Malawi Workshops
Below are details of some recent workshops run by INASP and local partners.
Web page design and authoring, leading to library web pages, University of Malawi, Kamuzu College of Nursing Library, Lilongwe, 22-25 January 2008
Organised by the Malawi Library and Information Consortium (MALICO), this training workshop was attended by 16 participants from amongst the consortium membership. Lead facilitator was Sydney Ngwira from Mzuzu University and Co-facilitator was Tiwonge Msulira-Banda from the UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking. The workshop was presented with the aim of building capacity and enabling use of personally created websites in marketing individual institutions and the e-resources available to them. Participants deemed this a very useful workshop and appreciated the use of practical local website examples. Requests from participants included provision of an advanced level of this training to further develop the skills acquired.
Bandwidth management and optimisation – Linux Essentials Training workshop, University of Malawi, College of Medicine, 3-7 December, 2007
This technical Linux skills training was provided in response to identified need expressed by the Malawi Research Education Network (Universities of Malawi and Mzuzu). The workshop aims to contribute to their objectives of improving internet connectivity by enhancing the skills of the technical personnel who participate. The Network is strategising on low-cost solutions for e-learning, student management systems and see Linux as a core infrastructure for housing free open software. Participants are now expected to pioneer Linux use in their respective institutions. The event was facilitated by Mr M Monawe and attended by thirteen participants from the technical support team within the University of Malawi (UNIMA) and Mzuzu University.
Malawi Library Consortium (MALICO).
The Consortium organised a one day follow up review meeting in May for participants of the 2006 Working together to support research (WTSR) workshop. The local group of 18 participants attended and they reviewed progress, shared ideas and identified areas for further development.
MALICO also coordinated the workshop entitled Monitoring and Evaluation of E-resource Usage (MEERU) from 19-21 September with 15 participants from 8 institutions in Malawi. Feedback from this event gave it a 100% rating for content and relevance to work and felt better placed to constructively choose and monitor resources as a result.
Group photograph with guests, taken after the Opening Ceremony
MEERU workshop in Malawi September 2007
ICT training workshop on Web Design and Internet Research at Mzuzu University in Malawi, 2nd – 4th May 2007
The Department of Library and Information Science at Mzuzu University held a Web Design and Internet Research Workshop from the 2nd – 4th May 2007 in the American Corner Library in Malawi. Sydney Ngwira was the local event organizer and coordinator, which had 17 participants from tertiary institutions, government departments and non governmental organizations in the Northern Region of Malawi. Participants found the knowledge gained in both designing websites and the ablity to use different internet research strategies very useful and relevant to their work.