ANNEX 5

CASE STUDIES

International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

ICSF Documentation Centre
27 College Road, Chennai 600 006, India
Tel: 91-44-28275303 Fax: 91-44-28254457
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.icsf.net
Contact: Ms Ramya Rajagopalan, Programme Associate, [email protected]

Description:

The ICSF is an international non-government organization that works towards the establishment of equitable, gender-just, self-reliant and sustainable fisheries, particularly in the small-scale, artisanal sector. ICSF draws its mandate from the historic International Conference of Fishworkers and their Supporters (ICFWS), held in Rome in 1984. The main aims of ICSF are to:

• monitor issues that relate to the life, livelihood and living conditions of fishworkers around the world;

• disseminate information on these issues, particularly amongst fisherfolk;

• prepare guidelines for policy-makers that stress fisheries development and management of a just, participatory and sustainable nature; and

• help create the space and momentum for the development of alternatives in the small-scale fisheries sector. (Summarized from the ICSF web site.)

Digitization Efforts:

ICSF produces numerous publications and most are available digitally. The organization is committed to disseminating its publications widely and finds that digital access is appropriate for much of it audience. Publications are available in print upon request.

Key Issues with Digitization Efforts:

• digitizing publications in languages other than English;

• lack of Internet access among fish worker organizations;

• assisting is the development of databases and providing increased access to information from Portuguese, French and South African Link centres.

Key Opportunities of Digitization Efforts:

• capability to reach broad, global audience with information about fishworkers;

• develop unique information resource on fishworkers from wide variety of sources.

Table 5.1: ICSF work form for documents with possible mapping to Dublin Core

Table 5.2: ICSF publications

Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)

Information Center, PO Box 1040, Kasetsart Post Office
Bangkok, 10903, THAILAND
Tel: +66-2 561 1728
Fax: +66-2 561 1727
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.enaca.org
Contact: Simon Wilkinson [email protected]

Description:

NACA, an intergovernmental organization created in the early 1980s as an FAO project, promotes rural development in 15 Asia-Pacific countries through sustainable aquaculture. The current member governments include Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Korea (DPR), Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Other participating (non-member) governments include Indonesia, Iran, Rep. of Korea, Lao PDR and Singapore. The members form a Governing Council that directs policy and activities. FAO is a non-voting member of the council. NACA conducts development assistance projects throughout the region in various partnerships. NACA supports institutional strengthening, technical exchange and the development of policies for sustainable aquaculture and aquatic resource management. (Summarized from theNACA web site).

One of NACA’s core activities is the development of communication and information networks amongst the member countries. Its Information Center, staffed by one manager, and two assistants, is charged with managing NACA’s information as well as producing the serial publications and providing technical assistance in communications to the members.

Digitization efforts:

NACA’s Information and Communication Program is committed to information in a digital format as the best means of sharing it widely and quickly. Consequently, NACA produces its publications almost exclusively in digital form, reformats members’ information, collects other appropriate digital content and supports communities of users through its web site. XOOPS, an Open Source web content management software, is used for the NACA web site, Pagemaker for the serial publications and pdf formats for other digital content.

Key issues with digitization efforts:

• collecting and providing access to non-English publications;

• building organizational capacity for knowledge management in a decentralized environment;

• variety of Internet access throughout member countries;

• managing the growing amount of digital information in terms of quality, archiving and searchability;

• lack of planning for and integration of information dissemination in projects.

Key opportunities of digitization efforts:

• enthusiasm and interest in web delivery if information;

• development of Open Source products for website management and delivery;

• high level of entrepreneurial spirit in the region;

• growing bandwidth throughout region.

Table 5.3: Mapping ASFA fields to Dublin Core

Table 5.4: NACA publications

Bunda College of Agriculture

Library, Bunda College of Agriculture
University of Malawi, P.O. Box 219, Lilongwe, Malawi
Tel: 265-277222
Fax: 265-277364
Web site: http://chirunga.sdnp.org.mw/bunda/fish.htm
Contact: Geoffrey Salanje, University Librarian [email protected]
Contact: Margaret Ngwira, Associate University Librarian [email protected]

Description:

Bunda College of Agriculture, founded in 1967, has graduated over 3000 students with diplomas, 1700 with BSc, 700 with MSc and 1 PhD. It focuses on natural resources, agriculture and basic studies including research, teaching and outreach. The Library is housed in a pleasant, spacious facility with adequate wiring for connectivity. The library is open seven days a week when classes are in session. There are three librarians, six library assistants, two messengers and three guards. Funding for staff positions is part of the monthly government subvention administered by the College Management. The collection is funded with a variety of grants. Recent ones include $30,000 from NORAD over two years and another from ICEIDA. The collection has approximately 40,000 books and 10,000 bound periodicals. There is a special Malawiana collection containing books about Malawi or written by Malawians.

Digitization efforts:

While eager to move forward with digitization of Malawi aquaculture information, the Bunda College Library is cautious. The benefits of providing digital access include potential savings in printing and postage costs as well greater exposure to local content. Staff training and workflow demands would be possible costs as well as replacing equipment over time. The University of Malawi Libraries needs to develop a direction for digital libraries in the country. They know that success will be based on working together and supporting each others efforts. Sharing expertise and solutions to challenges will make the project possible.

Key issues of digitization efforts:

• identifying and collecting documents produced in Malawi

• recognizing information needed to support responsible fisheries

• staff capacity and expertise

• sustaining existing electronic networks and access to resources

Key opportunities with digitization efforts:

• interested and committed library administration

• personnel with expertise and interest in networking

• willingness to cooperate among fisheries libraries

• manageable number of fisheries publications produced in Malawi

• locally developed aquaculture database as starting point

Table 5.5: Bunda College Library Aquaculture Database Work Form

Table 5.6: Bunda College of Agriculture Publications:

Institut mauritanien de recherches océanographiques et des pêches (IMROP)

Library, B.P. 22
Nouadhibou, Mauritania
Tel: 00(222)6 36 06 39 Fax: 00(222) 5745 825
Contact: Amady Sow [email protected]; [email protected]

Description:

Created in 1952, IMROP focuses on building knowledge about the fishing and ocean resources of Mauritania. Programmes include stock assessment, evaluating constraints on artisanal fisheries, marine mammal studies, variability and durability of Mauritanian upwelling, and seafood inspection among others. The library has a strong collection of 8500 volumes and 92 serial subscriptions. It is staffed by one librarian and three assistants. CDSISIS has been used for more than 12 years for collection management. As an ODINAFRICA participant, the library is migrating systems to INMAGIC although CDS/ISIS may still be used for certain operations. The library is also responsible for editing and distributing the IMROP Bulletins and other institutional publications.

Digitization efforts:

IMROP produces regular reports and occasional monographs. Additionally, the Library collects papers and theses as produced. Digitization of all of these is a long-term project that is currently in the planning stage. The Library has great interest in making the institution’s reports more accessible to a broader audience. As a member of the ODINAFRICA network, the IMROP Library may be a pilot partner in a digital repository for that network.

Key issues with digitization efforts:

• access to technical information on digitization in French;

• adequate and consistent staff expertise; and

• identifying which database/library software program is appropriate for metadata generation.

Key opportunities of digitization efforts:

• ODINAFRICA institutional repository project;

• interest and support from IMROP Administration; and

• manageable publication output.

Table 5.7: Inmagic workform for documents with possible mapping to Dublin Core

Table 5.8 IMROP Publications