Unicef Resource Centre Shifts

“UNICEF COLLECTION” LAUNCHED AT MAKERERE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IN KAMPALA The UNICEF Uganda Resource Centre has been relocated to the Makerere University Library, where it‟s materials have been processed and relaunched as the “UNICEF Collection”. Makerere University Chief Librarian, Dr. Maria Musoke, says the university decided to integrate the UNICEF Collection into the Africana Section because it is where they keep “highly valued reference materials, as well as materials that are “dear” to the institution. The Africana Section is a unique and acclaimed feature of the Makerere University Library, with some materials dating back to the 1950s when the university was started, as well as archival materials from as far back as 1616. The section is a frequent source of resource materials for academic scholars and other researchers interested in specialised subjects, according to Dr. Musoke. In the relocation, UNICEF transferred 6,000 reference materials – including books, reports, pamphlets, audio-visual and electronic database and web-based materials – from its former Resource Centre to the Makerere University Library. Of these, over 3,000 materials – about 60 per cent of the donation – have been fully processed, labelled and shelved for easy retrieval, while another 1,000 partially processed materials will soon be accessible on the Africana shelves, according to Mr. Robert Kakembo, Focal Person for the UNICEF Collection at Makerere. All fully processed materials are available upon search of the University Library Catalogue, while a link to the UNICEF Collection has also been created and uploaded on the Makerere University Library website (http://mulib.mak.ac.ug). A “UNICEF Information Corner” has been also created in the Library‟s main entrance lobby, where the most recent UNICEF publications put on display. In addition, interested Library users can take away select UNICEF publications from a handouts‟ rack that has been placed in the lobby. External users recommended by UNICEF will be registered and availed with Library cards to enable them access the Collection. UNICEF Chief of Communication in Uganda, Mr. Chulho Hyun, who represented Dr. Sharad Sapra, UNICEF Representative in Uganda at the launch, expressed appreciation for the collaboration between the UN Children‟s Agency and Makerere University Library in preparation for the launch, and reaffirmed UNICEF‟s commitment toward strengthening the mutual partnership between the two institutions.

CHULHO HYUN, UNICEF UGANDA CHIEF OF COMMUNICATION, SIGNS A VISITORS’ BOOK DATING BACK TO THE 1950S AT THE UNICEF COLLECTION LAUNCH AT THE MAKERERE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, 11 NOV, 2009.

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CHULHO HYUN, UNICEF UGANDA CHIEF OF COMMUNICATION, POSES WITH STAFF MEMBERS OF THE MAKERERE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, DURING THE FORMAL LAUNCH OF THE UNICEF COLLECTION ON11 NOVEMBER, 2009.

‘ UNICEF will continue to do its utmost to ensure close coordination with the Library, in meeting the critical information needs of its users, as our collection – a living collection – continues to grow‟, said Mr. Hyun. In response, Dr. Musoke appreciated UNICEF for choosing to partner with the Makerere University Library, adding to the list of other notable partners they have partnered with, including Carnegie, SIDA SAREC, NORAD and the University of Tennessee. „We are extremely pleased with this collaboration, and Makerere University Library is more than willing to nurture the relationship and to take the partnership forward,‟ said Dr. Musoke, who added that they value the new UNICEF Collection and will make good use of it. The launch was also attended by several members of the Makerere University Library staff, who were actively involved in receiving and processing the UNICEF collection. The UNICEF team comprised of Mr. Hyun, Chief of Communication, Ms. Anne Lydia Sekandi, Communication Officer, and Mrs. Proscovia Nakibuuka Mbonye, Senior Documentation Assistant.

UNICEF UGANDA DOCUMENTATION ASSISTANT, PROSCOVIA NAKIBUUKA MBONYE

UNICEF ROBERT KAKEMBO, FOCAL PERSON “UNICEF” COLLECTION, MAKERERE