Schedule for STIMULATE International Training Programme on Information

 

Day

Date

Hour

Location

Activity/Lecture

Subjects

Remark

Tue

21 Sept

 

22:20

Brussels

Airport

 

Arrival hall

 

Pick-up by taxi service is arranged. THE DRIVER WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU NEXT TO THE EUROPA BAR WITH A YELLOW PANEL WITH ‘Stimulate4’ WRITTEN ON IT.

Welcome packs are handed over to the participants. These packs contain: map of Brussels, bloc note, pen,…

Arrival of

Kodippili Patabandige Neetha Damayanthi

Confirmed

Wed

22 Sept

 

18:35

21:40

 

Brussels

Airport

 

Arrival hall

 

Pick-up by taxi service is arranged. THE DRIVER WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU NEXT TO THE EUROPA BAR WITH A YELLOW PANEL WITH ‘Stimulate4’ WRITTEN ON IT.

Welcome packs are handed over to the participants. These packs contain: map of Brussels, bloc note, pen,…

Arrival of

Gregorio Orlando;

Mutsungi Irvine

 

Confirmed

Thu

23 Sept

 

6:05

6:05

8:00

8:00

9:50

10:05

21:40

21:40

Brussels

Airport

 

Arrival hall

 

Pick-up by taxi service is arranged. THE DRIVER WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU NEXT TO THE EUROPA BAR WITH A YELLOW PANEL WITH ‘Stimulate4’ WRITTEN ON IT.

Welcome packs are handed over to the participants. These packs contain: map of Brussels, bloc note, pen,…

Arrival of

Kubaiza Rahma;

Nakasagga Juliet;

Manglal-lan Mendoza Christine;

Mendoza Carbonell Daisy;

Masele James Juma;

Marquez Ma. Teresa

Hamwela Virginia;

Kabyema Ngenjo

Confirmed

 

13:00

Studenthome Jette/VUB Campus Etterbeek

The participants

Sahdia Khan

Visit to the VUB-campus Etterbeek with new participants. (Location most important metro stops, explanation of metro and bus system, ….)

Students who got a scholarship from VLIR can go to Martine Gheysen to get their cheque.

Confirmed

Fri

24 Sept

 

11:10

14:00

Brussels

Airport

 

Arrival hall

 

Pick-up by taxi service is arranged. THE DRIVER WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU NEXT TO THE EUROPA BAR WITH A YELLOW PANEL WITH ‘Stimulate4’ WRITTEN ON IT.

Welcome packs are handed over to the participants. These packs contain: map of Brussels, bloc note, pen,…

Arrival of

Manuel Soto Benavides;

Paloli Sainul Abideen

Confirmed

9:00

Studenthome Jette/VUB Campus Etterbeek

The participants

Sahdia Khan

Visit to the VUB-campus Etterbeek with new participants. (Location most important metro stops, explanation of metro and bus system, ….)

Students who got a scholarship from VLIR can go to Martine Gheysen to get their cheque.

Confirmed

13:00-

14:00

Studenthome

Jette

2nd level next to Ms. de Groove’s office

Info session by Sahdia Khan.

(Project secretary 'Stimulate 4' for Prof. Dr. Paul Nieuwenhuysen)

Explanation about the cultural program, medical insurance, scholarship payments, user-id’s, registration,

Contract of the VLIR will be signed…

Confirmed

14:00-

15:00

 

Studenthome

Jette

2nd level next to Ms. de Groove’s office

Info session by Winnie de Groove

Welcome at Eramushome. General information is given. The students will sign the roomcontract (The participants need to pay a guarantee of 50€).

 Confirmed

Sat

25 Sept

13:00-

16:00

Erasmushome/

Anspach

Buying the season pass for public transport with Sahdia Khan. She will pick the students up at the studenthome.

The participants need 35€, identification and four small pictures in order to make the pass.(Do not forget to renew your pass every month during your stay!!)

