Building the Capacity of Librarians through Collaboration

Building the Capacity of Librarians through Collaboration

Author: 
Musoke, Maria G. N.
Place: 
Hershey
Publisher: 
IGI Global
Date published: 
2013
Responsibility: 
Landoy, Ane, jt.author
Editor: 
Chakraborty, Susmita
Journal Title: 
Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship
Source: 
Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship
Abstract: 

This chapter details the collaboration scenario of the University libraries of Makerere University in Uganda and the University of Bergen in Norway for over a decade. This chapter highlights the multiplier effect of the collaboration leading to new partners at the University of Juba in South Sudan, the East African School of Library and Information Science (EASLIS) at Makerere and the Norwegian School of Librarianship. The new partners implemented the Juba University Library Automation Project (JULAP) funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. JULAP aimed to rebuild the Juba University Library closed due to 1985 war. The project includes library automation, training and sponsoring young Sudanese for a Bachelor’s degree in Librarianship at EASLIS. Staff training is conducted by EASLIS, while the practical component was handled by previously trained Makerere University Library staff. Activities, challenges faced and addressed, achievements and future plans of the project are outlined.

Series: 
Advances in Library and Information Science

CITATION: Musoke, Maria G. N.. Building the Capacity of Librarians through Collaboration edited by Chakraborty, Susmita . Hershey : IGI Global , 2013. Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship - Available at: https://library.au.int/building-capacity-librarians-through-collaboration