EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project Capacity Building Manager Ruth Bird will travel to Yangon to facilitate two workshops for library leadership at six new eLibrary Myanmar project university partners (Mandalay Technological University; Mawlamyine University; Sittwe University; University of Computer Studies, Mandalay; University of Computer Studies, Yangon, and Yangon technological University).

The focus of the workshops is development and management of library collections, and management of libraries, including staff organization and job descriptions .

The workshops take place within the context of rapid development of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure at academic and research libraries in Myanmar, and introduction of a range of high-quality international journals, databases and e-books through the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar Project.

Read more about EIFL's work in Myanmar.