 

Afterwards Sahdia Khan takes the participants for a walk through the Centre of Brussels.

Confirmed

Sun

26 Sept

 

16:25

Brussels

Airport

 

Arrival hall

 

Pick-up by taxi service is arranged. THE DRIVER WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU NEXT TO THE EUROPA BAR WITH A YELLOW PANEL WITH ‘Stimulate4’ WRITTEN ON IT.

Welcome packs are handed over to the participants. These packs contain: map of Brussels, bloc note, pen,…

Arrival of

Richards Tereza Annette

Confirmed

Mon

27 Sept

8:00

 

City hall of Jette/

Molenbeek

The participants are going to make the registration in at their respective City halls! (Follow the indicated route by Sahdia Khan!)

The participants need identification, their travel documents, proof of their staying place in Belgium (provided by the VUB), 4 small pictures and around 6 to 7€ in order to make the registration!

Confirmed

13:30

Studenthome Jette/VUB Campus Etterbeek

The participants

Sahdia Khan

Visit to the VUB-campus Etterbeek with new participants. (Location most important metro stops, explanation of metro and bus system, ….)

Students who got a scholarship from VLIR can go to Martine Gheysen to get their cheque

Confirmed

17:30

VUB Campus Etterbeek Kultuurkafe

Paul Nieuwenhuysen welcomes all the participants and the lecturers.

 

The First year students of ‘ECOMAMA’ are also invited.

Welcome reception with drinks and snacks is organized in collaboration with ‘ECOMAMA’

‘ECOMAMA’ is an interuniversity Master of Science Programme in Ecological Marine Management under the auspices of the Flemish Interuniversity Council (Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad, VL.I.R.).

Confirmed

Tue

28 Sept

13:45-

16:00

VUB Campus

Etterbeek

 

University library

Tour by Frans van Roy

 

(meet Sahdia Khan at 13.45 in front of the Fortis bank at the VUB campus Etterbeek)

Guided tour of the VUB library at campus Etterbeek.

 

Confirmed

Wed

29 Sept

10:00-

13:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Marc Nyssen

General Internet Course

 

 

 

Confirmed

 

 

The participants

Individual study

 

Thu

30 Sept

 

7:55

Brussels

Airport

 

Arrival hall

 

Pick-up by taxi service is arranged. THE DRIVER WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU NEXT TO THE EUROPA BAR WITH A YELLOW PANEL WITH ‘Stimulate4’ WRITTEN ON IT.

Welcome packs are handed over to the participants. These packs contain: map of Brussels, bloc note, pen,…

Arrival of

Mutsungi Irvine

 

Confirmed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fri

1 Oct

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Marc Nyssen

General Internet Course

 

 

General Internet Course

 

Confirmed

Sat

2 Oct

 

 

 

 

 

Sun

3 Oct

 

 

 

 

 

Mon

4 Oct

10:00-

13:00

 

 

 

 

14:00-

17:00

Studenthome

Jette

2nd level next to Ms. de Groove’s office

 

Introduction session by Egbert De Smet

 

General introduction of the participants and discussion about the expectation of the candidates concerning the ‘STIMULATE 4’ program and their own experience.

 

Practical introduction about PC’s

 

Confirmed

 

Tue

5 Oct

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

Room D 1 06

Lecture by Leo Van Audenhove

Information, Knowledge and Innovation. Cornerstones of the Information
Society?

Confirmed

 

Wed

6 Oct

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

Room D 1 06

Lecture by Leo Van Audenhove

ICTs and information dissemination in Developing Countries. Telecentres
and MPCCS in South Africa.

Confirmed

 

Thu

7 Oct

 

8:00

Brussels

Airport

 

Arrival hall

 

Pick-up by taxi service is arranged. THE DRIVER WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU NEXT TO THE EUROPA BAR WITH A YELLOW PANEL WITH ‘Stimulate4’ WRITTEN ON IT.

