[eifloa] Report Back:OA Activities -Malawi

[Kondwani Wella]

Hannie,

Can we have the privilege of reading your paper, after you have 
presented it of course.

Kondwani

Sander, Hannie wrote:
> Dear All
>  
> I have been following the past emails and I can only echo Susan's 
> praises of the activity, enthusiasm and progress made to date.
>  
> I'm leaving on Friday to present a paper (Challenging Libraries In The 
> Alternative Dissemination Of African Scholarly Communication) next week 
> at* *the 28th IATUL Global Access to Science Conference in Stockholm, 
> where the focus will also be towards Open Access and IR's.
>  
> Congratulations to you all. Keep the good work up!
>  
> Kindest regards
> Hannie
>  
> 
> 
> Hannie Sander
> Executive Director: Library and Information Centre
> University of Johannesburg
> PO Box 524
> Auckland Park
> JOHANNESBURG
> 2006
> 
> email: jsander at uj.ac.za <mailto:jsander at uj.ac.za>
> 
> Tel +27 11 559 2169
> 
> *Please note change of telephone number from 1 June 2007 to +27 11 559 2169*
> 
> Fax +27 11 726 7723
> 
>  
> 
>  
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Susan Veldsman [mailto:susan.veldsman at eifl.net]
> *Sent:* Tue 2007/06/05 03:56 PM
> *To:* eifloa at eifl.net
> *Subject:* RE: [eifloa] Report Back:OA Activities -Malawi
> 
> Dear Lidia,
> 
> Thanks for the update! This is fantastic to see what progress are being
> made!
> 
> Good luck, this is fantastic endeavor and beginning at the right place!
> 
> KIND REGARDS
> SUSAN
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lidia Chiotha [mailto:lchiotha at chanco.unima.mw]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:09 PM
> To: susan.veldsman at eifl.net
> Cc: eifloa at eifl.net
> Subject: [eifloa] Report Back:OA Activities -Malawi
> 
> 
> Dear Susan and all,
> 
> It has been quite interesting to read of all the OA activities taking
> place in different institutions. Malawi also has taken some small steps in
> that direction:
> 
> 1.    The new Research Policy adopted by the University of Malawi has a
> statement on Institutional Repositories.
> 
> 2. The University of Malawi Postgraduate Committee at its recent meeting,
> set up a subcommittee comprising Librarians and Teaching staff to work out
> on logistics of a Digital Repository for theses. Margaret Ngwira former
> eIFL country coordinator will see the kick off of this exercise.
> 
> 3. MALICO is working in the background on Greenstone having been
> influenced by Renate's good work at University of Namibia.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Lidia Chiotha
> University Central Library
> Chancellor College
> P.O. Box 280, Zomba, Malawi
> 
> Phone: 265 (0) 1 524222 ext. 138
>      : 265 (0) 9 333079 / 08 784889
> 
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*Kondwani** Wella*

University of Malawi

Kamuzu College of Nursing

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Lilongwe

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