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What cross-border collaborations does The Bodleian Library have with institutes or libraries in the Global South? What do these collaborations consist of? How are they built and sustained and why?
Why North-South Collaborations?
• Bridge the knowledge gap• Exchange of experiences
• Capacity building
Evidence-based research on their benefits – see:• http://www.north-south.unibe.ch/• http://
unoy.org/wp-content/uploads/Looking-at-collaboration-in-North-South-networks.pdf
4 Case Studies
Capacity Building
Cases1.Refugee Study Centre Library
(former)2.Exchange Programme with
Eastern Europe (former)3.Oxford – Myanmar (current)
1. RSC library (former collaboration)
1980 online collection
for the Global South.
Forced Migration /
Oxford Migration
Training programme
s
Documentation centres initiated in
Global South.
Exchange of
experiences
2. Exchange Programme with Eastern Europe (former collaboration)
1970s exchange agreement
s
Negotiations
Exchange of
practices, experience
s
Diplomacy
Oxford – Myanmar (current)
Book donation
Access to databases
teaching
training
Improved higher educatio
n
Exchanges
New tools New experiences
New Capacity
Oxford Law Library
Yangon University
3 cases• Knowledge exchange• Acknowledged indigenous knowledge.• Capacity building for the South (RSC & Oxford-Yangon)• …but beneficial to both!
However…• Lack of clear guiding policies •Absence of strong monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.• Limits contribution to significant capacity building.
When thinking collaborations…
think globally – truly globally.