Welcome packs are handed over to the participants. These packs contain: map of Brussels, bloc note, pen,…

Arrival of

Legesse Henock

Confirmed

Between 10:00 and 18:00

Simonis

Participants

Visit to the Basiliek of Koekelberg.

A flowers show is organized in the cathedral.

Confirmed

22:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek Kultuurkafe

Participants

Free Jazz concert: 'Take the Duck’. Their music is improvised and full of swinging rhythm. Whether you are a real jazz lover or a just curious about this kind of music Kultuurkafe is the place to be.

Confirmed

Fri

8 Oct

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Marc Nyssen

Practice ‘General Internet Course’

 

 

Practice ‘General Internet Course’

 

Confirmed

Sat

9 Oct

 

 

 

 

 

Sun

10 Oct

 

 

 

 

 

Mon

11 Oct

7:45

 

Brussels Central

(train station)

 

Sahdia Khan

 

 

 

Our group ‘STIMULATE 4’ meets at the train station of Brussels Central at 7:45 in the BIG hall. Sahdia Khan will be awaiting you there with the train tickets near the stairs!

Confirmed

10.00-

13.00

VLIZ

Ostend

 

Edward Vanden Berghe

Visit to VLIZ and information session on information management and data flows.

 

Confirmed

14:00-

18:00

Ostend

The participants

Lecture free afternoon.

The participants can visit Ostend.

Confirmed

Tue

12 Oct

 

 

 

Individual study by the students.

Confirmed

22:30 or

23:00

Grand-Place

The participants

The participants can enjoy the lightshow at the Grand-Place.

Confirmed

Wed

13 Oct

10:00,

11:00

 

VUB

Campus Etterbeek

Promotion room in building D

The participants

Organized by the VLIR.

Info session by the insurance company ACE for the new students.

Confirmed

11:00

VUB

Campus Etterbeek

Promotion room in building D

The participants

Coffee break.

Confirmed

After the break

VUB

Campus Etterbeek

Promotion room in building D

VLIR Participants

VLIR welcomes its participants.

Confirmed

13:30,

18:00

VUB

Campus Etterbeek Room D.2.01

The participants

Welcome Day Session: "Living in a New Culture". Greet Castermans, director of Intercultural Management, explains about the challenges of living in a new culture. Followed by a reception.

Confirmed

18:00,

21:00

VUB

Campus Etterbeek Tent Behind Aula Qd

The participants

Food Fair. Different foreign dishes can be tasted.

Confirmed

21:00

VUB

Campus Etterbeek Tent Behind Aula Qd

The participants

Concert of Latino music.

A taxi service is foreseen for the students staying at the Campus Jette to bring them back home.

Confirmed

Thu

14 Oct

10:00-

13:00

 

 

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Wim de Mes

Bibliographic online databases: Online information retrieval and database searching and Bibliographic databases in Science and Technology(some examples)

 

 

Confirmed

Fri

15 Oct

10:00-

13:00

 

 

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Wim de Mes

Bibliographic online databases: Online information retrieval and database searching and Bibliographic databases in Science and Technology(some examples)

 

 

Confirmed

Sat

16 Oct

 

 

 

 

 

Sun

17 Oct

 

 

 

 

 

Mon

18 Oct

10:00-

13:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room PC-room level1

Demonstration by Françoise Devillard from CSA

How to search CSA bibliographic online databases within the interface "CSA Illuminate".

Confirmed

13:30-

17:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

Building M on level O at the Forstis desk

(Near/before Martine Gheysen’s room)

Participants/FORSTIS

Participants can register for the trip to Paris (till the 12th of November) and/or Brugge(till the 22nd of October) at Bruno Verwee’s desk. (Limited places!)

Confirmed

Tue

19 Oct

 

 

 

Individual study by the students.

