My view on STIMULATE Evaluation by Molach Woldemichael

About myself Molach Weldemichael Maryea Working at the Library of Mekelle University, PO Box 231 Mekelle, Ethiopia

About STIMULATE A three months training in Belgium sponsored by VLIR At the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Contents : Information Management e.g. using ISIS- database software family and Greenstone Webpages authoring -Quantitative methods and bibliometrics -Internet searching methods

Suggestions for improvement Accomodation : expensive and bad quality of connection in end-of-corridor rooms Suggestion : to discuss with the management of Erasmus about connection and more kitchen equipment, TV-room separate Study materials : expensive (100 euro) Suggestion : make us pay less for the materials

Strong points of the programs contents Classes in Jette campus very near the rooms, (Etterbeek is difficult to reach) Very interesting visits with good travel arrangements – we want more of this !

Best components The visits – all of them were very nice ! And also interesting as they allowed to learn more about the country. Most interesting classes : webpages editing ISIS

Not so good components Statistics Lecturing too fast Difficult use of calculator Internet searching Unclear lecturing Difficult assignment, insufficiently prepared during class

Recommendations for my own library Building a digital library with our own documents using Greenstone software already planned Improving connectivity to the Internet as we have seen how powerful it can be as an information resource