Transcript Tools for TTLs: Resources and Technical Assistance

Tools for TTLs:
Resources and Technical Assistance for
Higher-Education, R&D and Sci-Tech Projects
with Information/Library Components
Presented by: Anita Johnson, Research Librarian
Library & Archives of Development
With assistance from:
Rick Hopper & Veronica Grigera
HDNED & Education Advisory Service
May 10, 2006
11:30-1pm Location: MC C3-220
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Description
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Developments in Library & Information Science
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Operational Responses
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Available resources & technical assistance
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Focusing the Application
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Focus
Higher/Tertiary Edu
Sci-Tech
Research & Dev.
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Outside issues
Primary Education
ICT / Connectivity
Local Publishing
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Context of the Knowledge Economy
Knowledge for Development (K4D)
Science, Educational Tech & Innovation
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Why the change in issues/opportunities?
The Internet
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Increased demand for end-user access
Increased demand for faster communication
Increased need for information literacy
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End-User Information Overload
• Where to find information
• Is it correct/authoritative/current?
• How to manage information or
find it again . . .
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A Very Brief History of Libraries
Pre-Printing Press
• Preservation: Archives/Copying
• Access: Monastic / Private Libraries
• Security: Physical security for books
Birth of the Modern Library (Gutenberg book press)
• Access: public, [often] open stacks, books circulate
• Security: “tattle tape”
• Creation: Modern publishing industry, peer-review
authority creation
Electronic Libraries (above, plus…)
• Access: via computer and IP address
• Security: IT devices
• Creation: Anyone can publish
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Why Libraries are important
• Shared resources save money
• Library services save time & frustration
• Access promotes Information Literacy
• The Importance of place
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What does this mean for libraries?
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Form & Function of Libraries / Info Providers
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Library/Information Science as a Profession
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Legal/Policy Issues
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Implications for Client / Foreign Ministry relations
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Changes in Operational Approaches
Content-Oriented Approaches
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Content + Technology Approaches
MSI - Millennium Science
Initiative
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Information Management/Training
EFA – Education for All
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Education for the Knowledge
Economy
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Examples of Changes in Technical Assistance
Goals: Supply Library Books, Reference Materials (teachers & students)
• Education Sector Support Projects
• Rural Ed. Improvement Project
+ Electronic resources and systems
• Higher Ed: Yemen – Higher Education (P076183)
• Higher Ed: Mauritania – Higher Education (P087180)
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What do libraries look like today?
Different tools/expertice needed
Traditional issues
Plus today’s issues. . .
• Buildings 
• ICT Issues
• Books/Journals 
• Electrification
• Literacy 
• Integration of formats
• Card Catalogs 
• Staff Capacity Development
• Interlibrary Loan
• Rapidly changing enduser environment
• Library Finance 
• Licencing issues
•Theft / Security 
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A closer look at Issues & Opportunities (Tertiary, Higher Education and Industry)
Issues Then:
 Access to materials
 Costs
 Policies
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Contributions Then:
 Textbook provision
 Technical Assistance
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Present Issues:
 Computers & Connectivity
 Licencing
 Capacity/Literacy
 Policy
 Continuance
Present Contributions:
 Electrification & ICT
 Indigenous / Electronic publishing
 Access to electronic materials
 Technical assistance
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Some Solutions
1. Assistance from the Library Network
 Research
 Technical Assistance
2. Research Guide: “Resources for Librarians &
Information Professionals in Developing Countries”
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Some Solutions – from the Library Network
1. Research Assistance
2. Technical Assistance available from the Bank-Fund Library Network
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Library Development (university, high school, elem., corporate)
Library buildings / space planning
Library services planning
Licencing of content / vendor negotiation
Staffing, training, personnell
User centric services
User centric web design
Training / Information Literacy
Planning / Budgeting
Policy
Marketing
Staff are available to go on mission to provide orientation and advice.
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Please contact Marion Richards for more information: [email protected]
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Some Solutions –
Resources for Librarians in Low and Low-Middle Income Countries
A few examples:
1. Freely Accessible Full Text Journals (including special programs for low &
middle income countries) DOAJ, AJOL, GDN, INASP/PERI, AGORA,
2. Open Access Repositories OpenDOAR, OAIster, BASE
3. Corporate Document Repositories: FAO, USAid DEX, Docs&Reports
4. Statistical Sources FAOSTAT, ILO’s LABORSTA
4. Free Citation Databases GDN, Jolis, ERIC, UNESBib, PubMed
5. Document Delivery Services for Developing Countries GDN/BLDS
6. Open Courseware JHSPH, MIT, TUFTS, CarnegieMellon, Utah State
7. Technical Assistance INASP/PERI, eIFL,
. . . A public version of the research guide is linked from: 16
http://jolis.worldbankimflib.org/external.htm
Questions / Discussion
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