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Bart Nwafor Staff Development Programme

The Bart Nwafor Staff Development Programme was initiated and agreed upon by members of the IFLA Africa Section as a way of providing South-South assistance in the important area of Staff Development. Bart Nwafor Development Programme is funded by NORAD and the Norwegian Library Association through the IFLA/ALP Programme.

The purpose of the Bart Nwafor Programme is to enable young professionals to visit libraries within Africa in exchange. Since 1997, 14 librarians have benefitted from this programme. The 4 weeks training Attachment are designed to afford an opportunity to middle level library and information workers from less developed countries to gain experience and hads-on exposure in professionally more advanced environments. The areas identified for such training are library management, information technology, preservation, rural librarianship and literacy work.

Call to all African Libraries

The Standing Committee for Ifla Section Calls to all African Libraries and to all Colleagues can Receive Trainees to Support the Bart Nwafor Programme. Institutions Contributions is Essential for this Programme's Success.

Application forms for Host Institutions are available in IFLA Regional Office
in Dakar, Senegal.
The Regional Manager

IFLA Regional Office for Africa
Bibliothèque de l'Université
Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
BP 2006 - Dakar (Sénégal)
Fax : (221) 824 23 79
E-mail : hsene@ucad.sn

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