UNDP/RAS/75/034 Terminal Report ASIA

(Indonesia, Malaysia, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand)

Postgraduate Training Course for Science Information Southeast Asia

Project Findings and Recommendations

Serial No. FMR/PGI /OPS/85/258 (UNDP)

United Nations Educational, United Nations Scientific and Development Cultural Organization Programme

Paris, 1985

ASIA

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING COURSE FOR SCIENCE INFORMATION SPECIALISTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

Project Findings and Recommendations

Report prepared for the Governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and China by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) acting as Executing Agency for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Educational, United Nations Scientific and Cultural Development Organization Programme

UNDP/RAS/75/034 Terminal Report FMR/PGI/0PS/85/258(UNDP) 28 October 1985

© Unesco 1985 Printed in France

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Paragraphs

INTRODUCTION 1-14

Objectives Project execution and administration

II. PROJECT ACTIVITIES

The development of the training programme Participation data Fellowship/sponsorship programmes Faculty and staff development Curriculum development and evaluative feedback. Project output and impact The Course Diploma Hand-over arrangements on project termination Funding

III. RECOMMENDATIONS

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A -

APPENDIX B -

APPENDIX C -

APPENDIX D -

APPENDIX E -

APPENDIX F -

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APPENDIX H -

APPENDIX I -

APPENDIX J -

APPENDIX K -

APPENDIX L -

APPENDIX M -

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15 - 26 27 - 29 30 - 33 34 - 37 38 - 39 40 - 41 42 43 44

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Pages

Structure of postgraduate course covering 2 semesters 15

Short courses, regional seminars and workshops 18

Equipment, furniture and fittings procured for use in 21 the postgraduate course

Computer assisted Information Systems (COMPAIS) - a 22 technical note

Distribution of participants by country 25

Subject background of participants 26

Categories of parent institution of participants 27

Distribution of fellowships by country 28

Study tours of UPILS faculty members, supported partially or fully with project or Unesco funds 29

Examples of linkages between UPILS and other institutions and organizations at various levels 33

Experts/consultants/external lecturers (UNDP-Unesco 34 supported)

Advice on information systems and information 35 service planning

UNDP inputs up to project termination 36

RAS/75/034 - Postgraduate Training Course for Science Information Specialists in Southeast Asia

TERMINAL REPORT

I. INTRODUCTION

1. In recent years there has been a dramatic world increase in the amount of information produced in the general field of science and technology appearing in professional journals, bulletins, conference papers}articles and abstracts. There has been a parallel development of various international information systems such as DEVSIS (International Information System on the Development of Science), AGRIS (International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology), UNISIST (United Nations Information System in Science and Technology, etc. These developments have not everywhere been matched by progress in the handling, cataloguing, accessibility and retrieval of such information. Availability of information is seen as a critical element in the application of science and technology to development.

2. Concrete proposals to improve the availability of scientific and technological information in the Southeast Asian region were formulated as early as August 1968 at the ministerial level Conference on the Application of Science and Technology (CASTASIA) held in New Delhi. These proposals concentrated on the development of a regional network for Science and Technology and the Conference recommended that Unesco study the possibility of establishing a regional network of information and documentation centres based on the existing national facilities, designed to meet the information needs and requirements of the users in Institutes for Research and Development, Government agencies, industry and agriculture and to make full use of the various international information systems.

3. Any effective regional network would obviously have to depend on the existence and the quality of the national centres and on the technical and financial resources available to such centres. At the time of the Conference in New Delhi, a number of such centres had either been formally established or existed within libraries, universities and institutes, but it was found that their development had been severely constrained by the lack of professional training available in the field of information handling and processing and that this, in turn, led to persons working in these fields having a relatively low status. There was, thus, a clear need for postgraduate training leading to professionalization and specialization in these fields.

4. As a result of various consultations between Unesco, member states of the Southeast Asia region and the United Nations Development Programme, the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand submitted to UNDP a request for a preparatory mission for a regional project in science information in 1971. This request was supported by the governments of the Philippines, Indonesia and Hong Kong. In addition, the Fourth Ministerial meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) endorsed a recommendation that Unesco undertake a feasibility study of a regional sciences information project. These initiatives resulted in funds for two six-month consultancies being made available from UNDP and entrusted to Unesco for execution.

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5. The objective of this project was to assist the participating countries in developing their national scientific and technological information systems with a view to their future participation in a regional network, by means of which their scientists and researchers would be able to gain access to the world stock of information in the same way as their colleagues in the more advanced countries. The conclusion of the mission was that the countries of the region would benefit greatly from the establishment of a regional network, particularly in the light of the various links in other areas that had been built up between these participating countries. Education and training were noted as the priority areas for early co-operative action, a field where there was a strong interest in, and support for, a post-graduate training programme for information specialists, tailored to the particular needs of the region.

6. In the light of the above conclusions, Unesco provided, from its regular programme funds, a further consultant mission in 1972

(2) to undertake the

feasibility study for the development of an appropriate training programme at the postgraduate level and to indicate a choice of site. Since the National Science Board of the Philippines, together with the Institute of Library Science of the University of the Philippines had previously offered their services for conducting a regional training programme and since the latter had been conducting training programmes for librarians since 1914 in the English language, Manila was chosen as the starting point for the mission. After visits to the National Scientific Documentation Centre (PDIN) in Jakarta; the Korea Scientific and Technological Centre (KORSTIC) and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in Seoul; the Thai National Documentation Centre at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok and contacts with Hong Kong, the mission concluded that the Institute of Library Science in Manila would be the most suitable host for the proposed courses. The mission also drew up a list of topics for the course outline as well as a suggested distribution of teaching hours required to attain the required academic level and credits. 7. Although the proposals were brought up at the Association for Science Co-operation in Asia in Australia and the Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Research in Agriculture meetings in 1972 as well as at the first and second UNISIST regional seminars on information policy in Colombo in 1974 and in New Delhi in 1976, no further progress was made in developing the proposal until the UNISIST seminar held in Bali in July 1977. This was a meeting of experts on information policy who discussed the proposal in some detail and urged the UNDP to come to an early decision on the project proposal submitted to them by Unesco in 1975 and which had been shelved due to financial constraints in UNDP's regional programming. The meeting further appealed to other donors to help meet some of the costs.

(1) Project RAS/71/194

(2) J. Tocatlian and H. Grünewald: report FMR/STI/76/114

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8. As a result of these actions, the regional pro'ject, in a slightly modified form was approved by UNDP in April 1978 with a budget of US $66,000. The participating countries were Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The original project was to run for one academic year in 1978/1979.

