1. WEL COME TO STIMULATE 8 An Active training program- October to December 2008 1 16/08/2015

2.  Introduction of Internet, WWW and Website designing  Presentation of Scientific information and developing Business Plan  Integrated Library Management Systems like CDSISIS, GENISIS,WINISIS,ABCD(newly released)  Elementary statistics for effective library management  Citation Analysis and Informetrics  Network and Graph theory  Creation of Digital Libraries using Greenstone and Copyright issues  Guided tour to various libraries in Belgium Guided tour to various libraries in Belgium For more details visit: http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/itp/stimulate8http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/itp/stimulate8 16/08/2015 2

3. Suggestions to the organization [Time management ]  Many lecture free days can be used to cover New or remaining topics from the program [Communica- tion gap]  There should be many group activities like discussions, debates on current topics, cultural events which will help to bridge the communication gap and exchange of ideas between participants [Training in Library]  Participants should allowed to see and work in digital libraries or VUB for few days to get familiar with the technologies/softwares they are using] 3 16/08/2015

4. Strong Points of the Organization Strong Points of the Organization [Issue] [Strong points] [Organization ]  Friendly and healthy atmosphere Friendly and healthy atmosphere and High quality teachingHigh quality teaching [Administration]  Planning and implementation of overall program is systematic and good] [Country]  Beautiful country  People are good  Travelling in Belgium is very easy and convenient 4 16/08/2015

5. Staff Candidates Learning Web page designing Guided tours to various libraries in Belgium Integrated Library management systems like ISIS, ABCD and creation of Digital libraries using Greenstone 16/08/2015 5 Teaching

6.  For theoretical topics like statistical methods, network and graph theory and no long gap should be there between the lectures  Need more hands on practice on the soft wares we learned and more time to solve various queries regarding it though professors always replies our queries by email without delay 6 16/08/2015

7. [Issue] [Best practices to improve existing library] [Aims and Objectives]  To set new aims and objectives of the library considering emerging new communication technologies in the field. [Size]  To improve the infrastructure of the library  To enrich the collection of library along with electronic resources. [Social Aspect]  To float need based courses in the library and information science  To organize workshops and seminars on different levels  To get sanctioned various projects from the University related to current topics in the field 7 16/08/2015