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Nowadays, as 21st Century Librarian, it is apparent that promoting using technology(online/digital platform) i.e. via professional Blog or Website & Social medias channel can raise the visibility, profile, status and reputation of our institution i.e. Hawassa University at home and international level.
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Link-Up May Issue 2021 spotlight not only formerly a staff of Hawassa University (Dean of College of Law & Governance) and currently a V/Mayor of Hawassa City Administration Tesgaye Tuke( Assitant Professor) but also it highlight about international community outreach service partnership project initiative with Books For Africa & international professional solidarity , it is apparent that Hawassa University is always committed to community outreach service activities.
In addition, Link Up highlight a popular information resource or magazine titled ‘AFFINI MEDIA & COMMUNICATION‘ which is published monthly along with an interview conducted about Sidama eco-tourism, Biodiversity & etal with Professor Yosef Mamo, Featured Professor at Hawassa University.
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Tenne Ayyaanunnita baxxitino qixxaawa Sanbatu barra harunsitinanni gede ayirrinyunni koyinsoommo'ne. Ba'oonke'ne!ይህን የበዓል ልዩ ዝግጅት እሁድ እንድትከታተሉ ተጋብዘዋል። እንዳያመልጥዎ! https://t.co/GIUVBeGuia via @MuWLibrarian
— MULUGETA Librarian, Hawassa University, Ethiopia (@MuWLibrarian) April 30, 2021
Get Involved in Hawassa University Community Outreach Service Books Project For Primary and Secondary Schools found in Sidama Region of Ethiopia https://t.co/dW2XBE1ycW via @MuWLibrarian
— MULUGETA Librarian, Hawassa University, Ethiopia (@MuWLibrarian) April 29, 2021
BLIS(HK)~The Activities with the Connections in the World: [!] [Take Action to SDG04] Hawassa University Comm… https://t.co/3TlHF8uvCE
— MULUGETA Librarian, Hawassa University, Ethiopia (@MuWLibrarian) April 28, 2021
[MULUGETA] Library & Information Service is very pleased to promote and highlight on my professional blog or website the former staff of Hawassa University (Dean of College of Law & Governance) and currently V/Mayor of Hawassa City Administration Tesgaye Tuke ( Assistant Professor)
Did know that academic libraries have an important impact on students’ academic performance? Find out how exactly these learning centers help with improving educational performance and get some actionable tips on how your library can do the same.https://t.co/qJncvjXNZK
Is your #library playing a part in helping the environment? Find out in our blog post how libraries can use resources such as e-books and cloud technologies to help save the environment. 💚🏞️https://t.co/i49Lgw86xu
Ibsa waa’ee suuraa,Barreessaa kitaaba Oromoo fi Finfinnee, Darajjee Bahaaruu
Sanbata Xiqqaa darbe kitaabni mata duree ‘Oromoo fi Finfinnee’ jedhu Darajjee Bahaaruutiin barraa’e Finfinnee Hoteela Skylight tti eebbifameera.
Barreessaan kitaaba kanaa Darajjee Bahaaruu BBC waliin turtiin taasise kunooti.
BBC– Kitaabnikee kuni maalirratti kan xiyyeefatedha?
Darajjee – Kitaabni kuni uutumatti waa’ee Oromoo waa’ee Gosoota Oromoo fi waa’ee Finfinnee irratti xiyyeefata. Kitaabni kuni Fuula 633 qaba. Kitaaba Kanaan waa’ee Oromoo fi waa’ee Finfinnee nan tuqe malee waan barreeffamee dhumu miti.
BBC– kitaaba seenaa kana barreessuuf maddi Odeeffannookee maali?
Darajjee – kitaaba kan abarreessuuf maddeen odeefannoo afurin fayyadame. Inni jalqabaa fi bu’uura kitaaba kiyyaa kan naaf ta’e barreeffama Hayyoonni Oromoo barreessanii fi dubbatani.
Dhimma shaggariin kan walqabatu ammoo maddeen sadarkaa tokkoffaa hedduun fayyadame. Oromoon osoo magaala kana keessaa hin buqqa’in dura xalayaawwan ittiin waa gaggaafachaa turan hedduu argadheera.
Kan biraa ammoo oromoota magaala kana keessaa buqqa’anii dhiibbaan irra gahes akka madda odeeffannootti fayydameera. Kitaaba kanaaf bu’uurri guddaan garuu dubbiiwwan Ida’oo boruu yeroo adda addaatti dubbataniidha.
BBC– Kitaaba kana yeroo barreessitu gufuuleen simuudatan maali?
Darajjee– ani kitaabota Afaan Amaaraatiin barreeffaman nan dubbisa. Hogbarruun Oromoo kunimmoo ganaa ka’umsarra jira. Hojiiwwan Hogbarruu kana jajjabeessuunis hin baratamane. Amma reefu jalqabbiirra jira.
Kitaaba kana ergan barreessee maxxansuudhaaf ija nama baayyeen ilaale. Eebbisiisuufillee haalli jiru rakkoo baayyee keessa darbeeti kan asgahe.
Garuummoo namoonni baayyeen nafaana aarsaa guddaa kanfalanii kitaabni kuni akka uummata bira gahu maallaqaan, hamileedhaan nagargaaran hedduudha. Isaan haa galatooman.
BBC– Fuula duratti karaa barreessuu Kanaan karoorrikee maal fakkaata?
