USA Africa Dialogue Series - FW: New fully funded Masters degree in IT for LIS professionals

--- Fyi.      From: Naomi Haasbroek [mailto:naomi@tlabs.ac.za] .com; ulrichmiaka@yahoo.fr; mchombu@unam.na Cc: 'Theo Bothma'; 'Nhlapo, Lindi'; naomi@tlabs.ac.za Subject: New fully funded Masters degree in IT for LIS professionals   *** Apologies for cross postings / Please distribute widely, especially in Africa ***   An exciting new programme for university librarians and LIS faculty in Sub-Saharan Africa!   The Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, received a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to establish a Masters programme in IT for university librarians in Sub-Saharan Africa working in an IT environment and LIS faculty at LIS Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa.   This is a two-year coursework Masters with a number of coursework modules and a mini-dissertation of limited scope.   The programme will make use of a blended learning methodology - technology-mediated distance education as well as on-site, face-to-face lectures. The programme is fully funded, making provision for, amongst others, registration fees and travel and accommodation costs during a two- to three-week block visit per semester for on-site lecturing. Lecturing will take place in Pretoria, South Africa, as well as in the USA at the Universities of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Wiscosin-Milwaukee and in Uganda at the Makerere University.   For more information on the programme content, selection criteria, application procedures, important dates, etc., please see http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=14080&sub=1&parentid=1066&subid=1089&ipklookid=7.   Kind regards   Theo Bothma   *****************************   Prof Theo JD Bothma Head: Department of Information Science Chair: School of Information Technology   Dept. of Information Science Information Technology Building 6-73 University of Pretoria Lynnwood Road 0002 Pretoria South Africa   Tel +27 (0)12 420-2961 Fax +27 (0)12 362-5181 E-mail theo.bothma@up.ac.za Web http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=3706   Disclaimer / Vrywaringsklousule       This message and attachments are subject to a disclaimer. Please refer to www.it.up.ac.za/documentation/governance/disclaimer/ for full details. / Hierdie boodskap en aanhangsels is aan 'n vrywaringsklousule onderhewig. Volledige besonderhede is by www.it.up.ac.za/documentation/governance/disclaimer/ beskikbaar.     Naomi Haasbroek   Chair:  IFLA Africa Section International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions http://www.ifla.org/en/africa   President-Elect Library and Information Association of South Africa http://www.liasa.org.za   HEAD:  Library and Information Services iThemba LABS P O Box 722 Somerset West 7129   Tel:  +27 21 843 1000 Tel:  +27 21 843 1259 (Direct) Fax:  0866116096 or +27 21 843 3525 Mobile:  0828959931 E-Mail:  naomi@tlabs.ac.za http://www.tlabs.ac.za

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