PITRO - project

The University library of Dar es Salaam (UDSL) and University

library of Oslo (UBO)Presented by Anne-Mette Vibe 2010-03-19 at Hamar

The PITRO-project is run by SIU - The Norwegian Centre for International

Cooperation in Higher Education (Bergen)

Belongs to ”The Tanzania Agreement” and startet for

University of Oslo in 2009. The university library is involved

during 2009 and 2010. 240.000 N. Kr.

WHY?From ”Aftenposten” 31.10.2010:

”When we all know that the system is corrupt, why do we keep on donating money? Cooksey asks retorically. He believes that part of the answer lies in the peace and stability in Tanzania, they do not fight with their neighbors. This has been the situation for a long time. The donors need success stories. Thus, Tanzania is still a favorite country for donors”.

This is not a success story

It is rather a short story with no ending

– so far

University library of Dar es SalaamNumber of staff about 100.

-25% very well educated. Bachelor in a major subject. Master in librarianship.-The rest are librarians with a Bachelor in librarianship, and other administrative functions. ICT section i.e. consists of 6 persons.

Special section: East African Rare and Archival Research Collection.

-History of Swahili speaking people.-Unpublished works pertaining to the study of Kiswahili language.- Maps, including old German maps.

Website for UDSL - and Reality•

  AVAILABLE ONLINE PERI RESOURCES FOR TANZANIA • AGORA• The AGORA site provides access to over 500 journals from major scientific publishers in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. • URL: http://www.aginternetwork.org • Blackwell Publishing • Provides access to 340+ full-text journals in Science, Technology, Medicine and 300+ in Social Science and Humanities. Full text for Journal Published by Blackwell. • URL: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com • COCHRANE LIBRARY • Medical resources comprising of Databases of full-text reviews, abstracting of further reviews, a controlled trials register, Methodology register, Handbook and other Literature. • URL: http://www.update-software.com/clibng/cliblogon.htm • EBSCO host • This is a multi disciplinary resource with good coverage in Social Science, Humanities, Nursing and Medicine. It provides access to 8 databases with over 10,000 full-text journals. • URL : http://search.epnet.com • EMERALD • This is a collection of Journals and databases in management disciplines, computing, engineering and Library and Information Sciences. Over 120 journal titles are available as full-text. • URL : http://mustafa.emeraldinsight.com • • ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (EOLSS) • Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) is the world's largest source of thematically organized knowledge. The EOLSS body of knowledge is an integrated compendium of sixteen component encyclopedias (also known as Subject Categories in the taxonomy of EOLSS). • URL: http://www.eolss.net • GALE DATABASE • Includes 2 services: • 1. Academic ASAP is a multi disciplinary resource with 1,200 journal titles of which 700 are full-text. • Direct URL (ASAP): http://infotrac.london.galegroup.com/itweb/daressal • 2. Health and Wellness Resources Center • Revised reference database for Health and Medical Information with 700 Journals, 300 pamphlets, Medical reference and Encyclopaedia. • Direct URL for Health and Wellness Resources Center : • URL:http://infotrac.london.galegroup.com/itweb/daressal?db=HWRC • • INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS PUBLISHING • 36 of the world's most prestigious journals in physics and related disciplines. • URL :http://www.iop.org/EJ/ • • INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW (IFR) • A peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes papers, research notes and book reviews on all aspects of forestry and forest research. • For Direct Access International Forestry Review Journal Full Text visit: • http://www.extenza-eps.com/extenza/contentviewing/viewJournal.do?journalId=151 • Note : To Access Full text Pop Ups should be enabled to your browser. • Current Awareness with abstracts only for all Extenza Journals visit: • www.extenza-eps.com • • INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION (ISI) • The Web of Science provides seamless access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. • URL : http://isiknowledge.com • Web of Science: • Science Citation Index Expandeda 1990-present • Social Science Citation Index 1990-present • Arts & Humanities Citation Index 1990-present • • Journal Citation Reports on the Web: • Science Edition 2003 • Social Sciences 2003 • Access is for a maximum of 10 simultaneous users. • • MULTILINGUAL MATTERS • Focuses in research on multilingualism and minority language rights, offering access to 17 journals in this specialized field. • URL : http://www.multilingual-matters.com • • NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (NRC) • Online Journals in a broad range of research areas in Natural Science and Civil Engineering. Full text of all 15 NRC Research Press journals, 14 with full text going back to 2001. • URL : http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/rp/rp2_jour_e • • OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS • Provides access to over 120 journals in all fields of Science, Technology, Medicine, Humanities and Social Sciences published by Oxford University Press. • URL : http://www.oupjournals.org • • ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) • OECD provides access to 18 SourceOECD Books, 24 SourceOECD Periodicals, SourceOECD Statistics (large range of topics from Agriculture), IEA Statistics (including Energy Prices and Taxes, World Energy Statistics and Balances etc.). • URL: http://new.sourceoecd.org • • PALGRAVE MACMILLAN JOURNALS • Palgrave Macmillan offer a combined portfolio of 25 peer-reviewed e-journals. Subject Strengths: Social Sciences, Management, Urban Design and Architecture. • URL : http://www.palgrave-journals.com • • ROYAL SOCIETY JOURNALS • Provides access to 4 Royal Society of London journals. Covers Biological and Physical Sciences. • URL : http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk • • SPRINGER LINK • A multi disciplinary resource containing 1,250 full-text journals published by Springer/Kluwer. Strong in the Science and Technology disciplines: • URL : www.springerlink.com • • WILEY INTERSCIENCE • Access to the full text of over 300 leading scientific, technical medical and professional Journals. • URL : http://www3.interscience.wiley.com • • CURRENT AWARENESS • (INDEXING AND ABSTRACTING SERVICES) • • British Library Inside Web • Indexing service • URL: http://inside.bl.uk • • African Journals Online (AJOL) • An index of African Journals with INASP • URL: http://www.ajol.info • DATAD • This is a database of Dissertations and Theses submitted to 11 Universities in Africa including the University of Dar es Salaam . • URL: www.aau.org/datad/database • • • UDSM Library ©2007. All Right Reserved

E-resources did not work at all. Why?(Big problems – small problems)

• Sarec/Sida from Sweden did not pay in 2009 (not correct).

• Network extremely slow. Although a new broad band cable was installed in Tanzania last summer, the University has not had any advantage of it yet.

• And, also: ”Machines do not like dust”.

There is a lot of dust in the working rooms in the library!

In spite of a nice campus and their own library building -

I will describe the status of the university library as low.

Few researchers seemed to use it.

The situation was quite different a decade ago.

That is probably why they asked for special concern for the library in the PITRO project application.

What works, and what can be done?• The local database (OPAC) works. • We will go two persons for a visit to help and solve the rest of

their ICT-problems.

• UBO has offered to send 40 articles for free this year. (UBB).

• Their East-African collection is very interesting. Digitize?

• UBO may help keep their website on e-resources updated.

What’s in it for us?

The staff seemed to be very competent and eager to improve their services!

Their culture is a challenge and a way of learning for us.

Studying a university library in a ”smaller scale” help us see our own library clearer. Libraries are international and after all based on the same principles.

Thank you from Africa! This is for everybody who missed an animal in my presentation.