Darajjee– Fuula duratti karoora laman qaba. Inni jalqabaa seenaawwan waan amma barreesse kanaa gadi jiranirratti barreessuudha. Isaan kuni seenaa, aadaa fi duudhaa aanaalee fi godinaalee Oromiyaa keessa jiru.
Inni lammataa seenaawwan gara olii jiranirrattin barreesuuf karoora qaba. Inni kunimmoo seenaa Oromoo kana olguddistee sadarkaa Kuushitti gumaacha isaa barreessuudha. Qooda sabni Oromoo kuni Afrikaa keessatti qabu seenaasaa olkaasee barreessuufis karooran qaba.
Source: BBC NEWS Afaan Oromoo
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Library Director Lisa Forrest looks to make the library an innovative, welcoming campus location.. Photo by Maya Eggert ‘19
By Drew Eastland ‘21
Staff Writer
This semester, students might notice some changes to the campus’s main library. New E.H. Little Library Director Lisa Forrest seeks to push the library into the future with bold brainstorming and collaboration.
“Right now, libraries are at a very interesting place… [this is a] great opportunity to have a voice in the future of the library,” Forrest remarked. “The more student voices I have in helping me develop a plan…I think the higher our chances of… [raising] the money we need to renovate the space.”
Hailing from Cottonwood, Minnesota (population 1,230), Forrest described herself as never expecting to attend college. She instead directly enlisted in the US Army as a Counter Intelligence Assistant. She started taking classes at night in what she recalled as a “tin trailer campus.”
“I would be looking at this guy next to me, and he’d be like, ‘I’m going to take a class at night,’ and I’d be like, ‘wait a minute I am just as smart as you, if not smarter,’” Forrest remembered. “So, I just started taking classes at night.”
After the army, Forrest attended the University of Buffalo. After graduation, she chose to work in occupational therapy for seven years. She described the work, often with children with cerebral palsy or autism, as a rewarding challenge.
“She has deep empathy,” Technology and Innovation (T&I) Director of Digital Innovation Kristen Eshleman expressed. “The medical field really [gave her] an insight into human behavior in a [unique] way.”
Forrest’s journey to becoming a librarian happened spontaneously. She described overhearing a conversation at a coffee shop about someone studying to be a librarian. “What?! You have to go to school to be a librarian…I had no idea,” Forrest exclaimed. “I thought, ‘That sounds really great…I could hold books all day’ (which I don’t).”
Fourteen years later, Forrest still works among stacks of books. She began her career at SUNY Buffalo State, where she fostered lasting relationships and is still in touch with some former students. She also held poetry readings on the library roof while there.
Following her time at Hamilton College, Forrest joined Davidson this summer, and so far has enjoyed working with both staff and students. She described Davidson students as free-thinkers and collaborators with “can-do” attitudes.
“I really agree with the College’s purpose, and I really appreciate the diversity you can find here,” she said. “[At Davidson] there is a different culture [and] a spirit of creativeness.”
Forrest hopes to work with a variety of groups on campus: T&I, research librarians, and the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL).
“[Forrest] is a collaborator like no one I have ever seen,” Eshleman said. “She will bring an energy and an enthusiasm for innovation for student centered designs.”
Forrest also wants to involve students in the process. Students who have already worked with her expressed excitement for her new ideas and gratitude for her value of student opinions. One example of this occurred back in early August when Forrest brought in three sample chairs and allowed students to vote on which chair they preferred.
“I think she really values student opinions,” Brian Sawe ‘21 commented. “[In allowing students to sample the chairs] she would get an idea about the students’ preferences with regards to the new furniture.”
Forrest’s goals for the library are both digital and spatial, from improving the research platform to function like a “Google search” to clearing out old, dusty periodicals. Forrest hopes to direct the library towards becoming a more modern sanctuary of resources.
“Digitally, our library system is not the best.” Forrest said, “We have an opportunity to look at these large runs of print journals that are taking up the basement.” She believes that better organization of these areas can create more student space.
In addition to Forrest’s technology concerns, she also envisions the library involving itself more with on campus activities: poetry, art, and sports. Forrest is focusing on connecting with student organizations on campus to create a central hub.
“We have a great opportunity to really support and showcase the scholarship of this college.” Forrest quipped, “[I’m] interested in how the library can be the crossroads for interdisciplinary scholarship.”
While Forrest promises changes, she also quickly pointed out that changes will take time. So, what might change this year? Goal one is new furniture: tables and chairs. Don’t worry, the beloved rocking chairs aren’t leaving either. After that, expect to see more events at club libs, such as art and poetry displays.
“[Our] primary goal [is] to make the library more student-focused,” Access and Operations Assistant Ian Hicks ‘17 stated. “[We] want more transparency between the library and the student body.” One way that Hicks it trying to encourage communication between students and the library is through the library’s social media accounts, including Facebook and Twitter (@DavidsonLibrary).
While Forrest’s ideas and plans are quite bold, Hicks remarked: “I don’t think she’s suggested anything that is unattainable…She’s very ambitious, and a lot of the changes are going to take time.”
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This sketch may be rather overcome with colours, but partly that is to reflect the vibrant landscape of our own Communities: it indicates some of the key aspects to consider, when consider Community. The ideas here are built of of the ‘Conditions for Community’ research that i have previously published in the ‘Community Builder Guidebook’, […]
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