Archived Programmes and Projects

This page outlines a number of INASP's past programmes and projects which have now come to a close. If you would like more information on any of the projects discussed below, please use the indicated contact details.

African Association of Universities (AAU) Ad Hoc Committee on University Libraries
INASP assisted the establishment of this Committee, through support for its meetings, publications and a conference, from 1998 onwards. In July 2002, the Executive Board of the AAU decided that the Library Committee should be like any other AAU Committee, subject to the same rules and conditions.

For further information, contact inasp@inasp.info.


African Journals Online Publishing Project (AJOPP)
AJOPP was initiated at a meeting in Zimbabwe in 2001 with the goal of enabling selected African journals to be included on commercial online hosting services. Participants represented journals that were sufficiently well established to benefit from online publication, and who had expressed a desire to be supported in this endeavour. Outcomes from this original workshop were implementation plans for each of the journals, and INASP supported them to publish on different platforms, including Project Muse, Ingenta and Extenza (now Atypon). Support for the journals was provided by Roger Stringer in Zimbabwe. In 2006 a follow-up workshop was held based on the evaluation of the project. The projected ended at the end of 2007.

For further information, contact inasp@inasp.info.


Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award
During 2006 and early 2007, INASP worked with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to administer their 2007 Access to Learning Award. This annual award recognises excellence in providing access to information through computers, at no cost to the user. The recipient receives an award of up to US $1 million.
 
For further information about the award and for applications for future awards, please visit the Gates Foundation website or send an email to ATLA@gatesfoundation.org


CARINDEX
CARINDEX is an index to the contents of West Indian journals, published in the Caribbean region. It also includes theses, papers presented at conferences, collections of working papers, etc.

For more information, contact Mrs Kathleen Helenese-Paul.


Clearing House
The establishment of a Clearing House was recommended by librarians attending the 1996 meeting of the Standing Conference of African National and University Libraries in East, Central and Southern Africa (SCANUL-ECS). From 1998 to the end of 2001 it was managed by the Department of Library and Information Science at Harare Polytechnic, Zimbabwe. their remit was to collect, repackage and disseminate information related to the management of academic libraries in Africa. From January 2002, the host has been the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

For further information, contact inasp@inasp.info.


INASP-Health
Between 1996 and 2004, INASP-Health coordinated activities in the area of health information support. Activities included establishing a directory of organisations, email discussion lists, online resources and links, workshop series and other forums for health professionals to meet and exchange ideas.

During 2004-2005, INASP-Health developed the concept for a Global Review on Access to Information for Health Professional in Developing Countries to examine what had, and what not, been achieved in health information access.

A series of public workshops, open to everyone with an interest in issues of access to information for health professionals in developing and emerging countries, were organised on a regular basis between 1998 and 2003. These meetings were replaced by the discussions on HIF-net.

The World Health Organization (WHO) worked in cooperation with INASP with the aim of developing a strategic framework for international cooperation between the WHO and other organisations involved in improving access to health information.

For more information about any of the above projects, contact health@inasp.info.


Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information – Phase 1 (PERI)
The first phase of the PERI was a five year programme running from 2002-2007. PERI has since entered into a second five year phase (PERii) which will run from 2008-2012.

For further information on PERI activities, see the annual reports and highlights. For any other information, contact inasp@inasp.info or see the second phase (PERii) pages.


Revitalisation of Information and Library Services to the Public in Africa
From 2000 to 2003, INASP worked with national and public libraries in Africa to support them in their role of providing access to information and knowledge. guided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York's International Development  programme. Activities included a number of training initiatives and support for the newsletters and workshops of national library associations.

A number of books and resources were produced as part of this programme:

  • Public Libraries in Africa: a report and annotated bibliography (2000)
  • Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: a selective review of studies and projects (2001)
  • The Book Chain in Africa: a survey and directory (2002) (available online)
  • Income Generation: experiences from public library systems in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (2003)
  • Reader Development and Reading Promotion: recent experiences from seven countries in Africa (2003)
  • Workshop materials on Advocacy and Lobbying; Monitoring and Evaluation; Proactive Librarianship: marketing and public relations; Using the Internet (2003) (Available online)
  • The Use of ICTs in African Public Library Services (2004)

For further information, contact inasp@inasp.info.