Objectives

9. The underlying motivation for the project appears from the preceeding paragraphs. The specific project objectives were as follows:

a) Development objectives

The principal long-range objective of the project is to strengthen and expand scientific and technical information systems and services of the countries in Southeast Asia to enable them to meet the information needs and requirements of the users in Institutes for Research and Development, Government agencies, industry and agriculture, and to cope with the development of regional and international information systems such as AGRIS, INIS, and DEVSIS.

b) Immediate objective

The immediate objective of the project is to establish a post­graduate training course to develop a cadre of professional staff needed for planning, establishing and operating scientific and technical information systems and services. In the first instance it is expected that many participants in the course would return to their countries to serve as teaching staff who would be capable of developing such professional staff at a national level.

In order to achieve the above objective, a nine-month regional postgraduate training course for science information specialists which leads to a diploma would be established and conducted at the University of the Philippines.

Project execution and administration

10. Unesco was designated as the executing agency for the project and the Institute of Library Science of the University of the Philippines (UPILS), Diliman Campus, Quezon City as the host institution and implementing agency. The project document was signed by all parties in April 1978. The implementing agencies for the other participating states were as follows:

Indonesia: The National Scientific Documentation Centre

Malaysia : The National Library and the National Science Development Board

Singapore: The Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research

Thailand : The Thai National Documentation Centre

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Following upon an extension of the project in 1981 the People's Republic of China became a participant and designated the Institute for Scientific and Technical Information of China as their implementing agency.

11. The project approved in April 1978, provided for UNDP funding for the expert post and project corordinator together with related travel and support costs for 12 months, designed to cover one academic year. The Dean of the Institute of Library Science of the University of the Philippines was nominated as the counterpart project director. Apart from providing laboratory, classroom and office space and computer time, a total of Philippine pesos 400,000 was provided by the host country for fellowships, consultant services and administrative support.

12. The decision to limit the project initially to a one-year course, despite requests for a longer-term programme, was due on the one hand to the existence of a UNDP financed regional project entitled «Survey and Analysis of Inter-countrv Technical Co-operation Experience in Science and Technology in Southeast Asia(1)» designed to establish the basis for a regional programme for the application of science and technology to the development of the region, and on the other a desire to gauge the success of the one academic year course.

13. Administration of the project was assisted by a Co-ordinating Committee consisting of representatives of the participating countries, Unesco and UNDP and periodically other donors. The first meeting of the Co-ordinating Committee was held between 2 - 4 May 1979. In the light of the very favourable recommendation of the Co-ordinating Committee at the end of the first year's training programme and the conclusion of the other UNDP survey project with recommendations for longer-term action, further financing became available from UNDP. This provided for a further year of courses together with provision for 10 fellowships for regional students from countries other than the Philippines. A second meeting of the Co-ordinating Committee was held from 11 - 13 March 1980 and again strongly recommended the continuation of the project for a longer period. In the meanwhile the project had become known to other Asian countries who began to request UNDP to provide similar facilities; rather than create other institutions, UNDP preferred to provide additional fellowships permitting students from outside the original participating countries to attend the courses. As a result, the project was extended for a further three years enabling it to run to the end of the 1983/1984 academic year, by which time the total UNDP contribution to the project amounted to US $967,801.

14. At the end of the project, the courses had become an integral part of the Master of Library Science (MLS) programme of the University of the Philippines, with the operational costs of the programme being absorbed into the University's overall programme. Students from other Southeast as well as South Asian countries continued to be enrolled and funded through various bilateral and multilateral scholarship/fellowship schemes. The immediate objective of

(1) Project RAS/77/048

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establishing a postgraduate training course to serve as a regional facility for the development of needed professional staff in scientific and technological information systems, as well as the development objective of strengthening and expanding such systems in the region, were duly met in the six academic years of the project's operation.

II. PROJECT ACTIVITIES

The development of the training programme

15. The first training course, the first of its kind in the region, began on

7 August 1978. The Unesco appointed expert and project co-ordinator took up his duties in Manila on 14 August 1978.

16. The training programme was developed from the outline and other data provided in the report of the Unesco Regular Programme mission of 1972 referred to in paragraph 6 above. This programme underwent modifications as the course developed over the years as a result of evaluative feedback from the participants.

17. There were essentially three inter-related components to this training programme:

(a) the postgraduate academic programme proper;

(b) teaching aids and facilities development;

(c) staff development.

18. The main component in terms of time and resource allocation, is the academic programme proper. This is a full-time course of 38 weeks duration (one academic year) running from June to April each year, in line with the University of the Philippines calendar. The year comprises two semesters. During the first three years of the project operation, the course was conducted as an independent programme of the UPILS and led to a diploma awarded by the University. With the experience gained in these first three years along with the development of the appropriate teaching modules, there was a progressive integration of these modules into the MLS degree programme, this process was completed for the 1983/1984 school year, thus enabling all participants to enrol as regular graduate students of the University with the possibility of proceeding to an MLS degree, thus fulfilling the main professionalization requirement in this field.

19. The curriculum evolved over the six years of the project operation covers the range of subjects intended to provide the participants with adequate knowledge and training in the theory and practice of the design, development and operation of information systems and services. It was furthermore designed to complement the courses already available in the library schools in the countries of the region.

20. The participants were familiarized with:

- the need for the provision of information for development planning and management, along with information on new trends in these fields;

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the need to acquire transnational and global perspectives in the field of information, so as to be able to react positively to co-operative and resource sharing arrangements and to derive optimal benefits from regional and inter­regional developments and programmes;

- the methods of problem-solving and decision-making; the use of appropriate techniques and tools of systems analysis, operations research, statistical analysis and other quantitative methods in information management;

- the application of information technology, including appropriate experience in information systems design, development and operation.

21. At the beginning of the project the initial courses were designed primarily for specialists already engaged in the field of scientific and technological information, who normally had university degrees in Science and Technology or Social Science. The course carried varying degrees of subject matter emphasis to suit the particular requirements of the participants. This process gradually developed into the elaboration of modules and the introduction of a number of new topics. Upon completion of the earlier courses, participants were granted a diploma from UPILS. The success of the original course in responding to an established need, led to pressures from the various institutions and organizations who had sponsored their employees' participation in the courses, as well as from the participants themselves, to award a Master's degree (MLS) rather than a diploma. In the course of the project, the necessary arrangements were progressively made with the UPILS and the University's graduate studies department, to allocate University credits for several of the course modules as they were developed by the project and as the teaching staff became available. Details of these developments in terms of the course offerings are shown in Appendix A. Effective the 1981/1982 academic year, students entering the project courses registered as regular graduate students in the University providing them with the possibility of accruing credits towards an MLS degree from the project courses.

