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ANNUAL REPORT

April 2007—March 2008

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Table of Contents

Page

Executive Summary 1

Vision and Value Statements 2 Collect 3

Preserve 6 Document / Catalogue 7 Facilitate Access 7 Promoting the Nation’s Knowledge 10 Network of Technologically Enhanced Libraries 12 & Services

Human Resources 13 Partnerships 17 Appendices

(i) Board of Management Members (ii) Directors Compensation (iii) Senior Managers and Compensation at March 2008 (iv) Financial Statement 2007/2008 (audited) (v) List of topics presented at the Conference,

“Libraries Networking for National Development”

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Executive Director’s Summary

In April 2007 the NLJ was an agency in the Ministry of Tourism, Entertainment and

Culture (MTEC); in September 2007 the NLJ became an agency in the Ministry of

Information Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS) and for the period September 2007 to

March 2008 NLJ was without a Board of Management. Throughout all these changes the

NLJ stayed focused on its mission to collect, document, preserve and facilitate access to

the nation's cultural heritage, through the promotion, coordination and development of

a network of technologically enhanced libraries and services.

Accomplishments of the year include the presentation of the conference Libraries

Networking for National Development; publication of a 2008 Calendar of archival

photographs; the presentation of the Inaugural Distinguished Lecture and our

partnerships with the British Arts Council, the Yale Center for British Art and IRIE FM.

The year 2007 was a signal one in the history of the Jamaican people and the NLJ made

its contribution to the observances to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the trade

in enslaved Africans by way of an exhibition and the compilation and publication of a

bibliography on the Slave Trade.

This operational year was one of significant staff movements which included the

retirement in January 2007 of Deputy Director Mrs. Eppie Edwards and the resignation

of Mr. Byron Palmer acting Deputy Director in July 2007. The death of long-serving

Board member Mrs. Gloria Hamilton in January 2008 was occasion for pause and

reflection on the organization’s history.

Disappointment was that the well needed restructuring was not realized.

A Study Leave Policy was adopted and a fair draft of the Bill to establish the NLJ as an

entity with clearly articulated mandates were also among the 2007/2008 milestone

accomplishments.

The launch of an Information Commons on July 26 has resulted in new customers for

the NLJ and the organization adopted the slogan Living History Shaping Lives.

The subvention from Government totaled $81,078,000.00.

Winsome Hudson Executive Director (Mrs.)

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VISION STATEMENT

The National Library

of Jamaica is

Jamaica’s premier

library for fostering

and promoting the

nation’s knowledge

of its history,

heritage and

information sources.

MISSION

STATEMENT

To collect, preserve,

document and

facilitate access to

the nation’s cultural

heritage, through

the promotion,

coordination and

development of a

network of

technologically

enhanced libraries

and services.

OUR VALUES

In Our Relationship with one

another and our customers, we are

committed to the core values of

Service, Integrity, Excellence and

Teamwork.

SERVICE

We satisfy the needs of our clients

in a professional and equitable

manner.

INTEGRITY

We practice truth, transparency,

trust and respect in all our words

and deeds.

EXCELLENCE

We support continuous

improvement towards the highest

standards in all services and

resources.

TEAMWORK

We work together towards

achieving the goals and objectives

of the organization.

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TO COLLECT The Acquisitions of Note included:

Funeral programme, tributes and condolences book for Honourable Louise Bennett.

Architectural drawings of Spanish Town Historical District donated by Jamaican

Architect, Ms. Patricia Green.

Microfilm copies of extracts from the Slebech Papers at the National Library of Wales. The extracts are letters and account books of Nathaniel Phillips a property owner and sometime resident in Jamaica between 1759 and 1785.

Newspapers on Microfilm purchased from the British Library: Jamaica Courant; Jamaica Daily Telegraph; Jamaica Journal (1823-1824); Jamaica Post (1892-1893); Jamaican 1907.

Over 500 images captured by NLJ staff including damage caused by Hurricane

Dean and the changing stages of the construction of the bus park in Half Way Tree.

Photographs and 35mm transparencies donated by Mr. A.R.D. (Tony) Porter

noted Jamaican geologist.

The personal papers of Ambassador Peter King.

The recording of 483 television programmes and 198 radio broadcasts – Budget Debates, Mid Day News, Jamaica Corner; special events.

