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Collection Management and Acquisitions within the UGLS

On Friday, August 13 I was a guest at a Radio Universe programme; "Let's go to the Library". Radio Universe is at the University of Ghana. Host was Mr. Abdulai Khan. 

The one hour programme was a discussion on collection development of the University of Ghana Library System narrowing to the Balme Library. There was a digression on the Public Procurement Law, as it has affected UGLS library book acquisitions to a large extend. 

 

 

Institutional Repository (IR): How to start

The University of Ghana has embraced Institutional Repositories. It has the UGSpace.

A presentation on the topic at a workshop to give participants with hands-on demonstration.

Literacy Week Celebration

The University of Ghana Basic Schools launched its maiden Literacy Week Celebration from November 17-21, 2014 at the School premises on November 17, 2014.

CAN YOU READ?

The Four Goals for the Celebration are:

• To help those pupils who are not able to mention words properly.
•  To assist the pupils to be able to comprehend what they read.
• To enable the pupils acquire information, learn from good examples, expose wrongs doings for them to desist from those acts. All to broaden the pupils critical thinking abilities. 
• To inculcate in the pupils the desire to look for information to read.

The Reading List

Selected book were given to all classes to read. The pupils were assessed at the end of the week. Books selected were authored by African writers who used unique style of element of dramer. The books are as follows:

Academic Usage of Social Networking Sites

Social Networking, a recent and evolving medium, how the academia needs to embrace it; was delivered on November 5, 2014 at the Information Studies Students Association (ISSA) Seminar held at the Information Studies Department, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra.

The Presentation

Kindness in Librarianship | Not Dead Yet

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Kindness in Librarianship a fine piece from Cheryl LaGuardia,  Library Journal.

I picked the following from the article;

1. Slow Down And Be Curious About Others
2. Look Them in the Eyes
3. Smile at Them

Happy 2014

A Happy New Year to all. Let us all work very hard and diligently to make the year a successful one.