I. Grants

Britz, J. J. (2004) Globalisation and social justice. University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. US$3,000.

Haigh, M. " Attitudes to intellectual property in developed and developing countries: U.S. and Ukraine Cross-National Comparison " , UWM RGI, $40,414 (under review).

Haigh, M. Fulbright Scholar Program Award , FY 2007 , 6 months (granted).

Haigh, M. & Kawooya, D. "Music for a Flat World: Traditional Performers and Information Globalization in Uganda and Ukraine ", SOIS SIRG, $6,000 (under review).

II. Publications

• Book Chapters

Aman, M. M. (in press) “Impact of technology on libraries in the Middle East” , in R. V. Sharma (ed) Libraries and Technology in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Scarecrow Press.

Britz, J.J. & Lor, P.J. 2006. The role of libraries in combating information poverty in Africa . In R.N. Sharma (ed.) The Impact of technology on Asian, African and Middle Eastern Library Collections . Oxford : Scarecrow Press: 103-127.

Britz, J. J. (2005) “The importance of IT for the survival of Africa”, in Church and Media, University of Pretoria: Pretoria.

• Journal Articles

Aman, M. M. (2005) “Kuwait’s first library and information association”, ALA International Leads 19(2): 6.

Britz, J.J., Lor, P.J., Coetzee, E.M.I. and Bester, B.C. (2006). “Africa as a
knowledge society: The road ahead”, International Information and Library
Review (accepted for publication)

Lor, P.J., Watermeyer, H. and Britz, J. J. (2006) “Everything, for ever?: The preservation of South African websites for future research and scholarship”, Journal of Information Science 32(1).

Britz, J.J., Lor, P.J. and Bothma, T.J.D. (in press) “Global capitalism and the fair
distribution of information in the marketplace: A moral reflection from
the perspective of the developing world”, Journal of Information Ethics.

Britz, J.J. and Ponelis, S.R. (2005). “Guidelines for fair distribution of
scholarly information”, Mousaion 23(2): 230-241.

Lor, P.J. and Britz, J.J. (2005). “Knowledge production, international
information flows and intellectual property: An African perspective”,
International Information and Library Review 37(2): 61-76.

Boekhorst, A.K. & Britz, J. J. (2004) “Information literacy at school level: A comparative study between the Netherlands and South Africa”, South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science 70(2): 49-65.

Haigh, T. (2003) “Obituary: Rob Kling”, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 25(3): 92-94.

Johnson, C. A., Aruinaa, K. and Britz, J.J. (2005). “Constructing the pillars of
a knowledge society: The challenge of providing access to ICTs in rural
Mongolia”, LIBRI 55(4): 216-224.

6. Conference proceedings

Lor, P.J. & Britz, J.J. 2006. Challenges of the approaching knowledge society: major international issues facing library and information professionals . Prolissa Conference, Pretoria , South Africa , November, 2006

Du Plessis, J.C.; Britz, J.J. & Lor, P.J. 2006. From food silos to community kitchens: Retooling African libraries. SCECSAL XVII Conference. Librarianship as a bridge to an information and knowledge society in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa . Dar Es Salaam , Tanzania 10-14 July 2006: 519-532.

Agada, J., Britz, J. J. and Boekhorst A. K. (2004) “Harnessing indigenous knowledge for development. Some grey areas”, inD. J. Farace and J. Frantzen. (eds) Proceedings of the GL5 Conference on Grey Literature. 4-5 December, 2004, Amsterdam. Grey Matters in the World of Networked Information, 4-5 December 2004. GL conference series no 5, Amsterdam.

Lor, P.J. and Britz, J. J. (2004)“Knowledge production, international information flows and intellectual property: an African perspective”, Proceedings of the Association of African Universities DATAD Workshop on Intellectual Property, Governance, Dissemination and Funding Strategies, Accra, Ghana, February 19-20, 2004.

III. Presentations

Aman, M. M. (2005) “Relations Between the West and the Islamic World,' Beloit College, Panel discussion and Town Hall Meeting

Aman, M. M. (2005) “Democratic Development in Egypt,” UWM International Focus: A TV Program

Aman, M. M. (2004) “Impact of Technology on Middle Eastern Libraries,” Presented at the American Library Association’s ACRL’s AAMES Program in Orlando, Florida, June 26, 2004.

Aman, M. M. (2004) “Bridging the Digital Divide Through Collaboration: The IT2000/MITEC Experience in Milwaukee.” Presented at the ALA Conference in Orlando, June 28, 2004.

Britz, J. J. (2005) Digital Divide. Global Studies Summer Institute. Rethinking Global Security in a Wired World. June 2005. UWM, Milwaukee, USA

Britz, J. J. (2005) The importance of IT for the survival of Africa. Church and Media. University of Pretoria, Pretoria.

Britz, J. J. (2004). Globalization and Africa: On-coming train or light at the end of the tunnel? Invited to present at the University of Memphis as part of the Memphis in May celebrations which focused this year on South Africa. 20 May 2004.

Du Plessis, J. C. and Moitse-Nzeku, M. (2004.) Cultural Mediation of Aids- prevention Information.  Second African Conference on Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research. Cape Town, South Africa. (Oral Presentation)

Du Plessis, J. C. and Moitse-Nzeku, M. (May 2004.) The Aids-V Symbol - A New Strategy for the Prevention of HIV infection. Second African Conference on Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research. Cape Town, South Africa. (Poster Presentation)

Haigh, M. (2005) “Information resource sharing in Ukraine: From total control
to file sharing freedom”. WLA Conference, 25th-28th October, Lacrosse, WI.

Olson, H. A. (2002). How libraries construct meaning – and for whom. At Diversity: Building a Strategic Future, 3rd National Conference on Diversity in Academic Libraries, 4-6 April, Iowa City.