22. In addition to the subjects offered as part of the post-graduate programme proper, effective the 1979/1980 academic year, a number of short courses and workshops on special topics began to be given yearly as part of the UPILS programme for persons in the field of information and as part of the regional project. These programmes had the twofold purpose, firstly of providing course participants and a limited number of outsiders, with topics supplementing the credit carrying courses and secondly to provide a forum for refresher/updating courses in information studies to further the teaching of information science in the region. Many of the teaching aids and other facilities used in these short courses and workshops were subsequently incorporated into the academic programme. An illustrative list of these activities is shown in Appendix B. Experts on other missions in the Philippines were also frequently invited to give lectures or participate in workshops at the UPILS and special study visits or study programmes for short periods were periodically arranged when the sponsoring organizations were able to meet the costs.

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23. The academic courses, supported by the various seminars and short courses, also served the important purpose of training teachers in the field of information. These staff development- activities took on a greater importance in the project once the main in-service training and upgrading needs of persons working in this field began to be satisfied, and once the course became a recognized component of the University's Masters degree programme in Library Science. The results of this staff development activity can be measured by the progressive decrease in the number of external lecturers and resource persons required to operate the courses. By the end of the project operations in 1984, only the course in Quantitative Methods in Library and Information Science (LS 299.1) was taught by an external lecturer, who was herself a graduate of one of the earlier courses. Many former graduates were, in fact, subsequently appointed as lecturers for^the academic courses by UPILS.

24. As for the second component of the programme - the development of teaching aids and facilities - this comprises:

- course materials and other documentation material;

- audio-visual aids (transparencies, slides, tape-slide sets, video tapes, cassettes and films;

- facilities for use of computers and for practice of on-line access to remote data bases;

- computer programme and software packages.

Various items of equipment were provided by the project to supplement that available from UPILS and the Philippine National Science and Technology Authority (NSTA) as shown in Appendix C.

25. Documentary material was mostly obtained free of charge from local, foreign and international organizations as well as from material prepared by staff and lecturer on the courses or seminars/workshops. The British Council, the Department of Information Studies at the University of Sheffield, the Livermore National Laboratory Information System, as well as Unesco, FAO f UNEP*tnd world data centres, have all contributed to the needs of the project in these fields. When required some additional items of documentation were purchased from project funds. These various resources were instrumental in establishing the Media Technology course (LS 264) as an elective credit in the MLS programme as well as in strengthening the UPILS library as a regional resource.

26. Apart from access to international computerized data bases, through the facilities available to UPILS from the University Computer Centre and the National Computer Institute, the project made use of its own computer and microprocessor equipment to develop its own software packages. Various modules associated with the Computer Assisted Information systems were converted and implemented for better utilization in teaching. Details of these developments are given in a technical note in Appendix D. In addition, training/simulation packages BLAISERS and FOSSILS were elaborated on the project equipment as used in the Information Technology course (LS 262/3). Training packs together with

* Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

** United Nations Environment Programme

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instructional plans and manuals were produced for the modules on Introduction to Microcomputer Operation; BASIC and COBOL (computer languages). Much of this material was also produced in the form of papers, class notes and tape-slides, details of which are shown in Appendix D.

Participation data

27. The postgraduate, two semester course, was designed at the start of the project for an enrolment of 20 to 25 students. Though the numbers fluctuated somewhat over the life of the project, depending largely on the sponsorship/ fellowship programmes for regional students in any given year, this average was maintained over the duration of the project. Ten places were set aside each year for Philippine students out of this total. A table showing the distribution of participants by country of origin for the six years of the project operation is shown in Appendix E.

28. This minimum entrance requirement for admission to the postgraduate course was a university degree. Candidates with an additional degree or experience in library/information/documentation work, were given preference. Ability to communicate in English was essential as all the courses were conducted in English. Indonesia and Thailand tested all candidates in English before submission, the People's Republic of China either selected candidates with university level English studies or gave their nominees refresher courses in English where necessary.

29. Entrants to the first course in 1978 came with various academic backgrounds and were, in one capacity or another all working in the field science and technology information. As the courses became progressively integrated into the UPILS Master of Library Science programme and as many of the graduates stayed on after the two semester project course to complete their MLS degrees, the course became more strictly academic with an additional component of staff development while retaining its highly practical content. A table covering the first five years of the project operations giving a breakdown of the participants by subject background is shown in Appendix F. Another table covering the same period in Appendix G gives a breakdown of the participants by category of parent institution. These heterogeneous backgrounds, while posing a challenge to the training programme, provided for a relevant-exchange of experience in meeting and understanding the problems of differing approaches to national information systems, leading to an appreciation of alternative approaches to information systems in different environments.

Fellowship/sponsorship programmes

30. In the first year of the project operation, that is the 1978/1979 course, no UNDP funding was provided for regional fellowships. The Philippine participants were, however, funded from the Philippine counterpart contribution to the project of which 50%, or pesos 200,000, were allocated for this purpose. By the time the first course had started, two fellowships had been awarded by the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation; one from the Lee Foundation and two from Unesco. These contributions enabled three participants from Thailand and two from Indonesia to attend. Fifteen Philippine participants

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attended this first course. In the second year (1979/1980), ten fellowships were provided by UNDP under the project extension and revision and a further four were provided by Unesco. In the third year, 1980/1981, UNDP provided an additional six fellowships for students from outside the Southeast Asia region. This provision continued during the two following years. Two fellowships were also provided by the Canadian International Development and Research Council (IDRC) for staff of their projects in Fiji and Bangladesh. UNDP fellowships were also awarded in the final year to enable 8 participants to complete their MLS degree after successful completion of the two semester project course.

31. Extensions to the project fellowships were obtained to enable a number of participants to undertake practical training in libraries and information centres in the region in the form of post-course studies. Ten participants from the 5th course (1982/1983) benefitted from these studies of an average duration of two weeks as follows:

4 from China to libraries in Hong Kong 1 each from Indonesia and Sri Lanka to the Medical Library, University of Singapore 1 each from Bangladesh and Thailand to the Central Library, University of Singapore 2 from India to the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok

Six participants from the 6th course (1983/1984) travelled as follows:

2 from China, 1 from Bangladesh, 1 from Nepal went to Hong Kong 1 from Indonesia to SEAFDEC, Bangkok 1 from Thailand to the Central Library, University of Singapore

32. During the six years of the project operation a number of the participants were able to complete their MLS degree after some further study financed under extended Unesco fellowships or project fellowship fund extensions. The situation at the end of project operations was as follows:

Country Year of Participation in project course Total 3rd 4th 5th 6th

(1980/81) (1981/82) (1982/83) (1983/84)

Indonesia 1 . 2 2 - 5

Nepal - 1 1 2

Sri Lanka - - 1 1 2

Thailand - 3 1 4

1 6 5 1 13

It should be noted that by the end of the project only one result from the 7 participants who were granted extended Unesco fellowships on completion of the 6th course was known, the other six comprised one Indonesian, one Sri Lankan and four Filipinos.

