Managing Libraries and Documentation Centres

Start: Dec 4, 2023
End: Dec 15, 2023
Venue: Mombasa - Kenya
Duration: 2 weeks
Start: Oct 2, 2024
End: Oct 13, 2024
Venue: ESAMI Headquarters - Arusha - Tanzania
Duration: 2 weeks
Statement of Need

Libraries have played a big role since the human being begun to seek to understand what lies beyond what is known. Scholars, decision makers, planners and even the general knowledge seekers have for ages depended and continue to depend on them. Information was kept on formats like animal skins; walls; papyrus. These formats have turned out to be useful sources of very rare information/knowledge. It is important to ensure that the people who are in charge of such information sources are well trained in developing, designing, evaluating systems that are used for creation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information to the clients.

Who Attends

Information services managers e.g. librarians, documentalists, knowledge workers in fields like health, education, public services, etc.

How participants will benefit

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Apply techniques to manage the information services of an organization more effectively and efficiently;
  • Develop and design information services capable of serving the information needs of the organization;
  • Develop individual subject interest profiles for customizing services to individuals;
  • Monitor and evaluate the performance of the information services.
Fees

1500 USD to cover tuition and training materials only