Thirteen academic librarians from 12 countries across Africa visited Western for a week-long Bibliometrics and Research Impact Summer School (Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)
The Deputy University Librarian, Dr. Everlyn Anduvare, was one of the thirteen (13) academic librarians from Africa who were hosted by Western University Ontario in Canada for a Bibliometrics and Research Impact Summer School which ran from 26th – 30th June 2023.
Participants were introduced to the concepts of Bibliometrics, Infometrics, Webometrics and Altmetrics. They also learnt about research impact measures and had practical experiences on bibliometrics tools such as Web of Science, Scopus, Dimensions, and Almetrics.com. In between, the team visited the D.B. Weldon Library, C.B. “Bud” Johnston Library at the Western Ivey Business School and London Public Library. They also had a chance to present on the status of libraries in their respective countries.
Together with Prof. Peter Gatiti presenting on status of libraries in Kenya
The Summer School was conceived and coordinated by Isola Ajiferuke, Professor and Assistant Dean, Research in the Faculty of Media and Information Studies (FIMS). Prof. Ajiferuke hopes that “both the theoretical and practical lessons from this session enable the participants to establish bibliometric and research impact services in their respective university libraries.”
Receiving Certificate of Participation
Participants were selected from a pool of 113 applicants across the continent to attend the School at no cost, with FIMS covering travel and accommodation for each participant. Dr. Anduvare was one among the two representatives from Kenya. The other was Prof. Peter Gatiti, Associate Vice Provost and University Librarian at Aga Khan University. He is also the Chairperson of the Kenya Library Association.
Additional information was extracted from https://news.westernu.ca/2023/06/western-bibliometrics-summer-school-africa/