Progress was made, though not completed, on the copyright status of the Daily News

photographs which were donated to the library in 1986 when that newspaper went into

receivership. Three thousand six hundred and eighty five (3,685) photographs from that

collection were added to the NLJ photograph resources while we await legal advice on

the status of the remaining photographs.

The strategy for compliance with Legal Deposit is gentle persuasion and education

rather than enforcement of the penalty and in that regard a presentation was made to

the Jamaica Federation of Musicians and brochures distributed to a number of

organizations including Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ) and Jamaica

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Composers and Producers (JCAP). Four hundred and ninety seven (497) items were

deposited in the year under review a thirty percent (30%) increase over the previous

year. The acquisition statistics for the year, legal deposits and purchases were as

follows:

Legal Deposits Books Pamphlets Serials CDs DVDs Film

226 129 80 52 10 0

Purchases Jamaican

Books

General

Reference

Pamphlets

JA & WI.

Serials CDs DVDs Microfilm Film

253 52

38 118 145 17 39 0

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T0 PRESERVE

The preservation function recorded improved outputs over the previous year. The

improvement is in some way due to a revised data collection system, manual and

electronic. Manuscripts restored total 15 (a fifty percent over last year) and books

bound (216); books restored (156) an increase of 141 and 48 respectively over the

previous year. The preservation of audio visual resources included reformatting of one

hundred and twenty seven (127) 16 mm films to VHS; 577 films cleaned and repaired; 6

months of the Gleaner and 15 months of the Observer microfilmed.

Major roof repairs to stop leaks were undertaken in this period and the Fire Prevention

System was tested and proven with very timely responses from York Park Fire Station.

Film Inspector Mr. Gabriel Miller examining films in Film Vault

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T0 DOCUMENT/Catalogue

A total of one thousand and five (1,005) print items were catalogued and classified

during the period. Five hundred and seventy-four (574) items were new acquisitions;

one hundred and seven (107) post-inventory items; three hundred and two (302) serial

titles and twenty-two (22) digital items. Audiovisual items catalogued totaled 459. The

inventory of the Jamaican book and pamphlet collection continued and at the end of the

year was ascertained to be 25,539 items. The inventorying of the Jamaican material is to

continue in the coming year and the inventorying of the West Indian material is also to

begin then.

Catalogue maintenance is part of the documenting mission and that activity centered on

editing the Serials Database with over fifteen hundred records edited. This was

achieved with the assistance of temporary employees in July and August 2007. The

drive to eliminate duplicate records was also ongoing with three hundred and twenty-

nine records edited.

Production of the national bibliography (JNB) is a mandate unique to NLJ. During the

year the preliminary work on JNB 2001 – 2003 was started and is expected to be

finalized by the end of the second quarter of 2008/2009. The Name Authority File was

also updated with more than three thousand, five hundred records entered in the Name

Authority File (NAF) database. The point must again be made, the National Library of

Jamaica has only two cataloguers on its establishment.

TO FACILITATE ACCESS

As noted in the Executive Director’s Summary a significant accomplishment of the year

was the launch of the Information Commons. This Information Commons was

established with five (5) new computers for internet access and word processing and is

located in the Main Reading Room. The computers were funded by the Universal Access

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Fund on request from the NLJ. With the launch of the Commons the NLJ did away with

the fifty dollars per half hour fee to access the Internet. The statistics suggest that the

commons was a welcome addition to the services offered by NLJ. Four thousand three

hundred and sixty seven (4,367) persons used the Commons as opposed to the one

thousand six hundred and eighty three (1683) who used the Internet Kiosk in the

previous year.

Audience at the Launch of the Information Commons, Inset Professor Daphne Douglas, Board Chair

Collection Usage: The number of items consulted for the period was 40,526 compared

to 39,294 recorded in 2006-2007. Visits to the library’s website increased significantly.

There were 73,565 visits recorded for the period compared to 49, 918 for the previous

period.

Consultations Resources 2006 / 2007 2007/2008

Non-Fiction, Fiction, Clippings, Periodicals

10, 349

9,791

Special Collections (MSS. Maps, Newspapers, Microfilm , Photographs, Posters)

28,945 30,734

Internet Kiosk / users 1,683 4, 367

Visits to nlj.org 49,918 73,565

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In order to enhance digital access the storage capacity of the website, www.nlj.org.jm

moved from 800MB to 40GB and the site content and user interface were revised and

updated. New pages added to the site included E-Literacy, E--Jamaica, E-References and

E-Caribbean; new additions to the Biographies page and a Site of the Month.

