happens to your collection overnight?”
• M. Ntetha: “Transformative agreement as a driver of open access publishing: the journey of an open and distance e-learning university in South Africa”
• K. Motimele: “From Access to Ownership: Implementing Evidence-Based Acquisition at the UNISA Library”
• R. Lundy: “Stanford University Library’s Open Metadata Policy Development”

Coffee, Refreshments and End of Day.

Evening: Exhibitor Networking Event (Main Library, University of Cape Town).

Welcome Coffee & Refreshments.

Thought Leader Address: Prof. Archie L. Dick, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Information Science, University of Pretoria. (Dr. Buhle Mbambo-Thata)

Dr. Andiswa Mfengu (HoD: Department of Knowledge and Information Stewardship, University of Cape Town): “Decolonising Academic Library Collections: Beyond the Curriculum”

Break: Coffee & Refreshments.

• N. Maseko: “Decolonizing the North-West University’s Archival Collections through the Sharpeville Community’s Digitization Initiative”
• N. Matlawe and M.T. Tema: “Decolonising Libraries: Integration of Indigenous Languages in Academics”
• J.B. Ngcobo: “Making African Research More Visible: Integrating Library Catalogues and Institutional Repositories for Electronic Theses and Dissertations”

Discussion for Session 4.

• Sponsor (GOLD)ACS Publications: Jessica Wilcox (10 mins)
• Sponsor (GOLD)MDPI AG / JAMS: Auriane Wolf (10 mins)
• Sponsor (GOLD)SABINET: Nobuhle Masuku (10 mins)

Lunch Break & Vendor Showcase Exhibition Open.

Panel Discussion: “Decolonising collections made simple”: discovery, access and inclusivity in African knowledge systems.

Panelists:

• Ntombizethu Mokobe (UNISA)
• Mahlatse Tema (TUT)
• Nikki Crowster (UCT)

Panel Discussion: The Future of Collection Development: A Social Justice Paradigm.

Vote of Thanks and Wrap-up.