1. Scientific and Technological Information Management in Universities and Libraries : an Active Training Environment 6 Grace D. Quijano Instructor / Librarian Benguet State University La Trinidad, Benguet Philippines VUB, Brussels, Belgium October – December 2006

2. Contents of the Program The Program is on information management, storage and retrieval. Specifically, it focused on the following aspects :  Web page development  CDS-ISIS  Greenstone  Open sources available in the internet  Statistics and informetrics  ISBDs and other standards, thesaurus, indexes  Searching in the web  Citations and analysis  Other library softwares

3. Organization of the Program Strong Points  Availability of technnology necessary in the learning process;  Exposure to actual library settings and applications, as well as encounters with library heads and librarians.

4. Organization of the Program Weak Points 1. Scheduling of classes does not provide continuity of the lessons; and there are too many free days which could have been used for more lectures and exercises. Recommendations:  Have a straight schedule for each topic/content.  Free days should be scheduled at the end of each topic/content and only when home assignments are further needed for outputs. 2.Evaluation of class participation and progress is very general. Recommendations:  Closely evaluate class participation and progress as per individual and not as a group.  Individual outputs should be consolidated and displayed at the end of the program before the Committee.

5. Academic Components of the Program Relevant and appropriate components  Actual exercises and applications of free library softwares and other open sources of information, such as CDS/ISIS, Greenstone, Web 2.O;  Practical lectures and exercises on web pages, internet searching, ISBDs and other standards, scientific information, indexes, statistics, and informetrics.

6. Recommendations for Benguet State University Library  Make the best use of free softwares such as Greenstone, CDS/ISIS etc. to organize other information references such as journals, and institutional records;  Expand user orientations to include open sources of information available, as well as more advanced information searching and retrieval in the internet and library databases.