1. 19th DEC, 2006VLIR funded International Training at VUB STIMULATE-6 EVALUATION By : Yuda Julius Chatama, By : Yuda Julius Chatama, Mzumbe University-DSM Campus, Mzumbe University-DSM Campus, P.O.Box 20266, P.O.Box 20266, DAR ES SALAAM. DAR ES SALAAM. TANZANIA. TANZANIA. E-mail : chatyu77@yahoo.co.uk E-mail : chatyu77@yahoo.co.ukchatyu77@yahoo.co.ukchatyu77@yahoo.co.uk

2. 19th DEC, 2006VLIR funded International Training at VUB PROGRAM SUMMARY The program covered such topics as; Statistics for information management. Library and information networks. Citation analysis & research performance. Web design and Web 2.0 technologies. Building digital library. Web information retrieval. Building & publishing ISIS-databases.

3. 19th DEC, 2006VLIR funded International Training at VUB STRONG POINTS Training enabled participants from latin America, Africa and Asia to come together and share their experience on issues related to library and information management. Most trainers were internationally recognised subject experts.

4. 19th DEC, 2006VLIR funded International Training at VUB BEST COMPONENTS The most interesting and relevant academic contents of the program were; Creation of Library management databases using Winisis, Genisis, and Weblis and publishing such databases on the Web; by Prof. Egbert DeSmet. Web design; by Prof. Marc Nyssen. Creation of digital library; by Prof. Luz M. Quiroga.

5. 19th DEC, 2006VLIR funded International Training at VUB RECOMMENDATIONS Since Mzumbe University-DSM campus has manual library catalogue, I recommend its automation using available free software like GENISIS, or WEBLIS. I recommend training to library users at Mzumbe University on how to use online databases and ProCite.