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33. A recapitulative table showing the total number of fellowships granted for the 9 month postgraduate course, by country of participant and funding source is shown in Appendix H.

Faculty and staff development

34. There were four sources of resource persons available to the project:

a) the five Faculty members of UPILS; the Unesco project co-ordinator and UPILS staff (librarians and part-time Faculty). Most of the course modules were taught by this group;

b) resource persons from other departments of the University who made contributions in the fields of systems analysis and communications;

c) resource persons outside the University who made contributions in the fields of statistical methods, telecommunications and operations research;

d) resource persons invited from overseas for specialized topics averaging about two months in each academic year.

35. A programme of study tours, seminar/conference attendence overseas for the first group above, made an important contribution to the staff development of the project. By the end of the project they were handling all the course modules except one, without external assistance, and even that course was taught by a former graduate of the course. Details of the various study tours undertaken and their funding sources are shown in Appendix I. In addition to these external activities, Faculty members would frequently attend lectures and courses given by other resource persons in the project in order to widen their knowledge. The continued impetus towards further professionalization is shown by the fact that two staff members began their doctoral level studies during the project life, one overseas the other in the Philippines.

36. Though other departments of the University frequently supplied resource persons or facilities, it was more frequently the specialized national institutes that were called upon, such as the National Computer Institute, the National Science and Technology Authority, etc. A summary of these various linkages is shown in Appendix J.

37. A number of external lecturers (experts, consultants, visiting personalities, etc.) contributed at various times to the instructional programme. Such external assistance became progressively less frequent as the staff development programme for the UPILS Faculty and staff progressed. A summary table of the various resource persons funded by UNDP project funds and by Unesco is shown in Appendix K.

Curriculum development and evaluative feedback

38. The curriculum for the postgraduate course was developed from the outline and background provided in the report of the 1977 Unesco mission (see paragraph 6

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above). The relatively small enrolment together with the high teacher/pupil ratio and the maturity of the participants, permitted a productive exchange of ideas within this group both in and out of class. Much of the material for the various course modules, as they were drawn up and experimented, originated in this way. Apart from this type of feedback within the course structure, more formal evaluative exercises outside the project were undertaken. Soon after the completion of the first course in 1979, a questionnaire was sent to all the course participants to ascertain if and how the training had affected their work and position and how the institutions were making use of their new skills. Replies were received from all the participants and were sometimes supplemented by comments from the employing institutions. Recommendations on course content and objectives were also made by the project co-ordinating committee at their periodic meetings (see paragraph 14 above) and in the course of the UNDP initiated tripartite review sessions in October 1982 and October 1983, at which overall project progress and achievements were reviewed.

39. The gradual integration of the course into the MLS programme of the UPILS, also played an important qualitative role in respect of the curriculum. The timing of the project was fortunate in that, since 1974 the Institute had been undertaking a review of its MLS- programme recognizing the need to introduce new elements to keep pace with developments in the field. The existence of the regional project accelerated this process while at the same time enhancing the academic standing of the postgraduate course. In 1981, under project sponsorship, the Dean of the UPILS went on an observational tour of four of the collaborating countries in the region and met with employing institutions and former graduates to assess the impact of the course and to discuss specific future requirements in terms of course offerings, etc.

Project output and impact

40. Quantitative aspects of the project output have been shown in paragraphs 27 to 33 above in terms of participants in the courses.

41. The project, either as an entity within UPILS or in terms of individual staff members and graduates, has made a positive impact in the field of science and technology information in a number of ways which may be summarized as follows:

Papers. A number of papers were prepared by the project for external useage as well as for circulation among course participants. A sample listing is shown in Appendix D.

Advice and consultancy services were requested by institutions and enterprises in the Philippines and for special orientation/ instructional visits from outside organizations. A sample listing is given in Appendix L.

Instructional material from the course was made available on loan for use at other centres in the Philippines. Magnetic tape copies of COMPAIS source programmes with copies of the associated documentation running into around 350 pages, were provided to a number of institutions in the region at their request. Other

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institutions have paid for copies of the tape-slide presentations and audio cassettes used in the project. The various items shown in Appendices D and L should be seen as outputs from the project.

The course Diploma

42. The recognition of the course diploma as the basis of the course as originally constituted posed some problems, especially in respect of its equivalency as between the various institutions in the region. The entry requirements were nevertheless the same as those for the Master's Degree at the UTILS, the number of course hours were also the same but there was a higher proportion of practical work in the diploma course. Sponsors and employers of course participants began to request the University of the Philippines to convert the diploma course into an appropriate degree programme. A compromise was reached whereby effective the 4th project course (1981/1982), all participants registering for the project course could proceed to an MLS, with credits towards that degree accruing from the project course. The full degree requirements could generally be satisfied in one or two extra semesters depending on the candidate's qualifications on entry. These arrangements did not void the award of a diploma after the two semesters of the project course. The fact of its integration into the MLS programme greatly enhanced the value and acceptability of the diploma in the region. Some of the sponsoring and employing institutions felt that the title of «Diploma in Science Information» inadequately expressed the scope of the course and that efforts should be made to convert this into a Masters Degree in Information Studies in line with trends in other countries, establishing this as a degree in its own right and separate from the degree in Library Science. Yet other sponsoring organizations have been urging the creation of a doctoral level programme on a regional basis, consolidating the pioneering work undertaken in the project course and enabling participants to qualify for senior posts in the region. All these various initiatives indicate the degree of impact that the project has made in the professional and academic circles in the region. Furthermore the project has been taken by some multilateral and bilateral development agencies as

a model for other regions.

Hand-over arrangements on project termination

43. Moves toward the assumption of responsibility for the continuation of the courses after the end of the UNDP project began to be taken as early as the 4th year of the project, partly through the incorporation of project course modules into the MLS programme as described earlier and partly through the decision not to replace the Unesco appointed project co-ordinator when he had to leave for other duties at the end of November 1982. The funds so released were used to engage consultants on a periodical basis. From this time onwards the operational responsibility for the further co-ordination and conduct of the course rested with the national director. At the same time the necessary funding to continue the course had been assured by the University and the National Science and Technology Authority. These facts were duly recorded in the Tripartite project review meeting of October 1982. Agreement was also reached at the terminal Tripartite review meeting in October 1983 that all the project equipment would be handed over to the national project authority as soon as final expenditure details were received by UNDP from Unesco. That final Tripartite meeting also reconfirmed that

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the project had satisfactorily met its original objectives and that various appreciative notes had been received from participating governments.

