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1. Do you have a collection of books or journals about biodiversity that you would like to digitize

Yes 10

No 2

Not Sure

(a) Collection Description

Yes 8

No 4

Books Journals Artworks Reports BulletinsCoelacanth DiscoveriesBooks describing Insects

() How Many items are included

Kyambogo University >1000

UNCST >500

KWS >100

(b) When was the Material Published and who published it

10 Responses

UP >1600’s ?

SAIAB >1900’s Various

NMK Various Dates Various

Mauretania 1932 IFAN DAKAR

NEMA Uganda 1980-2013

UNCST 1990-2013

Center for National Research, Madagascar

Before 1972 Ostrom

Faculty of Agricultural Science, Benin

1970-2013 ?

Kyambogo University 1940-2013KWS 30 Years Ago KWS Staff

(C) What aspects make this a unique collection

6 Responses

UP Valuable ResearchConsists of Early Published works. Work By UP

SAIAB Grey Literature

NEMA Pictorial Info with Captions

ARCOS Albertine Rift Conservation Status

Faculty of Agricultural Science Benin

Grey Literature

KWS Grey Literature

2 Do you have a Catalogue for your collection

ResponsesYes 8

No 2

Partly/Manual 2

If so, what computer program do you use for managing your catalogue,What Standard Format do you have for MetadataDo you have MARC Records for your content

UP ? Dublin Core Yes

SAIAB Sierra Dublin Yes

NMK CDS ISIS/KOHA AACR2 Yes

Mauritania RIHA ? No

NEMA Customised Software

Bibliographic data No

UNCST KOHA None No

LVBC KOHA AACR2 Yes

ARCOS ? ? ?

Centre National de Research for Environment

Paradox ? ?

Faculty of Agriculture Sciences Benin

? ? No

Kyambogo University

KOHA ? Yes

KWS Excel ? No

3 Have you had some of your collections digitized?

Responses

Yes 8

No 3

Not Sure 1

3 What type of Materials have already been scanned, When were they digitized by whom and formats of archival

UP Book, Journals, Artworks

2009 UP Staff TiFFJPEGPDF

SAIAB JLB institute Publications

2009-2010 Maggie Shaw and Information Conversion Services

TIFFPDF

NMK Books, Journals 2007-2009, 2012

NMK Staff and contracted assistant

PDF

Mauritania Herbs 2010 Staff of Herbie National de Mauritanie

PDF

NEMA ? ? ? ?

UNCST ? ? ? ?

LVBC LVBC Reports ? Staff of LVBC PDF

ARCOS ? ? ? PDF

Centre National De Research for Environment, Madagascar

Staff of the centre

JPEG

Faculty of Agriculture sciences, Benin

Student Thesis Faculty Students

TIFFPDF

Kyambogo University

? ? ? ?

KWS Research Papers, Strategic & Management Plans

? KWS Staff JPEGPDF

3 What are the characteristics of the images (Size, DPI, Colour, B/W)

4 Responses

UP 100% of OriginalFull Clour

SAIAB 300 Text600 imagesColour & Grayscale

NMK 600 imagesColour and B/W

KWS Colour & B/W4 Do you have a repository of digitized documents11 responses

Yes 6

No 5

Not Sure1

5 Are you or your institutions currently digitizing any contentIf so how many items, Formats of archival and characteristics of the images

UP Yes Biodiversity UP Staff TIFF 100% Original, Full colour

SAIAB Yes Special digital collectionsArticle 1160Book Section 43Monograph 11Conf & Wksop items 116Book 14Thesis 2562Show Exhibition 7Performance 3Image 153Video 2Other 27

ReRR ? ?

NMK PDF 600Colour & B/W

Mauretania Yes 2238 Staff of the Herbarium

PDF

KWS JPEGPDF

6 Do you have dedicated equipment to scan your own material, If so describe equipment. Could you scan other BHL Africa members material

UP Yes DigibookDedicated FlatbedMicrofilm/Slide Scanner

Yes

SAIAB No ? ?

NMK Yes Atiz Tower Book Scanner 2007Muztek A3 Flatbed Scanner 2009HP Auto A4 and Slide scanner

Yes

Mauretania Yes Epson GT 2500 Yes

NEMA No ? ?

UNCST No ? ?

LVBC Yes HP Scanjet 8270 Yes with conditions

ARCOS ? HP ?

Centre National de Research for Environment Madagascar

No ? ?

Faculty of Agriculture, Benin

Yes ? ?

Kyambogo University No ? ?

KWS Yes Multi Digital Scanner

7 Technical skills, Availability of IT Support, Bandwidth in your institution, will there be a problem connecting to BHL, Time period for uploading

UP Yes Good Good 10MB NoEvening

SAIAB Yes Own IT Manager 2MB NoPossible

NMK Yes Good 20MB,8MB,3MB No Evening

Mauretania Yes 1MB ?

NEMA Yes 2MB Yes

UNCST 1 staff/Outsource ? Yes

LVBC Yes 2MB NoNo

ARCOS ? ? Not Sure

Centre National ? Low Yes

Faculty of Agriculture Limited 6MB No but Energy shortage can be an obstacle

KWS Yes ? NO

8 List of 10 most Important titles to add to 1000 books from Africa

UP Ondersteport journal of Vetinary ScienceBurchals TravelsScience ReportsThesisDissertationsSouthern African BotanicalBibliography of South West African BotanyBibliography of South African BotanyJournal of South African BotanyMemoirs of the botanical survey of south AfricaFlowering plants of Africa

SAIAB Annals of SA MuseumsSouth African Quarterly JournalBooks by Barrow, Le Valliant, Spaarman, Thunberg, Thompson, Burchell, Sir Andrew SmithArtworksReports of cape of Good Hope, Forests, Marine Bilogist inland water surveys.

NMK ?

Mauretania ?

NEMA Trees of UgandaUseful Trees and shrubs for UgandaFishes of UgandaButterflies of UgandaUgandan BirdsThe Ugandan Wildlife

UNCST LV Research Initiative proceedingsConference and workshop proceedingsTechnical reports on Uganda Biomass StudyConvention on International Trade in endangered species of Wild Fauna and FloraChimpanzee and Large animal survey of Bugom and Kagombe- Matiri reserveBooks on Biological diversity and GeneticsConservation BilogyConservation managementNational systems of conservation and innovation in AfricaTechniques & Methods of EthnobotanyGuidelines on conservation of medicinal plantsResearch and management of African WildlifeBIOTA East Africa; Biodiversity monitor transect analysis in Africa

Faculty of Agriculture Sciences, Benin

Structural characteristics and ecology of forestsPlant communitiesStudy of wildlife in Northern Benin

Are you aware of the copyright Law in your country

Yes 8

No 2

Partly Aware 1

None 1

Conclusion

90% have have collections of biodiversity information for digitization

Moderate IT Support and Infrastructure available for most institutions

Most Institutions have titles to be added to 1000 African Books

Catalogue for Collections exist in most institutions however knowledge of standards and MARC records is minimal

Different formats for archiving being used and little knowledge on imaging requirements