Month: October 2017
ማን ምን ነበር ? Who’s Who ?
ዶ/ር ገረመዉ ኃይሌ
እኝህ ነበሩ
ዶ/ር ገረመዉ ኃይሌ በአዲስ አበባ ዩነቨርሲቲ ፤የአዋሳ እርሻ ኮሌጅ ዲን እኝህ ነበሩ The late Dr. Geremrew Haile ከ1972-1983 ዓ.ም. የዶክተር ገረመው ኃይሌን ሥራዎች በጨረፍታ የአብዮቱን ፍንዳታ ከ40 ዓመት በኃላ ስናስታውስ ሁላችንም በአብዮቱ ሂደት ውስጥ ያየናቸውን ገጠመኞች ማስታወሳችን አይቀርም። በተለይም የ17 ዓመቱን የደርግ አገዛዝ የሁላችንም ትዝታ ነው። ከፊሎቻችን የተደሰትንበት፣ በተስፋ የፈነደቅንበት፣ ሌሎቻችን ደግሞ ያዘንበት፣ የተጎዳንበት፣ […]
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Three Ethiopian Journals Go Open Access By Andrius krisciunas
The EJOL Team: from left, Solomon Mekonnen (EIFL OA country coordinator), Mesfin Gezahegn, Head of Addis Ababa University Libraries, and assistant university librarian Girma Aweke. Photo by Nancy Pontika. EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) welcomes the news that all three journals of the Institute of Education Research of Addis Ababa University are now available in […]
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Three Ethiopian Journals Go Open Access By Andrius krisciunas Posted July 2017
The EJOL Team: from left, Solomon Mekonnen (EIFL OA country coordinator), Mesfin Gezahegn, Head of Addis Ababa University Libraries, and assistant university librarian Girma Aweke. Photo by Nancy Pontika.
EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) welcomes the news that all three journals of the Institute of Education Research of Addis Ababa University are now available in open access (OA).
The announcement was made on 27 June 2017 – the occasion of the 50th birthday of one of the three journals, the Ethiopian Journal of Education (EJE) – by Professor Darge Wole, the journal’s editor-in-chief.
The other two Institute of Education and Research journals that have entered the OA arena are the Ethiopian Journal of Higher Education (EJHE) and the IER Flambeau.
All three journals are now available through the Ethiopian Journals Online (EJOL) website http://ejol.aau.edu.et. EJOL was set up as an OA publishing platform in a project supported by EIFL. The website now hosts a total of four journals.
Speaking at the 50th anniversary ceremony of EJE, Mesfin Gezahegn, Head of Addis Ababa University Libraries and Chair of the Consortium of Ethiopian Academic and Research Libraries (CEARL), EIFL’s partner library consortium in Ethiopia, provided an overview of EJOL, which will soon host all Addis Ababa University journals in OA.
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LAUREATE TSEGAYE GEBREMEDHIN POEM COLLECTION.
SUPPORT LIBRARIES IN ETHIOPIA a Post by Abebe Kebede October 27,2017
JOIN THE GREAT NORTH CAROLINA RUN TO SUPPORT LIBRARIES IN ETHIOPIA. I know most of you can not come but እስቲ አንዳንድ ችርችፍ ጣል ጣል አድርጉልኝ ዝም ብላችሁ ነገሩን እንዳላየ አትለፉት አንደኛው የኢትዮጵያ ችግር የወጣቱ በቂ ትምህርትአለማግኝቱ ነው ትምህርት ቤቶቹን ካጠነከርናቸ ብዙዎቹን ችግሮች እንዳይመለሱ አድርጎ መፍታት ይቻላል
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Destroying the nation doesn’t require atomic bomb….
The History of Library Automation at Hawassa University, Ethiopia.
Background & Current Status
There are nearly 34 public universities in Ethiopia. Among them, the 10 universities of Addis Ababa, Jima, Mekele, Arbaminch, Hawassa, Haramayah, Bahir Dar, Adama Science & Technology, Gondar, and Dila University are the First Generation Universities, Hawassa University is one of the universities
The former Debub University and the now renamed Hawassa University were established in Hawassa on April 25, 2000, as a result of the merger of three colleges in southern Ethiopia.