Funding

44. Final UNDP expenditure figures are shown in Appendix M.

III. RECOMMENDATIONS

45. Many of the course modules developed in, and compulsory in, the project course have been taken into the MLS programme as électives. In order that regional students get the full benefit of the information science components of the MLS programme, it would be necessary to ensure that an appropriate number of these modules be included in the compulsory category.

46. Some additional items of software for use with the UPILS micro-computers would be beneficial. Implementation of training packages already initiated under the project (e.g. COMPAIS and TUTOR) could be further developed jointly by the UPILS and the National Computer Institute.

47. At the conclusion of the project only one staff member of the UPILS was handling the important Information Technology module of the course. It is recommended that an additional full-time staff member of the UPILS be made available for teaching, research, systems development and student guidance.

48. The possibility should be considered of using the postgraduate course established in the project as the basis for a Master's degree in Information Studies rather than continuing its incorporation into the Master of Library Science degree programme, since the latter gives the impression of being limited to careers in libraries, rather than in the expanding field of information.

49. In order to ensure the proper use and maintenance. of the computer, software and other equipment provided by the project, it is recommended that the UPILS appoint, or obtain the services of, a technician.

50. The University computer centre has been equipped with an IBM 370 facility and is interested in extending its services. It would be beneficial to future regional course participants to receive training on this computer in the use of the Unesco supplied Computerized Documentation System (CDS/ISIS) software. This computer facility could also form the basis for a 3 to 4 week regional training workshop for information personnel.

51. It is recommended that the UPILS create for itself areas of high quality specialization as a basis for a high level research and training capability to serve the region and to create the conditions necessary for the establishment of a regional doctoral programme in information. The specializations could be developed on an interdisciplinary basis in collaboration with other institutes (College of Education, Institute of Mass Communication, National Computer Institute, etc.).

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52. The CASTASIA II recommendation to establish a regional network for the exchange of information and experiences in Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific, calls for further development in information manpower development. The UPILS is well placed to provide this training now, and should seize the opportunity of fulfilling this role, soliciting external funds for the purpose, if required.

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APPENDIX A

Structure of postgraduate course covering two semesters

Original structure, before integration with MLS course

Course title hours per course

i) required courses:

Information and Society 50 Information processing and handling 100 Information services 50 Information systems 50 Information system/centre planning and management 50 Information technology I 50 Information technology II 200 Communication 50 Systems analysis and operations research 60 Statistical methods 50 Research and methodology 50

ii) électives: (choice of one)

Information services for industry 30 Information services for agricultural development 30 Information service for socio-economic development 30 Information service in the health sciences 30

Total 790 hours

Postgraduate course integrated with MLS programme

I. Basic courses required of students with no undergraduate library science qualification:

Credit units

Libraries and librarianship 3 Selection and acquisition of library materials 3 Organization of library materials 3 Reference and bibliography 3 Library administration 3

LS LS

*LS LS LS

201 222

231 240 251

* Indicates course is required for the regional postgraduate course

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APPENDIX A (Cont'd)

Postgraduate course integrated with MLS programme (Cont'd)

Credit units

II. Courses required of all students:

LS 271 Seminar in Philippine librarianship 3

*LS 299 Research methodology 3 LS 290 Special problem OR 4 LS 300 Thesis 6

III. Electives:

Information and society 3 The Book in the History of Civilization 3 Filipiniana: Archival and Historical Materials 3 Librarianship and the Publishing World 3 Reading Interests of Children 3 Reading Interests of Young Adults 3 Special Materials 3 Advanced Cataloging and Classification 3 Literature of the Humanities 3 Information Sources and Systems in the Social Sciences 3

LS 243 Information Sources and Systems in Science and Technology 3

LS 244 Information Sources and Systems in the Health Sciences 3

LS 245 Information Sources and Systems in Business and Economics 3 Asian Reference Sources 3 Information Systems Planning and Management 3 The Academic Library 3 Comparative Librarianship 3 Introduction to Information Science 3 Information Analysis 3 Information Technology I 4 Information Technology II 5 Media Technology in Library and Information Science 3 Introduction to Archival Administration 3 Seminar in Public Librarianship 3 Seminar in Library Administration 3 Seminar in Education for Librarianship 3 Seminar in Classification and Indexing 3 1 Quantitative Methods in Library and

Information Studies 3

*LS LS LS

LS LS LS LS LS LS LS

202 203 210

221 224 225 228 232 241 242

LS LS LS LS LS *LS *LS *LS LS

LS LS LS LS *LS *LS

246 253 257 259 260 261 262 263 264

270 273 275 277 279 299

Indicates course is required for the regional postgraduate course

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APPENDIX A (Cont'd)

B. Postgraduate course integrated with MLS programme (Cont'd)

IV. Cognates:

Courses in related disciplines like education, mass communication, literature, history, political science, public administration, sociology.

Note: To qualify for the MLS degree, 13 credit units are required to be taken in the first semester and 14 in the second, for a total of 27 units. Although the postgraduate two semester course gives 24 credit units, these do not cover all the required courses in the MLS programme.

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APPENDIX B

Short courses, regional seminars and workshops

(i) Short courses for participants

SN Date

(a) (b)

Title

(c)

Remarks

(d)

1979 Jan. Feb.

1979 Nov.

1980 Jan. Feb.

1980 •Feb.

1980 Apr.

1930 Oct.

1981

5 -19

5-9

4 -15

11-15

7-11

13-17

March 9-25

1981 Oct. Nov.

1981 Nov. Dec.

23 -6

23 -4

Computer Applications in Library and Information Processing

CDS/ISIS

Computer Applications in Library and Information Processing

Information Centres for Developing Countries

Access to and Dissemination of Data in Science and Technology

Access to and Dissemination of Data in Science and Technology

Selective Dissemination of Information Information Services to" Corporate R & D

Access to and Dissemination of Data in Science and Technology

Quantitative Methods in Library and Information Science (Bibliometry)

Support: Unesco, UNDP, UK Ministry of Overseas Develop­ment (through British Council)

Experts : 2 from UK

Support: Unesco Experts: 1 from Unesco

Support: Unesco, UNDP, UK Ministry of Overseas Develop­ment (through British Council)

Experts : 1 from UK

Support : Unesco Experts: 1 from Thailand

Support: Unesco, ISCU/CODATA Experts: 1 from USA, 1 local

Support: UNDP

Experts :

Support: Experts ;

Unesco, ICSU/CODATA,

1 from USA, 1 local

UNDP 1 from India

Support: Unesco, ISCU/CODATA, UNDP

Experts: 1 from UK, 1 from USA, 1 local

Support: UNDP Experts: 1 from India

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APPENDIX B (Cont'd)