The library also entered into a partnership with the Jamaica Social Policy Research and

Evaluation (JASPEV) and the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies

(SALISES) to host a database of studies and reports generated in the public sector. The

database is titled JAMPSRED and was publicly launched in a ceremony in the Main

Reading Room on March 5, 2008.

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PROMOTING THE NATION’S KNOWLEDGE

The major promotional activity was the Inaugural Distinguished Lecture which was

presented on Sunday October 21, 2007 to an almost full house at the Lecture Hall of the

Institute of Jamaica. The distinguished lecture was presented by Professor Robert Hill,

Marcus Garvey Scholar. The topic of his lecture was: Marcus Garvey’s Mission: The

Untold Story of the True Source of His Inspiration. The lecture was broadcast live on RJR

and a DVD of the lecture is being developed.

Exhibitions and displays mounted or hosted provided another avenue for the National

Library to promote its resources. The exhibitions mounted included Journey through the

Slave Trade which remained mounted in the foyer for the entire year in

commemoration of the 200TH anniversary of the abolition of the trade in enslaved

Africans. Honouring Miss Lou was mounted on the first anniversary of her death and

Emancipate Yourself from Mental Slavery: Marcus Garvey to mark the 120th

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anniversary of Garvey’s birth. NLJ also exhibited at Emancipation Park in July as part of

the Park’s anniversary celebrations and was host to an exhibit of award winning entries

in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission literary competition. In recognition of

reggae month, February 2008, the exhibition Reggae was mounted.

The publication The Slave Trade: A Select Bibliography was prepared and distributed.

The full text of some of the resources in that bibliography were also mounted on the

website. Considerable work was done in the compilation of a bibliography on Afro-

Caribbean Religions which is to be published in the coming year. Other promotional

activities were:

Publication of two issues of National Library News

Hosting of the launch on Sunday May 27 of An Heirloom to Treasure, the family history of the Batts family of Trelawny.

Placements in the Sunday Herald and Daily Gleaner regarding Legal Deposit.

Time Signal at 4:30 p.m. daily on IRIE FM re Legal Deposit during the month of October.

Competing for pride of place in the promotional activities was the 2008 Calendar of

black and white photographs from the collection. The calendar was very well received

and mentioned in the Jamaica Observer Calendar Competition.

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NETWORK OF TECHNOLOGICALLY ENHANCED LIBRARIES AND SERVICES

A significant accomplishment of the year was the presentation of the conference:

Libraries Networking for National Development. This was presented on November 22

and 23. Keynote speaker was Mr. Michael Gorman, Past President American Library

Association who spoke on the topic The Value of Information for National

Development. The Conference was in keeping with the strategic objective to co-

ordinate the continued development of the National Information System. The list of

papers presented is appended.

The Advisory Committee on the National Information System (ACNIS) which was

established by NLJ in 2001 to implement Cabinet directives to coordinate and advise

government on the continued development of an integrated National Information

System convened one meeting during the year. The meeting received reports from the

sector networks: Audio Visual information Network (AVIN); Socio Economic Information

Network (SECIN) College Library Information Network (COLINET), Legal Information

Network (LINET); Science Information Network (STIN).

ACNIS also drafted a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) amongst the four major

nodes of the NATIS (NLJ, JLS, JARD and UWI, Mona libraries) but the MOU was still

unsigned at year’s end. Other activities advancing a network of technologically

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enhanced libraries and services were the ongoing collection of catalogue records from

special libraries to form the national union catalogue; a meeting of network

coordinators in December 2007; hosting of the Socio Economic Information Network

(SECIN) catalogue; ongoing consulting and troubleshooting services to NATIS members;

distribution of the library management software CDS/ISIS to new libraries.

Internally the NLJ strengthened its technological capacity by upgrading the RAM

memory for fifteen (15) computers to at least 512 MB and procured five Symantec

Antivirus licenses for the Windows Vista computers in the Information Commons area

and twenty (20) Microsoft Office 2007 Professional licenses for office workstations.

A notable accomplishment during the year was an audit of the backup regime and the

findings dictated a new daily backup schedule of the servers with monthly backups

being stored offsite at the Edna Manley College of the Visual Arts. A Fixed Assets

Management System was also developed to support the previously troubling inventory

management.