 

Wed

20 Oct

10:00-

13:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

Room B OO2

 

Lecture by Paul Nieuwenhysen

Presentation of information: introduction. This course learns participants to report in a scientific environment and how to present information to an audience. Most attention is focused on how to support presentations with a computer, using for instance presentation software.

Confirmed

 

Thu

21 Oct

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Marc Nyssen

Publishing on the WWW

 

 

Publishing on the WWW

 

Confirmed

Fri

22 Oct

 

 

 

Individual study by the participants

Confirmed

Sat

23 Oct

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Ronald Rousseau

Citation analysis and research performance

Confirmed

Sun

24 Oct

 

 

 

 

 

Mon

25 Oct

10:00-13:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

PC-Room

B006

Lecture by Egbert De Smet

Practical introduction about PC’s

 

Confirmed

14:00-17:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

PC-Room

B002

Lecture by Christian Koninckx

 

Evolution of the libraries in Europe: typology from the Middle Ages until the present time.

Confirmed

Tue

26 Oct

10:00-

13:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

PC-Room

B002

Lecture by Christian Koninckx

 

Belgian university libraries to-day: organization and co-operation.

 

Confirmed

14:00-

18:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

PC-Room

B006

Lecture by Egbert De Smet

Practical introduction about PC’s

 

Confirmed

Wed

27 Oct

8:10

 

Brussels Central

(train station)

 

Sahdia Khan

 

 

 

Our group ‘STIMULATE 4’ meets at the train station of Brussels Central at 8:10 in the BIG hall. Sahdia Khan will be awaiting you there with the train tickets near the stairs!

Confirmed

10:00

 

Antwerp University Aula complex V1

Julien Van Borm, chief librarian UA

Visit to and information about the University Library of Antwerp.

Reception and introduction.

 

Confirmed

10:15

 

Antwerp University Aula complex V1

Julien Van Borm (chief librarian UA) and Michèle Van den Eynde (ILL-librarian)

Interlending, present and future

 

Confirmed

11:00

Antwerp University Aula complex V1

 

Visit to one of the reading rooms

Confirmed

11:30

Antwerp University Aula complex V1

Anke Jacobs, e-librarian

E-information at UA

 

Confirmed

12:15

Antwerp University Aula complex V1

Julien Van Borm, chief librarian UA

Libraries and copyright

 

Confirmed

13:00

Antwerp University Aula complex V1

 

Lunch in the students restaurant

Confirmed

14:00-

17:00

Antwerp

 

Visit to the historical centre of Antwerp.

Confirmed

17:24

Antwerp centraal

(Train Station)

 

We take the train back to Brussels from Antwerpen-centraal.

Confirmed

Thu

28 Oct

10:00

VUB Campus

Etterbeek

R&D Department

Martine Gheysen/Sahdia Khan

Students receiving a scholarship from the VLIR can go to Martine Gheysen to collect their cheque for the month December.

Confirmed

Fri

29 Oct

9:00-

13:00,

 

 

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Marc Nyssen

Publishing on the WWW

 

 

 

 

Publishing on the WWW

 

Confirmed

Sat

30 Oct

 

 

 

The participants can organize a four day trip

 

Sun

31 Oct

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mon

1 Nov

 

 

The participants

Daytrip to Brugge organized by FORSTIS. For more information contact Bruno Verwee.

Confirmed

Tue

2 Nov

 

 

Academic holiday

 

Confirmed

Wed

 3 Nov

9:40

VUB Campus Etterbeek

Room D.1.07

Sahdia Khan/The participants

Distribution of the notes and calculators for the course of Leo Egghe

Confirmed

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

Room D.1.07

Lecture by Leo Egghe

Elementary statistics for effective library and information service management

Confirmed

17:00-19:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

Promotion room D.2.01

The participants

Dr. I. Leemans, Scientific Programme coordinator for the ‘International Foundation for Science’ (IFS), will give information about 'Sustainable Management of Biological Resources' and the grant possibilities for the candidates of the least developed to lower middle income countries.