SN

(a)

Date

(b)

Title

(c)

Remarks

(d)

10 1982 Access to and Dissemination Support: Nov.2-4 of Data in Science and Experts:

Technology

Unesco, UNDP 1 from USA

(ii) Regional seminars/workshops organized by UPILS

1979 Oct. 15 -Nov. 3

1980 Nov. 11-28

1981 Feb. 13-17

1981 Nov. 16-20

CDS/ISIS Regional Training Course at Los Banos

Application of Modern Technology to Library and Information Processing

Information Standards

Audio-visual and Computer-assisted Instructional Aids in Library and Information Science Course

CDS/ISIS software and financial support from Unesco. System implemented on the computer facility at the Agricultural Resource Centre (ARC),Los Banos Participants: 17 from other Asian countries, 6 from the Philippines

Experts: 2 from Unesco, 2 local

Support: Unesco Cooperation: National Computer Institute, Technology Resource Centre, Agricultural Informa­tion Bank for Asia, and ARC at Los Banos

Participants: 18 from other Asian countries, 6 from Philippines

Experts: 1 from India, 1 from Thailand, 5 local

Support: Unesco Participants: 35 Experts: 1 from Canada, 1 from Hungary, 1 from Unesco, 1 local

Support: Unesco Cooperation: UP College of Education

Participants: 16 from other Asian countries, 6 from Philippines

Experts: 1 from UK, 2 local

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APPENDIX B (Cont'd)

SN

(a)

Date

(b)

Title

(c)

Remarks

(d)

1982 Nov. 2-12

User Orientation

1983 July 11-22

Information Sources, Systems and Services in the Social Sciences

1983 Oct. 10-14

Local Data Bases and their Use

1984 Oct. 29 -Nov. 2

Application of Micro­computers to Library and Information Management

Support: Unesco, UNDP Participants: 17 from other Asian countries, 10 from Philippines

Experts: 2 from USA, 2 from UK, 2 local

Support: Unesco Participants: 4 from Philippines, 10 from other Asian countries

Experts: 1 from France, 1 from India, 1 from UK, 1 from Unesco, Bangkok, 2 local

Support: Unesco Participants: 8 from Philippines, 8 from other Asian countries

Experts: 1 from Australia, 1 from Canada, 1 from Luxembourg, 1 from Thailand, 1 from USA

Support: Unesco Participants: 12 from Philippines, 12 from other Asian countries

Experts: 1 from USA, 1 from FRG

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APPENDIX C

Equipment, Furniture and Fittings Procured for Use in Postgraduate Course

Purchased out of UNDP Project Funds

Transport vehicle: Toyota Coaster, 26-seater

Microcomputers and associated requirements

Digital LS111 Zenith Ml-ll-Ul Data system Zenith WE-27 Heathkit microprocessor Z19 Heathkit terminal H19A (2) Winchester disc drive (10.7 Mb) Diablo 630 daisy wheel printer Transformers 125W; 500W

Video-cassette: Sony U-matic (multi-standard)" TV monitor for video-cassette - Sony

Sound-slide projector, Bell & Howell

Electronic Stencil Cutter - Facile Fax 770

Photocopier - Canon NP75

Electric typewriter IBM

Classroom fittings, computer room fittings, tables, trolleys for AV equipment, electric fans

Purchased out of National Science and Technology Authority counterpart funds

Thermofax Secretary transparency maker 3M

Slide projector Kodak carousel and screen

Overhead transparency projector 3M

Office furniture: Executive desk (2), Executive chair (3)

Donation

Microfiche reader - Canon (2) (Gift of Canon Co., Tokyo)

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APPENDIX D

Computer assisted Information Systems (COMPAIS) (a technical note)

COMPAIS is an online interactive information storage and retrieval system that also supports library applications such as Documents acquisitions management, Serials control, Circulation control, SDI, preparation of lists and indexes and authority files. The system has been designed and developed by the participants in the PG course in collaboration with the National Computer Institute, under the guidance of the Project Co-ordinator. The system, implemented on a UNIVAC 90/30 computer (131 K), handles different types of records, has novel features in the record design, is user-friendly, and serves as a good model for study and practice of computerized information storage and retrieval systems.

COMPAIS-Associated Modules:

a) Directly supported

1. Circulation control system 2. Selective dissemination of information (SDI) system 3. Serials control system (COSDC) 4. Documents acquisition information system (DAIS)

b) Lists/Indexes

1. Union catalogue of serials

2. Automated-Sought-Keyword-As-Lead index (ASKALEX)

c) Other systems based on the COMPAIS model

1. Information system on antibiotics 2. Information system on companies

3. Information system on computerized information system

d) Training module

1. TUTOR (computer-assisted trainer for COMPAIS)

All the systems have been implemented on the UNIVAC 90/30 computer. Some of the COMPAIS subsystems are now being implemented on the Heathkit H-ll and Zenith Z-80 microcomputers at the UPILS.

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APPENDIX D (Cont'd)

Instructional Aids to COMPAIS

TUTOR is a computer-assisted instruction module for COMPAIS developed by the participants in the PG course.

Tape-slide kits have been produced by the UPILS to aid students and prospective users of COMPAIS in understanding and using the system.

Manuals and complete documentation of the system are also available.

a) Manuals

Computer-assisted Information System (COMPAIS) II-A Manuals. 1981

Part I General description. Patricia B. Carino and others Part II Technical manual. Froilan B. Tinio and others Part III Source programmes. Froilan B. Tinio and others Part IV Appendices:

A. Input preparation manual. Patricia B. Carino and Emelita M. de Leon

B. On-line procedures manual. Patricia B. Carino C. Retrieval guidelines. Emelita M. de Leon

b) Tape-slide sets

Module CI Sign-on procedures Module C2A Inquiry function. Encode dictionary file Module C2B Inquiry function. Inverted file Module C2C Inquiry function. Master file Module C4A Update function. Adding/deleting dictionary records

COMPAIS: Computer-assisted information system. Patricia B. Carino. J. Info. Sei. 4(1982):49-60

Corporate body codes in COMPAIS. A. Neelameghan and Patricia B. Carino. Lib. Sci/Docum. 19;1982;1-21

Some user-friendly features of COMPAIS II-A. A. Neelameghan and Patricia B. Carino. In Library education across the boundaries of cultures: A festschrift to mark the Silver Jubilee celebration of the Library Science Department. Ed. by Anis Khurshid. Karachi: University of Karachi, Library Science Department, 1981. P.147-166.

