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Building the Capacity of Librarians through Collaboration: The Experience of the University of Bergen and Makerere University Libraries with their New Partners in the North and South

Building the Capacity of Librarians through Collaboration: The Experience of the University of Bergen and Makerere University Libraries with their New Partners in the North and South

Maria G. N. Musoke, Ane Landoy
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 11
ISBN13: 9781466643659|ISBN10: 146664365X|EISBN13: 9781466643666
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4365-9.ch013
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Musoke, Maria G. N., and Ane Landoy. "Building the Capacity of Librarians through Collaboration: The Experience of the University of Bergen and Makerere University Libraries with their New Partners in the North and South." Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship, edited by Susmita Chakraborty and Anup Kumar Das, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 137-147. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4365-9.ch013

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Musoke, M. G. & Landoy, A. (2014). Building the Capacity of Librarians through Collaboration: The Experience of the University of Bergen and Makerere University Libraries with their New Partners in the North and South. In S. Chakraborty & A. Das (Eds.), Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship (pp. 137-147). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4365-9.ch013

Chicago

Musoke, Maria G. N., and Ane Landoy. "Building the Capacity of Librarians through Collaboration: The Experience of the University of Bergen and Makerere University Libraries with their New Partners in the North and South." In Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship, edited by Susmita Chakraborty and Anup Kumar Das, 137-147. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4365-9.ch013

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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.

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