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LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Opportunities and Challenges for the Academic Libraries of Carnegie grantees in
East and West Africa

“I would love to see a fully automated library; I would then know what my goal is.”

Introduction 3
Mortenson Center and Workscope 4
Common Challenges 4
ISSUE: Local Context 5
ISSUE: Physical infrastructure 5
ISSUE: Networks and bandwidth 6
ISSUE: Database development and acquisition/retrospective conversion 7
ISSUE: Integrated library systems 7
ISSUE: Library staffing and development 8
ISSUE: Access to technological expertise 9
ISSUE: Advocacy and administration 10
Opportunities to enhance service 12
Professional development objectives 12
Professional development needs 13
Immediate needs: ICT 13
Immediate needs: general 15
Long-range needs: information and communications technology 15
Long-range needs: general 16
Professional development recommendations 18
1. Establishment of regional training center(s) 18
2. Implementation of a Training Team approach 19
3. Identification, adaptation, and/or development of training modules 19
4. Establishment of targeted grants 20
5. International library leadership program 20

Opportunities and Challenges for the Academic Libraries of Carnegie Grantees in East and West Africa

A Report to the Carnegie Corporation of New York on visits to University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Makerere University (Uganda), University of Ghana/Legon (Ghana) and the University of Education at Winneba (Ghana), Ahmadu Bello University (Nigeria), University of Jos (Nigeria), and Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria). By staff of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign: June 2004 Introduction

The mission of every library is to facilitate access to systems of knowledge relevant to the pursuit of inquiry and study. The development of information delivery systems is a key component of
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