Confirmed

Thu

4 Nov

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

Room D.1.08

Lecture by Leo Egghe

Elementary statistics for effective library and information service management

Confirmed

 

Fri

5 Nov

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Marc Nyssen

Practice ‘Publishing on the WWW’

 

 

Practice ‘Publishing on the WWW’

 

Confirmed

Sat

6 Nov

 

 

 

 

 

Sun

7 Nov

 

 

 

 

 

Mon

8 Nov

10:00-

13:00,

 

 

 

 

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Egbert De Smet

ISIS-software environment.

Installation: folder structure, system parameter file, syspar.par, loading the package, networking CDS/ISIS, importing database structures from other installations.

 

ISIS-software environment. Creating a database: introduction, choice of tagging scheme, field definition table, data entry worksheet, default display format, field selection table (FST), stop word list, choice of indexing technique, database parameter file, database exp. File.

Confirmed

 

Tue

9 Nov

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Eva Dimmock

Workshop on ‘Searching Scientific and Engineering Databases’('with emphasis on searching the Inspec database')

 

Confirmed

Wed

10 Nov

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

Room D.1.07

Lecture by Leo Egghe

Elementary statistics for effective library and information service management

Confirmed

Thu

11 Nov

 

 

Official holiday

The participants can organize a four day trip

 

Fri

12 Nov

 

 

 

 

 

Sat

13 Nov

 

 

 

 

 

Sun

14 Nov

 

 

 

 

 

Mon

15 Nov

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

Room D.1.07

Lecture by Leo Egghe

Elementary statistics for effective library and information service management

Confirmed

Tue

16 Nov

8:25

 

Brussels Central

(train station)

 

Sahdia Khan

 

 

 

 

Our group ‘STIMULATE 4’ meets at the train station of Brussels Central at 8:25

in the BIG hall. Sahdia Khan will be awaiting you there with the train tickets near the stairs!

Confirmed

 

 

 

10.00-

13.00

 

14.00-

17.00

New Scientific Library Leuven

 

Ludo Holans

 

Internet searching.

 

Confirmed

Wed

17 Nov

9:30-12:00

VUB Campus

Jette

PC-room level1

(where Françoise Devillard gave her workshop on 18/10)         

 

ISIS-software environment.

Installation: folder structure, system parameter file, syspar.par, loading the package, networking CDS/ISIS, importing database structures from other installations.

Confirmed

13:00-17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room H 043C (Building H is situated behind the building A and B)         

 

ISIS-software environment. Creating a database: introduction, choice of tagging scheme, field definition table, data entry worksheet, default display format, field selection table (FST), stop

Confirmed

Thu

18 Nov

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Marc Nyssen

XML

 

 

Practice ‘XML’

 

Confirmed

 

Fri

19 Nov

 

 

Academic holiday.

‘Verhaegenherdenking’

 

 

Sat

20 Nov

 

 

 

 

 

Sun

21 Nov

 

 

 

 

 

Mon

22 Nov

10:00-11:00

 

 

 

11:00-

13:00,

 

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

PC-room level1

 

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Egbert De Smet

ISIS-software environment. The formatting language: field, subfield and occurrence selectors, modes, layout, literals, repeatable groups, windows features, displaying pictures, conditionals, REF and L, hypertext.

 

 

 

ISIS-software environment. Data entry: editing records, creating a new record, editing a range of records, deleting records logically and physically, default values, browsing the database, updating the inverted file.

Confirmed

 

 

VUB Campus

Jette

Facultair Meetingroom

A.035

          

Visitation by VLIR

 

Confirmed

Tue

23 Nov

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

Room D.1.07

Lecture by Leo Egghe

Discussions on informetrics of the internet and other social networks.

 

Confirmed

Wed

24 Nov

8:25

 

Brussels Central

(train station)

 

Sahdia Khan

 

 

 

 

Our group ‘STIMULATE 4’ meets at the train station of Brussels Central at 8:25

in the BIG hall. Sahdia Khan will be awaiting you there with the train tickets near the stairs!