Today, Hawassa University has strengthened its capabilities by adding new faculties, research institutes, research departments, projects, and facilities. At the same time, due to the increase in the number of students entering the university, it actively participates in expansion activities to develop its admission ability.
Today, Hawassa University is a comprehensive university dedicated to providing education, research, training, and community outreach services through its diverse academic unit fields.
Following the library modern library trends, the Hawassa University library system is moving from a traditional library workplace to a digital workplace in today’s world. The library automation project is comprised of people from the university library system, all branch libraries’ Head Librarians, library staff, and ICT professionals. In November 2007, the Hawassa University automated library system was launched.
Automation was restarted in August 2009 and rolled out on a wider scale, was sponsored by the NORAD project of Hawassa University, costing nearly 1,000,000 (1 million ETB). The automation process is performed or directed by an automation team composed of university library systems, information science departments, and ICT professionals.
Finally, Koha (Integrated Library Management System) has been installed and put into operation.
Hawassa University Library Automation Project team members from left to right,
- Mohammed Dabullo library director,
- Tesfaye Bayou (assistant professor), Department of Informatics Lecturer & team leader of the automation project,
- Mulugeta Woldetsadik, Main Campus Library Coordinator,
- Yared Berhanu, Director of Information and Communication Technology.
The library system of Hawassa University consists of the following eight libraries: School of Natural and Computational Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Economics and Business, School of Law and Governance, School of Technology, School of Agriculture, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Wondo Genet Forestry, and Natural Resources Library College
At present, we are also working hard to adapt to the 21st century to provide better library services to meet the needs of scientific library users or millennia, to make library automation sustainable, and to make the library more efficient and effective information services Our interests and ambitions.
We are also interested in improving the current Koha / ILMS system. If necessary and there is more user-friendly software conducting system analysis and design research with relevant domestic institutions (current senior managers of the university), the library operation must be competitive. With other superior institutions both domestically and internationally.
Comparing Hawassa University Library with other university libraries in Ethiopia, our library is in a better position to integrate ICT into the library and its general services. However, on the other hand, it must be understood that in order to satisfy the interests of users or customers of our library, a lot of effort and, of course, many developments, are still leading the library within the scope of the working environment.
The Hawassa University Library must provide users with the latest information technology to cope with a fiercely competitive world. In recent years, the number of students participating in academic courses at Hawassa University has increased and this trend will continue in the future.
In order to meet the needs of students, academic and administrative staff and researchers and to be able to provide them with efficient library services, the HU library must be organized and managed in accordance with modern trends in library and information science. The level of financial commitment in the acquisition of books and kindred resources, information processing equipment, and training of library staff requires great attention.
Acknowledgment
Most of the process achieved in this library automation project is due to the unremitting efforts and attention of the university‘s senior management, as well as the active participation of all HU library staff and some HU ICT professionals.
I am very happy to take this opportunity to recognize all AZ participants in the process of the 2009 library automation project.
An Automated Services – Currently Functional
- Automated Book Loan Service.
An automated loan service that dramatically brings down the time needed for book return/ Check-in & book loan/Check out.
- Machine Readable Catalogue (MARC) Operation
We import or download from Library of Congress databases books bibliographic data/information & upload into our library database/ILMS.
- Online Public Access Catalog Web OPAC Service.
To look for book users on their desktop, laptop, tablet & mobile network
Important Links
- Hawassa University official Website To visit Click here
- Hawassa University Facebook page To visit Click here
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የአለም ሎሬት ፕሮፌሰር ገቢሳ ኤጀታ Science and Technology Information Center-STIC Ethiopia.
