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2019 Oct 18Improvement of the book classification system in the CHM-Burundi library
To improve the classification system for books in the CHM-Burundi library, the activities planned are as follows:
- Organize a training course for three librarians in library management;
- Provide the library with three filing cabinets for books from the CHM-Burundian library in Gitega;
- Provide the library with a scanner and a laptop for computerizing and publishing its bibliographical content online;
- Make 4000 index cards for books available to the library;
- Encode all the books in the library under a card system, computerize them and store them in appropriate cabinets on shelves that are also encoded;
- Publish all library bibliographies on the website.
1. LIBRARY MANAGEMENT TRAINING
Following the call for tenders launched by INECN, a National Consultant, an expert in library science, was recruited to train three INECN librarians in library management. This training, conducted by Mr. NDAYISHIMIYE Dieudonné, National Consultant, began on October 1, 2012 at the library of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Burundi. The duration of the training is 20 days, including 15 days at the library of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Burundi, in Bujumbura and 5 days at the INECN library in Gitega. The main points of the training are as follows:
Train three technicians at the Library of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Burundi through the following themes:
- System for scoring bibliographical references (in detail and in short);
- System for encoding documents on bibliographic search sheets;
- Shelf shelf encoding system for easy search;
- System for recording data in registers;
- Document computerization system (appropriate software);
- Filing system (classification by type of document, indications and labelling);
- Book management (pick-up and delivery and withdrawal card)
and Philomène Nigateretse