DAIS: A computer-assisted documents acquisition information system. A. F. Cornelio, A. Neelameghan, and L. V. Tongco. J. Info. Sei. 5; 1982; 29-41

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APPENDIX D (Cont'd)

COSEC: A computerized serials control system. Erlinda F. Cadano and A. Neelameghan. 1982 (unpublished)

Automated Sought Keyword as Lead Index (ASKALEX). Sindoro Ali and A. Neelameghan (under publication)

Training in computer applications and online search for students of library science: A case study. A. Neelameghan and Patricia B. Carino. Unesco J. Info. Sei. Lib. Arch. Admin. 5;1983; (in press)

Development of audiovisual and computer-assisted instructional aids at the Institute of Library Science, University of the Philippines. A. Neelameghan. Asian Regional Seminar on Audiovisual and Computer-Assisted Instructional Aids in Library and Information Science Courses. Manila. 1981.

A regional training programme for science information specialists in Southeast Asia. 1. General overview. Ursula G. Picache and A. Neelameghan. FID/ET Workshop, Hong Kong, 6-9 September 1982.

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APPENDIX E

Distribution of Participants by Country

Country 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 Total

Southeast Asia

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Sub-total

15

20

4

2

10

1

5

22

6

2

10

1

4

23

4

1

9

1

2

16 17

2

1

7

12

22

6

60

3

19

110

Other Asian Countries

Bangladesh

Burma

China (PR)

Fiji

India

Nepal

Pakistan

South Korea

Sri Lanka

1

1

4 4

1

2

1

1

6

1

12

1

2

4

3

2

7

Sub-total 10 13 38

Grand Total 20 23 30 26 30 19 148

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APPENDIX F

Subject Background of Course Participants

(By subject major in highest degree)

Subject

(a)

Sei. and Tech.

Basic Sciences

Engin, and Techn.

Agriculture

Pharmacy-

Social Sciences

Library Sciences

Other Soc. Sciences

Humanities

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11 8

2

3

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20

9

b_

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1_

1

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4_

3

1

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Total

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14_

9

2

3

-

33_

23

10

6_

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(e)

24

15

7

1

1

11 2

7

1_

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Mast.

(f)

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6

3

2

-

11 12

3

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Total

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21

10

3

1

34_

24

10

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APPENDIX H

Distribution of Fellowships by Country

(Participants from other countries) (i.e. excluding Philippines)

Beneficiary Country UNDP UNESCO National/ UNDP/UNESCO/ FAO Projects

Other Sources

Total

Indonesia

Malaysia

Singapore

Thailand

Bangladesh

Burma

China (RP)

Fiji

India

Nepal

Pakistan

South Korea

Sri Lanka

13

4

2

16

3

1

10

2

2

2

5

(CFTC) (Lee)

(CFTC)

(Lee)

(Lee) (CFTC)

1 (IDRC)

1 (IDRC)

20

5

3

19

5

1

12

1

2

3

2

2

6

Total 60 81

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APPENDIX I

Study Tour of UPILS Faculty Members supported partially or fully with project or Unesco funds

Mr. J. C. Buenrostro

6 October - 17 December 1980. Attended the Sixth International Training on Information Storage and Retrieval Systems, SIET Institute, Hyderabad, India. (Colombo Plan fellowship)

13 - 21 December 1980. Study visits to INSDOC (New Delhi), Documentation Research and Training Centre (Bangalore) and Indian Institute of Technology Computer Centre (Madras) in India. (Project funds)

27 June - 21 August 1982. Attended the International Gradúate Summer School in Librarianship and Information Science, College of Librarianship, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK. (Project funds)

1 September - 30 November 1982. Participated in the Library Internship Programme for Southeast Asian Library Faculty Members, Ohio University Libraries, Athens, Ohio. (Project and Unesco funds)

Ms. P. B. Carino

4-29 July 1981. Attended the UNISIST/FID/IFLA International Summer School, Sheffied and London, UK. (Unesco support)

30 - 31 July 1981. Visited College of Librarianship, Aberystwyth, Wales to study the teaching of computerized information systems, etc. (project funds)

1-12 August 1981. Study visits to information systems of Unesco (Paris), ILO and WHO (Geneva) and FAO (Rome). (Project funds)

6-16 September 1982. Participated and presented papers at the FID/ET Workshop and FID Congress, Hong Kong. (Project funds)

22 - 25 May 1983. Attended the ASIS Mid-year Conference on Online Age: Assessment/Directions, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

6 - 8 June 1983. Attended Data Base '83 Conference, Budapest, Hungary. (Unesco funds)

10 - 15 June 1983. Attended UNIBID Advisory Committee Meeting on the Implementation of the UNISIST Reference Manual and Common Communication Format, Graz, Austria. (Unesco funds)

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ló - 22 June 1983. Study visits to information centres in Graz and Vienna, Austria.

Mrs. M. D. P. Cruz (ILS Librarian and part-time faculty)

6 - 8 June 1983. Attended Data Base '83 Conference, Budapest, Hungary. (Unesco funds)

10 - 15 June 1983. Attended UNIBID Advisory Committee Meeting on the Implementation of the UNISIST Reference Manual and Common Communication Format, Graz, Austria. (Unesco funds)

16 - 22 June 1983. Study visits to information centres in Graz and Vienna, Austria.

26 June - 2 July 1983. Study visits in London and Loughborough, England and Aberystwyth, Wales to observe applications of new technologies in libraries and information centres. (British Council support)

Mrs. R. B. Faderon

13 February - 22 March 1980. Study visits to library and information science schools of the University of Sheffied, Liverpool Polytechnic, Birmingham Polytechnic, and Aberystwyth, Wales; and the British Library. (Project funds)

23 - 25 March 1980. Visit to PGI and LAD, Unesco, Paris. (Project funds)

9 May - 6 June 1983. Attended the UNISIST/FID/IFLA International School on Advanced Information Work for Teachers and Workers in the Information Field, Graz, Austria.

Mrs. N. P. Hidalgo

22 - 28 August 1982. To attend IFLA Congress (especially sessions on archives and records management), Montreal, Canada. (Project funds)

29 - 30 August 1982. To participate in the IFLA Post-Conference for Editors of Library Journals in Developing Countries, Montreal, Canada. (Project funds)

1-24 September 1982. To study/visit national archives and records centres in Ottawa, Canada and Washington, D.C., USA; visit library schools of the University of Maryland, University of Illinois, etc. having courses in archives management. (Project funds)

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Ms. U. G. Picache

7 - 9 December 1978. Attended the Joint Conference of the Library Association of Singapore and the Persatuan Perpustakaan Malaysia on Information Infrastructures for the 80's in Singapore. (Unesco funds)

13 - 30 May 1980. Visit to four countries participating in the Regional Training project - Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, to study the impact of the regional training course. Also attended CONSAL V in Kuala Lumpur on «Access to Information». (Project funds)

3 October - 12 November 1981. Observational study tour to Paris, London, and Aberystwyth in UK and seven cities in the USA to visit library schools and discuss with the deans and senior faculty on matters relating to curriculum, teaching facilities, etc. (Project funds)

24 August - 4 September 1982. Visit to the People's Republic of China at the invitation of ISTIC, Beijing, to discuss further co-operation between the ISTIC and the Institute of Library Science. (Travel provided from Project funds)

6-16 September 1982. Participate and present papers at the FID/ET Workshop and FID Congress, Hong Kong. (Project funds)

30 August - 7 September 1983. Attended conference of the International Association of Orientalist Librarian (IAOL) in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan.