የዓለም የምግብ ዋስትናን ለማረጋገጥ በሰሩት ሥራ በአለም መድረክ ስማቸውንና የሀገራቸውን ስም ያስጠሩ ፀሐፊ፣ አርታኢ፣ መምህር፣ አማካሪ እና ተመራማሪ የአለም ሎሬት ፕሮፌሰር ገቢሳ ኤጀታን ከረዥሙ የሕይወት ጉዞአቸው በጥቂቱ ይዘንላቹሁ ቀርበናል፡፡
ሎሬት ፕሮፌሰር ገቢሳ ኤጀታ ከአዲስ አበባ 62 ኪሎሜትር በስተ ምእራብ ርቀት ላይ በምትገኘዉ ኦሎንኮሜ በምትባል መንደር በ1950 እንደ ፈረንጆች አቆጣጠር ተወለዱ፡፡
የቄስ ትምህርታቸውን በአካባቢያቸው ሲከታተሉ ቆይተው የአንደኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት በአካባቢያቸው ስላልነበረ 20 ኪሎሜትር በእግራቸው ተጉዘው ተከታትለዋል፡፡
የአለም ሎሬት ፕሮፌሰር ገቢሳ ኤጀታ ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርታቸውን በጅማ የግብርና ቴክኒክ እና ሙያ ኮሌጅ የተከታተሉ ሲሆን የመጀመሪያ ዲግሪያቸውን በእፅዋት ሳይንስ ከአለማያ ኮሌጅ በ1973 ዓ.ም ወስደዋል፡፡ እንደ ፈረንጆች አቆጣጠር በ1976 በእፅዋት ሳይንስ ሁለተኛ ዲግሪያቸውን እንዲሁም በ1978 በእጽዋት ማዳቀል እና ዘረመል ኢንጂነሪንግ አሜሪካ ከሚገኘው ፔድሩ ዩኚቨርስቲ የዶክትሬት ዲግሪያቸውን አግኝተዋል፡፡
ፕሮፌሰር ገቢሳ ኤጀታ ከሁለት መቶ በላይ የጥናት ጽሁፎችን ለህትመት ያበቁ ሲሆን አራት መፅሐፎችን የአርትዎት ስራ ሰርተዋል፡፡
ላለፉት 28 አመታት በአሜሪካ በሚገኘው ፔድሩ ዩኚቨርስቲ ያገለገሉት የአለም ሎሬት ፕሮፌሰር ገቢሳ ኤጀታ ዩኒቨርሲቲው አሉኝ ከሚላቸው ተመራማሪዎችም አንዱ ናቸው፡፡ ዶክትሬታቸውን ከተመረቁ በኃላ ወደ ሱዳን በመሄድ ማሽላ ላይ ምርምራቸውን ቀጥለዋል፡፡ በምርምራቸውም ድርቅን መቋቋም የሚችል የማሽላ ዝርያ ለአለም ማህበረሰብ ማበርከት ችለዋል፡፡
በ150 እጥፍ ምርታማነትን የሚጨምር የማሽላ ዝርያን ለአለም አበርክተዋል፡፡ ድርቅን መቋቋም የሚችል የማሽላ ዝርያ ላይ ባስገኙት ውጤት ከአምስት ሚሊዮን በላይ ለሚሆኑ አፍሪካዊያን የምግብ ዋስትንን ማረጋገጥ ችለዋል፡፡
ጥናታቸው በዚህ ሳያበቃ በአፍሪካ ምርታማነትን በ40 በመቶ የሚቀንሰው እስትራጋ የሚባለውን አረም መቋቋም የሚችል የተሸሻለ የማሽላ ዝርያን ኢትዮጲያን ጨምሮ ለ12 አፍሪካ ሀገሮች ማቅረብ ችለዋል፡፡
ለእነዚህ እና መሰል የምርምር ስራዎቻቸው ከ17 በላይ ዓለም አቀፍዊ ፣ አህጉራዊ እና ሀገራዊ ሽልማቶችን አግኝተዋል፡፡ እንደ ፈረንጆቹ አቆጣጠር በ2009 World Food Nobel Prize የተሸለሙ ሁለተኛው አፍሪካዊ ለመሆን በቅተዋል፡፡ African Nationality Science Hero Award ከተሸለሙ አፍሪካዊ ሰባት ተመራማሪዎችም አንዱ መሆን ችለዋል፡፡
