Scientific and Technological Information Management for Universities and Libraries: An Active Training Environment (STIMULATE 10 ) Prepared by ALEMENESH MEZGEBE EQUAR HISHE GETACHEW AMSALU NYINONDI PHILBERT RAJASHREE GAVALI SHAMMER TSEGAZEAB DRAR Facebook: stimulate10 1
About organization… strong points Well planned and organized management International audience; diverse participants from different parts of the world Well equipped class rooms Knowledgeable and interactive professors Friendly environment created via different events Practically oriented 2
About organization…suggestions More group discussions and activities Study materials should be given ahead of classes 3
CONTENTS OF THE PROGRAM Data, information & knowledge management Building and publishing a website HINARI + Searching, evaluating online information Free and open software, access and content Library & copyrights ISIS family software, greenstone and ABCD Library study tours New tendencies in indexing Networks, citation analysis 4
Best components of lecture contents Building and publishing a website HINARI + Searching, evaluating online information Free and open source software, access and content Library & copyright ISIS family software, greenstone and ABCD Library study tours 5
S uggestions on contents… More exercises should be given for greenstone and ABCD More practical experience should be given in working libraries 6
Suggestions to Home Institutions Scientific knowledge management should be well focused on. Open source software for institutional repositories and library automation should be utilized. Libraries should have web sites. E-resource repositories should be well organized as they are the future. 7