Confirmed

 

 

 

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

New Scientific Library Leuven

 

Ludo Holans

 

Internet searching.

 

Confirmed

Thu

25 Nov

10:00-

13:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

PC-Room

B 002

Lecture by Paul Nieuwenhuysen

Presentation of information: Question and answer.

 

Confirmed

 

18:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

Convivium

 

By Paul Nieuwenhuysen / Sahdia Khan

Beer Tasting evening: Paul Nieuwenhuysen explains about the Belgian beer tradition. Afterwards you can measure your skills in a tasting competition. Along with the Beer you can taste some fine Belgian cheese (dairy product). Non-alcoholic drinks and vegetarian food are also available.

Confirmed

Fri

26 Nov

 

 

The participants

Individual study by the participants.

Confirmed

Sat

27 Nov

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Ronald Rousseau

Citation analysis and research performance

Confirmed

Sun

28 Nov

 

 

 

 

 

Mon

29 Nov

10:00-

13:00,

 

 

 

 

 

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Egbert De Smet

ISIS-software environment. Searching: guided search and expert search, displaying search results, dictionary display, truncation, logical operators, ANY files, proximity operators, brackets, field identifier, free-text searching, saving searches.

 

ISIS-software environment. Sorting and printing: introduction, printing using the clipboard, printing and sorting facilities, general, presentation, margins, layout, sorting, saving your print specification, printing catalogue cards, printing labels.

Confirmed

 

Tue

30 Nov

9:15

VUB Campus

Etterbeek

R&D Department

Martine Gheysen

Students receiving a scholarship from the VLIR can go to Martine Gheysen to collect their cheque for the month December.

Confirmed

9:00-

17:30

 

VUB Campus Etterbeek

Library: Seminarie 3: Romaanse Filologie

VISITATION by VLIR

The presence of all the participants, available lecturers and organizers is desired on the time scheduled.

 

Confirmed

15:15-16:00

VUB Campus Etterbeek

Library: Seminarie 3: Romaanse Filologie

Some participants and the members of the visitation commission of the VLIR.

The members of the visitation will have a meeting with the participants.

Confirmed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wed

1 Dec

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Alan Hopkinson

 

Current developments in MARC formats

 

Confirmed

 

Thu

2 Dec

10:00-

13:00

 

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11         

Lecture by Alan Hopkinson

 

Using CDS/ISIS with MARC

 

 

Confirmed

 

14:00-

17:00

 

Participants.

The participants study the given subject.

Questions can be asked to the professor in the next session.

Confirmed

Fri

3 Dec

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Alan Hopkinson

 

Selecting and procuring a library computer system.

 

Confirmed

 

Sat

4 Dec

 

 

 

Week-end to Paris organized by FORSTIS. For further details contact Bruno Verwee.

Confirmed

Sun

5 Dec

 

 

 

Week-end to Paris organized by FORSTIS. For further details contact Bruno Verwee.

Confirmed

Mon

6 Dec

9:30

Brussels/Gare Centrale

Sahdia Khan

Our group ‘STIMULATE 4’ meets at train station of Brussels Central. Sahdia Khan will be awaiting you there in the BIG hall.

Confirmed

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

Brussels/

Royal Library

of Belgium

Willy Vanderpijpen

Visit to The Royal Library of Belgium.

Confirmed

Tue

7 Dec

10:00-

13:00

 

VUB Campus Etterbeek

PC-Room

B 002

Lecture by Paul Nieuwenhuysen

 

Presentation of information: final presentations by students.

 

Confirmed

 

14:00-

17:00

 

Participants

Individual study by the students.

Confirmed

…-16:00

 

Photo contest organized by Paul Nieuwenhuysen/Sahdia Khan

Deadline for photo contest: send your digital pictures to Paul.Nieuwenhuysen@vub.ac.be or bring your pictures to the STIMULATE secretary before 16.00.