ከሰባ በላይ በሚሆኑ ዓለም አቀፍ እና ሀገራዊ ተቋሞች ዉስጥ በተለያዩ የኃላፊነት ደረጃዎች ላይ የሰሩት የዓለም ሎሬት ፕሮፌሰር ገቢሳ ኤጀታ የዓለም ህዝብ ቁጥር በጨመረ ቁጥር የምግብ ፍላጎት እየጨመረ ይመጣል ይህን ለመቋቋም ሳይንስ ፣ ቴክኖሎጂ እና የምርምር ፈጠራ ውጤቶች በመጨመር ይሄንን ችግር መቋቋም የግድ የሚል ነው ይላሉ፡፡
ፕሮፌሰር ገቢሳ ኤጀታ እንደ ፈረንጆቹ አቆጣጠር በ2011 በፕሬዘዳንት ባራክ ኦባማ የዓለም አቀፍ የምግብ እና ግብርና ልማት ቦርድ ውስጥ እንዲሁም ከ2014 ጀምሮ በዩናይትድ ኔሽን ሴክሬተሪ ጄነራል ባኒኪሞን የ UN የሳይንስ አማካሪ ሆነው በማገልገል ላይ ይገኛሉ፡፡
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21st Century Information Seekers
Millennia’s Generation
(የሺአዉያን ትዉልድ)
TECH SAVVY information users
With today’s rapidly evolving technology and ever-present social media changing the way library users are connecting with the written word, it should come as no surprise that today’s library users are finding and consuming content differently from previous generations.
የተለያዩ ጥናቶች እንዳሳዩት ከሆነ፤ ሺአውያን መብት ዐወቅ (civic-minded) ትውልዶች ናቸው፡፡
አንድን ጉዳይ ነውር ነው፣ ባህል ነው፣ ኃጢአት ነው፣ ጽድቅ ነው፣ መመሪያ ነው፣ ትእዛዝ ነው፣ ተገቢ ነው፣ ስለተባሉ ብቻ ለመቀበል ያዳግታቸዋል፡፤ ለምን? ብለው መጠየቅ ያዘወትራሉ፡፡ ለመስማት ትዕግሥቱ ቢያንሳቸውም መሰማት ግን ይፈልጋሉ፡፡ የተበላሸ አስተዳደርን፣ ያረጀ አሠራርን፣ ዘገምተኛነትን፣ መጉላላትን ለመቀበል የሚችል ኅሊና የላቸውም፡፡
¨ ሺአውያን ካለፉት ትውልዶች ሁሉ በተሻለ የትምህርት ዕድላቸው የሰፋ ነው፡፡ ምንም እንኳን የትምህርት ጥራት ጉዳይ አነጋጋሪ እየሆነ ቢመጣም በሺአውያን ትውልድ ውስጥ ብዙ ወጣቶች በትምህርት ላይ ናቸው::
¨ ሺአውያን ካለፉት ትውልዶች በበለጠ ቴክኖሎጂ ቀመስ ናቸው፡፡ በኮምፒውተር፣ በሞባይል፣ በኢንተርኔት፣ በዲጂታል ካሜራ፣ በዲጂታል ቴሌቭዥንና በሳተላይት ዲሾች ዘመን ተወልደው ያደጉ ናቸው፡፡
¨ ሺአውያን አስተሳሰባቸው፣ መረጃቸውና ግንኙነታቸው በፈጣን ሁኔታ እንደሚቀየረው ሁሉ አካባቢያቸው በፈጣን ለውጥ ውስጥ እንዲሆን ይፈልጋሉ፡፡
¨ ሺአውያን ጭንቅ የማይችሉ ትውልድ ናቸው፡፡ በዚህም የተነሣ ቢሮክራሲ አይስማማቸውም፡፡ ነገሮችን በቶሎና በአቋራጭ የሚያገኙበት መንገድ ካለ ያንን ይሞክራሉ፡፡ ነገሮችን በፍጥነት ለማግኘት ካላቸዉ ጉጉት የተነሣ – ሲሄዱ፣ ሲሄዱ፣ ሲሄዱ የሚባለውን ተረት አይወዱትም፡፡ ‹ሄዱ› ይበቃቸዋል፡፡
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