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African Digital Libraries Support Network
**ADLSN now has its own website: http://www.adlsn.org/ **
Digital Libraries are important for Africa as they will enable the creation of local content, strengthen the mechanisms and capacity of civil society, and increase the portability, efficiency of access, flexibility, availability and preservation of content.
In this context the free and open source software (FOSS) Greenstone digital library software suite, provides a unique resource to promote the development of digital libraries in Africa.
During 2009-2010 EIFL-FOSS facilitated African Digital Libraries Support Network project (formerly Southern African Greenstone Support Network),generously supported by the Koha Foundation, which aimed to
- strengthen the existing national centres and networks in southern Africa through centre specific investments and activities
- start longer term support of other African countries' use of Greenstone through the expertise located in existing national centres through an array of means ranging from remote assistance to on-site visits as well as facilitating locally organised training
- extend the network by facilitating candidate national centres in organising start-up training for their country along with neighbouring ones and setting up support
- actively seek the network's expertise and support to grow the numbers of operational Greenstone digital collections, benefiting both creation and access of African local content
- work towards a self-reliant and self-sufficient network of national centres in a broad landscape of libraries, archives and museums by 2010
This project was regionally coordinated by Amos Kujenga of NUST Library (Zimbabwe), working in conjunction with Repke de Vries, the EIFL Southern African Greenstone Coordinator.
Contacting the Centres in the Support Network
- Kenya - University of Nairobi Library: Agatha Kabugu akabugu[@]uonbi.ac.ke or Rosemary Otando rosemary.otando[@]uonbi.ac.ke
- Lesotho - Lesotho College of Education Library: Lebohang Letsie l.letsie[@]lce.ac.ls or the National University of Lesotho Library: Mapasane Lephoto mlephoto[@]nul.ls
- Malawi - Bunda College Library, University of Malawi: Geoffrey Salanje gsalanje[@]bunda.unima.mw
- Namibia - information to follow
- Nigeria - Sir Kashim Ibrahim Library at Ahmadu Bello University (Zaria): Ibrahim Usman Alhaji uscoma[@]yahoo.co.uk or Abbey Iyun abbeyiyun[@]yahoo.com
- Senegal - Bibliothèque Centrale Université Gaston Berger: Antonin Benoît Diouf antonin-benoit.diouf[@]ugb.edu.sn
- Tanzania - COSTECH Knowledge Management section: Africa Bwamkuu jbwamkuu[@]costech.or.tz
- Zimbabwe - NUST Library: Amos Kujenga akujenga[@]gmail.com
Email discussion list
There is an email discussion list where everyone participating in the African Digital Libraries Support Network can share anything related to digitisation and digital libraries - Greenstone in particular. The list is intended for both beginners and the more experienced, and for all professions that design, implement, maintain and market digital libraries as well as create its digital content: librarians, archivists, museum curators, IT departments etc.
Many list members received training from one of the national centres in the Southern African Greenstone Support Network. Others joined from related training initiatives. Most are on their way to implement their first Greenstone application. The list helps in this endeavour by sharing problems and solutions, ideas and experiences.
List information
Greenstone training events
- Past Training Events 2010 - 2009
- Past Training Events 2008 - 2007