Confirmed

 

Wed

8 Dec

10:00-

13:00,

 

 

 

 

 

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

PC-room level1 (take the grey door next to the library)

         

Lecture by Egbert De Smet

ISIS-software environment. Exporting, importing and backing up databases: ISO 2709 format, importing an ISO 2709 file, importing from other sources, exporting to other database packages, sorting a database, backing up and restoring a database.

 

ISIS-software environment. Modifying a database: introduction, modifying the field definition table, modifying the worksheet or creating a new one, modifying the field selection table, modifying or adding print formats, modifying the data, modification by exporting and importing, compacting the database and recovering a corrupted database.

Confirmed

 

Thu

9 Dec

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Raf Dekeyser

 

Scientific journals: selection and usage.

 

Confirmed

 

Fri

10 Dec

11:00-15:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11         

Sahdia Khan

Individual study by the participants: the PC-lab is reserved for the students who want to practice.

Confirmed

Sat

11 Dec

 

 

 

 

 

Sun

12 Dec

 

 

 

 

 

Mon

13 Dec

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

PC-room level1

(Take the grey door next to the library)         

Lecture by Luz M. Quiroga

 

Library automation, information architecture and relational databases.

Confirmed

Tue

14 Dec

14:00-…

 

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Egbert de Smet

The participants are evaluated for an exercise on ISIS given by the lecturer.

Confirmed

Wed

15 Dec

10:00-

13:00,

 

14:00-

17:00

VUB Campus

Jette

Room B 0.10, B 0.11

         

Lecture by Luz M. Quiroga

 

Library automation, information architecture and relational databases.

Confirmed

Thu

16 Dec

 

6:30

Student home/

Brussels Airport

Pick-up by taxi service is arranged. THE DRIVER WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU IN FRONT OF THE STUDENT HOME.

Departure of:

Paloli Sainul Abideen

Confirmed

18:00

Farewell gathering starts at the “Falstaff” near the “Bourse” (in the same street where the participants had french-fries the very first time they went to the city with Sahdia Khan)

The participants/ lecturers/ organizers

Our last trip will be through lighted up Brussels. Our meeting point is the café “falstaff”; Address:  Henri Mausstraat 17-23, 1000 Brussels

Confirmed

Fri

17 Dec

 

 

 

 

 

Sat

18 Dec

 

 

 

 

 

Sun

19 Dec

 

16:10

Student home/

Brussels Airport

Pick-up by taxi service is arranged. THE DRIVER WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU IN FRONT OF THE STUDENT HOME.

Departure of:

Manuel Soto Benavides

 

Confirmed

Mon

20 Dec

 

5:00

5:00

7:00

7:30

9:00

12:00

12:00

12:00

14:45

14:45

Student home/

Brussels Airport

Pick-up by taxi service is arranged. THE DRIVER WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU IN FRONT OF THE STUDENT HOME.

Departure of:

Masele James Juma;

Legesse Henock;

Nakasagga Juliet;

Kubaiza Rahma;

Gregorio Orlando;

Mendoza Carbonell Daisy;

Manglal-lan Mendoza Christine;

Kodippili Patabandige Neetha;

Kabyema Ngenjo;

Hamwela Virginia;

Confirmed

Tue

21 Dec

 

13:30

Student home/

Brussels Airport

Pick-up by taxi service is arranged. THE DRIVER WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU IN FRONT OF THE STUDENT HOME.

Departure of:

Mabuza Happiness Sibongile

 

Confirmed

Wed

22 Dec

 

 

 

 

 

Thu

23 Dec

 

 

 

 

 

Fri

24 Dec

 

14:00

Student home/

Brussels Airport

Pick-up by taxi service is arranged. THE DRIVER WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU IN FRONT OF THE STUDENT HOME.

Departure of:

Mutsungi Irvine

 

Confirmed