Stimulate 6 Final Presentation

• Kodjo Elolo Atiso• Librarian• Animal Research

Institute, P. O. Box AH 20, Achimota Ghana

• eltiso@yahoo.com

Program content

• Content geared towards professional development of librarians.

• e.g. Statistics for library management,

• Web information retrieval

• CDS ISIS etc.

• Study visits provided opportunity to meet experienced librarians

Suggestion to improve program

• Program content should be cut down so participants can master subjects taught

• Given the short period, some subjects should be given a priority

Strong points about program

• Opportunity to be taught and interact with professors from diverse background

• Excellent study visits to meet experienced librarians.

Academic content

• CDS ISIS database management especially through the www

• Web page development, HTML and XML

• Citation analyses etc

Program weak points

• Too many subjects for 3 months did not allow participants to really master any.

• Accommodation= one washroom for a whole floor is not the best.

Recommendations to Home Institute

• Creation of a digital library with greenstone digital library software.

• Publishing library catalogue on the web using CDS ISIS