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STIMULATE 6. October 2 to December 21, 2006. Scientific and Technological Information Management in Universities and Libraries: an Active Training Environment. A Presentation prepared by:. DILRUBA MAHBUBA (RUBA) ruba@icddrb.org. About me :. Education:
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STIMULATE 6 October 2 to December 21, 2006 Scientific and Technological Information Management in Universities and Libraries: an Active Training Environment A Presentation prepared by: DILRUBA MAHBUBA (RUBA)ruba@icddrb.org
About me : Education: B.A. Honors and Master's in Library and Information Science Job: Information Officer, Library and Information Services Centre Information Sciences Division, ICDDR,B, Dhaka, Bangladesh www.icddrb.org
About STIMULATE : International Training Programme on INFORMATION: Scientificand Technological Information Management in Universities and Libraries—an Active Training Environment (STIMULATE 6) is a high level training course for Library Professionals and Information Managers. The main aim and goal of the programme is to offer a stimulating learning environment to the participants It is aimed to train professionals from developing countries The basic aim to stimulate students to transfer achieved skills in home country for further development of the country in library and information management field
Course contents: Stimulate-6 • MarcNyssen: ^Internet Basic, ^WWW Development, ^XML theory and exercises • Luz M. Quiroga: ^Building a digital library using Greenstone software • Ronald Rousseau: ^Citation analysis and research performance, ^Web information retrieval • Egbert De Smet: ^ISIS-software family,^ISIS formatting language, ^Publishing ISIS, ^GenISIS and ^WebISIS • Leo Egghe: ^Elementary statistics for effective library and information service management • Françoise De Villard: ^Refworks • Francesco Dell’ Orso: ^ProCite, ^ISBD and ^Thesaurus structure • Paul Nieuwenhuysen: ^Presentation of information • Brian Kelly: ^Web 2.0 technologies • Ludo Holans: ^New scientific Library Leuven
Introducing most modern tools of information management and analysis techniques Good features : Stimulate-6 Opportunity to share with Librarians from different countries Guided Tours in Libraries in Belgium Asking Questions and Getting Answers—An instant opportinity Friendly relations with Teachers and Students
With a critique view : Stimulate 6 • Schedule is confirmed, but class is not • Classes from 10:00 am to 5:00 am • Limited time for assignments • Limited libraries to visit • Lacking of VUB Network connection from student home
Recommendations : Stimulate-6 • To arrange more Library visits including National Libraries • To give vub login facility from student home • To expand number of classes for • HTML,XML, Publishing in WWW • Presentation Techniques • Procite5, Endnote, Theasurus, ISBD
To build an Open Access Repository Union Recommendations for my Home Institute • To develop a Library Consortia • Sharing catalog • Sharing E-Journal Subscription • Preparing a Local Citation Index To create Online News Group : Mozilla News group To maintain RSS in Web Page To organize training courses on ISIS: WinISIS, GenISIS and WebSIS for Librarians To introduce Ref Work and Procite5 to Writers To introduce Map as a Library Information locator
Acknowledgement • Prof. Dr. Paul Nieuwenhuysen: to organize this high level course for Library Professionals • All STIMULATE Teachers: to teach us in a “learning by doing” environment and to transfer new ideas to us. • All STIMULATE Colleagues, special thanks to Urenika from Srilanka • Peter Thorpe,Director,ISD,ICDDR,B: to award me to do the Course • All ICDDR,B Library Colleagues: to support my official responsibilities during the course • Noboneeto Noholee, to sacrifice not to see her mother for three months • My Parents