IOC-KMFRI-RECOSCIX (WIO) Regional Training COurse on Microcomputer-based Marine Library Information Management., Mombasa, Kenya, 10-21 August 1992.
The IOC Regional Committee for the Co-operative Investigation in the North and Central Western Indian Ocean, at its Second Session (Arusha, Tanzania, 7-11 December 1987), welcomed the outline of a project proposal entitled Regional Co-operation in Scientific Information Exchange in the Western Indian Ocean region (RECOSCIX-WIO).It called on the IOC and Unesco to seek the extrabudgetary funding required for the implementation of Phase I. It invited the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) to act as the Dispatch Centre for the RECOSCIX-WIO project during the Pilot Phase. It recognized that, for the system to work effectively in the region, long-term training in the field of marine information management would be necessary, with the view to developing a regional component of ASFIS. It called on the Belgian Government to continue assisting RECOSCIX-WIO and its extension to the region. The RECOSCIX-WIO project was effectively launched by the IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of Unesco) in February 1989. The Regional Dispatch Centre (RDC) was located at the KMFRI in Mombasa (Kenya) under the co-management of an Unesco Associate Expert. In August 1991 the project was taken over by the Belgian Government through the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR, Brussel, Belgium) and the Limburg University Centre (LUC, Diepenbeek, Belgium). In January 1992 an expert of the Flemish Association for Development Co-operation and technical Assistance (VVOB, Brussel, Belgium) replaced the Associate Expert in Mombasa. With the funding of the Belgian Government, a full implementation of the project became possible, including the training component. Two Bzlgian lecturers in Library and Information Sciences accepted the invitation of the RECOSCIX-WIO project director and chief librarian of the LUC, to come to Mombasa and give a Training Course to the librarians and documentation officers of the marine institutes in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region. The purpose of the Training Course was to teach the participants the basic skills to establish a bibliographic database using the CDWISIS software, developed by Unesco. These skills will be used to build a collective catalogue of library holdings of marine institutes in the WIO region and a bibliographic database of publications on the region. The Training Course was organised by the RECOSCIX-WIO project, under the auspices of the KMFRI, and funded by the Belgian Government through the LUC and by the IOC. Additional funds were provided by the IOC for the participation of a participant from the Ivory Coast and by the Law of the Sea project (University of Nairobi, Kenya and University of Gent, Belgium) for the participation of its documentation officer. The course was held in the Bandari College (Kenya Ports Authority) in Mombasa, Kenya, from 10 till 21 August 1992.
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| Format: | Report biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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UNESCO
1992
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| Subjects: | Microcomputers, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/5601 |
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| Summary: | The IOC Regional Committee for the Co-operative Investigation in the North and Central Western Indian Ocean, at its Second Session (Arusha, Tanzania, 7-11 December 1987), welcomed the outline of a project proposal entitled Regional Co-operation in Scientific Information Exchange in the Western Indian Ocean region (RECOSCIX-WIO).It called on the IOC and Unesco to seek the extrabudgetary funding required for the implementation of Phase I. It invited the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) to act as the Dispatch Centre for the RECOSCIX-WIO project during the Pilot Phase. It recognized that, for the system to work effectively in the region, long-term training in the field of marine
information management would be necessary, with the view to developing a regional component of ASFIS. It called on the Belgian Government to continue assisting RECOSCIX-WIO and its extension to the region.
The RECOSCIX-WIO project was effectively launched by the IOC (Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission of Unesco) in February 1989. The Regional Dispatch Centre (RDC) was located at the KMFRI in Mombasa (Kenya) under the co-management of an Unesco Associate Expert. In August 1991 the project was taken over by the Belgian Government through the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR, Brussel, Belgium) and the Limburg University Centre (LUC, Diepenbeek, Belgium). In January 1992 an expert of the Flemish Association for Development Co-operation and technical Assistance
(VVOB, Brussel, Belgium) replaced the Associate Expert in Mombasa.
With the funding of the Belgian Government, a full implementation of the project became
possible, including the training component. Two Bzlgian lecturers in Library and Information Sciences accepted the invitation of the RECOSCIX-WIO project director and chief librarian of the LUC, to come to Mombasa and give a Training Course to the librarians and documentation officers of the marine institutes in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region.
The purpose of the Training Course was to teach the participants the basic skills to establish a bibliographic database using the CDWISIS software, developed by Unesco. These skills will be used to build a collective catalogue of library holdings of marine institutes in the WIO region and a bibliographic database of publications on the region.
The Training Course was organised by the RECOSCIX-WIO project, under the auspices of the KMFRI, and funded by the Belgian Government through the LUC and by the IOC. Additional funds were provided by the IOC for the participation of a participant from the Ivory Coast and by the Law of the Sea project (University of Nairobi, Kenya and University of Gent, Belgium) for the participation of its documentation officer. The course was held in the Bandari College (Kenya Ports Authority) in Mombasa, Kenya, from 10 till 21 August 1992. |
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