1. Stimulate 9 KITWE YAHYA RECORDS OFFICER National Forestry Authority P.O.Box:70863 Kampala (U) Tel: +256-414 230 365/6 Dir: +256-414 360 460 Fax: +256-414 230 269 Mob: +256-712161975 Email: Yahyak@nfa.org.ug Kitwe_Yahya@yahoo.com

2. Summary of Program Contents   Elementary statistics for effective library and Information service management   Role of library as carrier of scientific communication   Web design, HTML and XML basics   Presentation of information in a scientific environment   Introduction to network theory and graphs   Indexing non-text materials e.g. Photos   Free and open Source Software   Copyright Stimulate 9

3. Program Organization weak points   Evaluation of participants   Too much in a Short period of time Stimulate 9

4. Suggestions   Introduction of written test evaluation   Upgrade the training, to a one year master program Stimulate 9

5. Organization strong points   Effective and efficient communication   Accommodation and Travel arrangements Stimulate 9

6. Best academic components of the program   Introduction to documentary databases and the ISIS software family such as ABCD   Free and open Source Software, licenses, Technologies and courseware Stimulate 9

7. Not so good program components   None Stimulate 9

8. Recommendations for National Forestry Authority   Free open source software, technologies and courseware is the way to go   Career development, should be emphasized to cope up with the ever changing technologies Stimulate 9