Mrs. M. E. Santos (left ILS)

7 May - 1 June 1979. Attended the UNISIST/FID/IFLA International School and Workshop for Teachers and Workers in the Information Field, Graz and Vienna, Austria. (Unesco support)

3 - 1 5 June 1979. Visited IDRC information system and the National Library and the National Science and Technical Information Centre, Ottawa, Canada. (IDRC support)

20 - 23 June 1979. Visited Unesco/PGI. (Unesco support)

Mrs. R. M. Vallejo

2 - 2 6 July 1978. Attended the UNISIST/FID/IFLA Summer School for Advanced Information Work, Sheffield, UK. (British Council support)

4 - 1 2 June 1979. Participated in the International Seminar on the Application of Standards in Information, Budapest, Hungary. (Unesco support)

24 - 27 August 1981. Study visit to the Centre for Research on User Studies, University of Sheffield. (Project funds)

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28 August - 11 September 1981. Participated in the British Council Course on Education for Library and Information Studies, College of Librarianship, Aberystwyth, Wales. (British Council support)

12 - 17 September 1981. Study visits to information centres/systems in and around Paris, France. (Unesco support)

15 August - 2 September 1982. To participate in the IFLA Congress and the Pre-Congress and Post-Congress seminars, Montreal, Canada. (Project funds)

30 August - 7 September 1983. Attended conference of the International Association of Orientalist Librarians (IAOL) in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan.

In addition to the above, the Project Co-ordinator was provided support:

- to attend and present papers at the FID/CAO Conference, Seoul, South Korea, 1979, followed by visit to selected institutions and organizations in Tokyo to identify resource persons, etc. for the course.

- to visit ISTIC and other institutions in the People's Republic of China in March 1980 and August 1982, to discuss areas of co-operation between the regional project in ILS and ISTIC.

- to participate and present papers at the FID/ET Workshop and represent Unesco/PGI at FID Congress, 6-13 September 1982, Hong Kong.

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APPENDIX J

Examples of Linkages between the Institute and other Institutions and Organizations at various levels

Institution Type of Link*

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LEVEL

Inst, of Mass Communication Statistical Centre College of Engineering Inst, for Small Scale Industries University Administration X X University Computer Centre

NATIONAL LEVEL (Philippines)

National Science and Technology Authority X X X Technology Resource Centre National Computer Institute Agricultural Resource Centre, Los Banos Unesco National Commission of the Philippines X

X X X X

X

X X X X

X

X

X

X X X X

X

X X X

X X X X

REGIONAL LEVEL

Unesco Regional Offices, Jakarta, New Delhi Agri. Info. Bank for Asia, SEARCA, Los Bano s, Laguna Asian Inst, of Technology, Bangkok Dev. Commun. Training Centre, Bangkok UNDP Offices Institutes in other countries in the region Unesco National Commissions in the region

INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

UNDP Unesco Lib/Info. Sei. Schools in other countries UK Ministry of Overseas Development, British Council

X X

X

X X

X X

X X

X

X X

X X X

X

X X

X

* 1 2

3 4

Administrative Organizational assistance (selection of participants, applicants, etc.) Financial support Resource persons

5 - Access to facilities 6 - Library course materials 7 - Use as training centre

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APPENDIX K

Experts/Consultants/External Lecturers (UNDP-Unesco supported)

Name Country Subject Duration

Expert : Neelameghan, A.

Consultants:

Wood, Frances*

Bull, Gilian*

Del Bigio, G.

Walker, Géraldine*

Vails, J.

Hampel, V.E.

India

U.K.

U.K.

Unesco/LAD

U.K.

Thailand

USA

Library & Information Science. Project Co-ordinator/Lecturer

Computer applications in info, service

Info, systems

CDS/ISIS

Computer applications in info, service

Information services

Numerical data; Computer applications

Haravu, H. J.

Watson, M.E.

India

U.K.

SDI; Info, services

Numerical data

Ravichandra Rao, I.K. India

Hildreth, C.

Thompsom, A. H.

USA

U.K.

Quantitative methods in Lib./info. sei.

Online access; OCLC

Media technology

29 July 1978 -30 November 1982

5 January - 19 February 1979

5 January - 19 February 1979

5-9 November 1979

4 January - 15 February 1980

11-15 February 1980

7-12 April 1980 13-17 October 1980 23 October -6 November 1981 24 October -4 November 1982

3-22 March 1981

23 October -6 November 1981

23 November -4 December 1981

2-8 November 1982

2^8 November 1982

* Support also by the UK Ministry of Overseas Development/British Council

Polinière (France), Michel Menou (France), Peter Havard-Williams (U.K.) and others visiting Manila on other missions have presented lectures to the participants in the PG course.

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APPENDIX L

Advice on Information Systems, information services planning

- The US International Communication Agency/Thomas Jefferson Cultural Centre (Philippines) in Makati, Metro Manila

- The International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Makati, Metro Manila

- The United Laboratories, Inc., Mandaluyong, Metro Manila

- The National Science and Technology Authority, Manila

- The Central Library, University of the Philippines, Quezon City

Demonstration of online access to remote databases through international telecommunications networks (TYMNET, TELENET).

Organization of short courses on computer applications in library and information services, for NSTA.

Special studies arrangement:

- Arrangements made, at the request of the UNDP, for two officials of the Ministry of Education, Malaysia, to receive training in the Philippines in educational data handling for 2 weeks and 8 weeks respectively.

- A participant in the SEARCA/AIBA programme from Nepal was accommodated in the Systems Analysis and DBMS courses of the Information Technology module, at the request of AIBA, Los Banos.

- A team of Filipino graduates of the regional course were provided project funds to develop the COMPAIS system and related documentation. These are used in the training courses.

- Graduates of the regional course have been placed, at their request, in appropriate institutions in the Philippines and in Bangkok, Thailand, for short periods (2 to 6 weeks) for post-course observational study and hands-on experience.

- The International Development Research Centre (Canada), Unesco/PGI, UNAM/Mexico, etc. were provided with organizational and other details for developing similar regional courses in other parts of the world.

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