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work_2yt5zq72ejc2znc6mtvavtb7e4	Martie van Deventer	Report on the 2nd African Digital Scholarship and Curation Conference	2009.0		.htm	text/html	1591	76	42	The main purpose of this 2nd conference was to identify opportunities, strategies and practical examples for new forms of research and scholarship, and for the management of the digital content of these activities by academics, researchers, scientists, information professionals and IT experts. Delegates agreed that the immediate and primary focus will have to be on the inclusive development of a strategic framework with a fiveto ten-year horizon, and to have this adequately funded, resourced and governed to serve the South African research community with the technology backbone and service for effective and efficient linkages to similar users and providers, both locally and abroad.The conference was planned as three parallel tracks but also with three plenary sessions. Lastly – conference workshops provided hands on training related to the management of spatial data; making use of Web 2.0 to create second generation libraries; establishing institutional repositories; and promoting open access for the advancement of science and research.	./cache/work_2yt5zq72ejc2znc6mtvavtb7e4.htm	./txt/work_2yt5zq72ejc2znc6mtvavtb7e4.txt