Follow-up of the workshop on e-resources statistics

In July, the UR-Sweden Programme organized a workshop about generating and handling  e-resources usage statistics for the University of Rwanda. Participants were Benilde Mukarubayiza and Bernadette Nyiratunga, who are both members of the E-resources functional committee.
Now it's time for a follow up, where we will look at how to interpret the statistics Benilde and Bernadette have retrieved since the previous workshop.
The workshop took place in Kigali from October 30-31.

Updating the list of e-resources

This week and the next I'm in Rwanda working with UR library staff to verify that the list of e-resources is updated. This is the list of INASP resources which you find at the UR website / Resources / Electronic resources.
We have removed the e-resources where the subscription has been discontinued and we have added the e-resources which are new for 2016.

United Nations iLibrary now available

Available from February 2016, the United Nations iLibrary provides access to knowledge products created by the United Nations Secretariat, and its funds and programs.

To begin with, United Nations iLibrary includes publications, journals and series comprising facts and expertise on international peace and security, human rights, economic and social development, climate change, international law, governance, public health, and statistics.
N.B. Use the READ-button to access the materials for free. (The pdf format is only available for subscribers.)

Evaluation of the cascading workshop in Busogo

The first of the cascading workshops is over. We who facilitated were very impressed by the participants. They worked hard during the three days, asked good questions and were participating actively - just the way you want participants to act. Thank you!

We got very many positive responses to the questions in the evaluation of the workshop.
One of the questions was:
Please specify what you think you will do differently as a result of participating in the event.
And here are some of the answers:

Cascading workshops at UR-CAVM

Time for training - cascading workshop
This week we will have the first in a series of cascading workshops.
Researchers and lecturers in agriculture and related fields have been invited to UR-CAVM to learn more about e-resources and how to find information related to their topics and interests. It's not a question of merely sensitizing the participants, hands-on practice is an important part.

UR E-resources harmonization

Dear Directors,

It has been reported that some of you are not having access to INASP subscribed E-resources, one reason being a wrong Public IP address. I would like you to check with your ICT department if the public IP you provided to the system is the correct one. After this I will make sure that all colleges and campus appear as University of Rwanda so that no body will say that only CASS (former NUR) have access only.

Below is the information that you provided to the system, where there is A & B means that you provided only two IPs, where there is A to B means that you provided a range of IPs. of course Nyagatare did not provide any IP.

UR College/Campus	Public IP Address
CAVM/BUSOGO	197.243.41.142 &      154.68.127.18
CMHS	197.243.32.122
CMHS/SPH	197.243.40.150
CBE	197.243.40.138
CE	41.197.41.0 to 41.197.41.29
CST	154.68.126.0 to 154.68.126.254
CAVM/NYAGATARE	No IP

After this exercice, we will check and assess your access. you should be appearing as University of Rwanda all of you.