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Enhancing use and availability of ICT and Library Services

Enhancing use and availability of ICT and Library Services. ICT and Library Project. PL: Marc Thoelen (Uhasselt)/Girum Ketema (JU) Flemish team members ICT Rudy Gevaert (UGent) Bart Ampe (UGent) Bram Mennes (KHK): changed job to KdG Hogeschool and can no longer be active

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Enhancing use and availability of ICT and Library Services

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  1. Enhancing use and availability of ICT and Library Services

  2. ICT and Library Project • PL: Marc Thoelen (Uhasselt)/Girum Ketema (JU) • Flemish team members ICT • Rudy Gevaert (UGent) • Bart Ampe (UGent) • Bram Mennes (KHK): changed job to KdG Hogeschool and can no longer be active • Flemish team Members Library • Egbert Desmet (U Antwerp) • Piet De Keyser (Univ. College Leuven) • Yearly budget : ± 25000 EURO VLIR-JU ICT and Library Project

  3. ICT and Library Project • Team members JU • Mr. Getachew Bayissa • Mr.Teklemariam Haile • Mr. Nigussie Abate • Mr. Dawit Kifle • Mr. Minale Ashagrie • Mr. Yibeltal Tafere • Mr. Amanuel Chali • Mr. Biniam Fisseha • Mr. Eyuel Gessesse • Mr. Geletaw Sahle • Mr. Biftu Bekele • Mr. Salahadin Yesuf VLIR-JU ICT and Library Project

  4. ICT and Library Project • Overall objective • Increased use of ICT to enhance quality of university activities, incl. research • Realisation of a library, supporting education and research • Specific objectives • Enhance Intranet + communication • Build excellency centre for ICT and Library • Create CRC in Gilgel Gibe area VLIR-JU ICT and Library Project

  5. ICT and Library Project • Situation at program start (2007) • In 2001 Ethiopean government installed: • Basic fiber-optic network between 30 existing buildings • Wireless connection to Addis + Internet (4 Mbps) • Several SUN-servers • HW almost outdated • E-mail mostly through external providers (hotmail, Yahoo, etc) • No other services VLIR-JU ICT and Library Project

  6. ICT and Library Project • Activities in AP 2007 • Aug. 2007: Training 2 network-specialists at Ghent/Antwerp/Leuven • E-mail basic setup • Bandwidth management • Nov. 2007: • GIS (GRASS) training at JU (W. Buytaert) • IT-training (MySQL etc.) • Setup of prototype e-mail server for domain @ju.edu.et VLIR-JU ICT and Library Project

  7. ICT and Library Project • Activities in AP 2007 • Nov 2007: Library Automation Workshop at JU (Egbert de Smet + Piet De Keyser) • 28 participants from 14 Eth. Univ. • Weblis theory + exercises • Jan 2008: training 2 JU-librarians in Leuven/Antwerpen VLIR-JU ICT and Library Project

  8. ICT and Library Project • Activities in AP 2007 • ‘extra’ Infrastructure fund: 76000 EURO • 18 network-switches (new buildings) • 4 servers • 4 airco units VLIR-JU ICT and Library Project

  9. ICT and Library Project • Activities in AP 2008 • Visit Rudy Gevaert + Piet De Keyser (June) • Start cataloguing project • Installation + maintenance background database • Several external scientific resources available • Start publishing webpages; ok since this summer VLIR-JU ICT and Library Project

  10. ICT and Library Project • Activities in AP 2008 • Visit Rudy Gevaert + Piet De Keyser (June) • Installation production (+backup) e-mailserver • Installation MySQL-database • FTP-service to exchange data with Gent VLIR-JU ICT and Library Project

  11. ICT and Library Project • Activities in AP 2008 • visit Rudy Gevaert (sept.) • New web- and proxyserver • Proof-of-concept LTSP: Linux Terminal Server Protocol • Allows use of very basic HW to run Linux: ‘thin-client’ • Most data stored on server • Safe for viruses • Creation of e-maillists per project (acronyms ?) VLIR-JU ICT and Library Project

  12. ICT and Library Project • Upcoming activities in AP 2008 • visit Girum Ketema (oct/nov Gent) • New assignment • Network training • Visit Egbert de Smet (JU in comb. Mekelle) VLIR-JU ICT and Library Project

  13. ICT and Library Project • Upcoming activities in AP 2008 • Call by Close-the-Gap • 'STIMIUC' (Scientific and Technological Information Management for IUC (jan. ‘09, Brussel) VLIR-JU ICT and Library Project

  14. ICT and Library Project • Upcoming Activities in AP 2008/2009 • training (1 or 2 persons): PHP + application for managing the mailserver • Buy big UPS for server room • Buy rack equipment to store servers VLIR-JU ICT and Library Project

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