HUMAN RESOURCES

As previously noted in the Executive Director’s summary the proposals for restructuring

were not realized. To repeat: the NLJ is seriously under-resourced. The present

classification and staffing levels are serious limitations to processing of the resources

and delivering of services. It is miraculous the accomplishments given the staffing

situation and staff is to be commended for their accomplishments.

The strategic objective for Human Resources is to strengthen employees capacities and

facilitate shared values. The tasks undertaken in that direction included monthly staff

meetings; the completion of a Policy on Study Leave; institutional membership in a

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number of associations; the encouragement and facilitation of a staff association and an

incentive awards programme. The Departmental Incentive Awardees were:

Name Department

Ms. Alythe Edwards Accounts and Administration

Miss Yulande Lindsay Acquisitions and Cataloguing

Mr. Jason Smith Audiovisual and Micrographics

Miss Annette Hunter Information Network Systems

Miss Norma Vassell Personnel and Office Management

Mrs. Dawnette Phillips Research and Information

Ms. Romaine Brown Special Collections and Conservation

Mrs. Dawnette Phillips, Employee of the Year

The inadequate staffing levels worsened this year with the retirement of Deputy

Director Mrs. Eppie Edwards, the resignation of Acting Deputy Director, Mr. Byron

Palmer who took up a post at the University of the West Indies and the resignation of

the Head of Research and Information (Miss Jessica Lewis) who took up a post in the

Cayman Islands. On the positive side the post of Internal Auditor was established.

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Mrs. Eppie Edwards receiving retirement bouquet from Miss Yulande Lindsay

Mr. Byron Palmer saying farewell at a staff meeting.

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The training opportunities afforded staff included:

CONFERENCES

Name Position Conference

Fay Barrett, Human Resource and Office Manager

Human Resource Management Conference – Ocho Rios, St. Ann

Nicole Bryan Bridget Heron

Librarian Field Programmer

Jamaica Computer Society

Nicole Bryan Librarian ACURIL Conference – Puerto Rico

Winsome Hudson Executive Director IFLA Conference - South Africa

Maureen Webster-Prince

Head of Department, Audio Visual

Archives at Risk, The Netherlands

Maureen Webster-Prince

Head of Department, Audio Visual

International Association of Sound Archives

WORKSHOPS

Names Position Workshop

Annette Hunter Junior Programmer IBM X Series Server

Maxine Jones Cataloguer Caribbean Digital Libraries and Digital Repositories - Trinidad

Yulande Lindsay Serials Librarian Creating Digital Collections - Online

Wayne Walker Head, Information Network Systems

IBM X Series Servers

Jamila Whitney Database Editor Caribbean Digital Libraries and Digital Repositories - Trinidad

TIME OFF FOR STUDIES

Names Position Course

Treviann Harris Library Assistant Hospitality Management - (B.A)

Genevieve Jones Research Officer Librarianship - (M.A.)

Nicole Prawl Library Assistant Librarianship - (B.A.)

Fay Barrett Human Resource Manager Teaching - (M.A.)

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PARTNERSHIPS

Through its membership on the Unesco Information for All Committee the library

coordinated the booksellers exhibition for the observance of World Book and Copyright

Day which was held on April 20 at the Stella Maris Church Hall.

National Library of Jamaica also partnered with its counterpart in the Republic of

Trinidad and Tobago by releasing Mrs. Maureen Webster-Prince to be a presenter at the

NALIS/ Unesco Conference on Caribbean Digital Libraries and Digital Repositories.

The NLJ loaned forty two (42) items to the Museums Division for a joint exhibition on

Port Royal with the Historic Museum of South Florida for the period June 25, 2007 to

June 30, 2008. The NLJ also loaned material to the Yale Centre for British Art and the

National Gallery of Jamaica for their exhibitions on Isaac Mendes Belisario. A benefit of

the loan to Yale was the superb restoration of three of the loaned items which were in

very bad condition.

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Services to the Publishing Community was met by the supply of the thirty-two (32)

requests for Cataloguing-In-Publication Data (CIP) and a seminar on International

Standard Book Number (ISBN) and (ISSN) International Standard Serial Number which

targeted persons in the publishing industry in Clarendon, Manchester and St. Elizabeth

and held in Mandeville on June 12. Over eighty persons attended. A similar seminar

planned for Montego Bay for October 31 had to be canceled due to inclement weather.

The NLJ continued to coordinate efforts to develop a collection of digital talking books

for use by the blind. The efforts were largely in discussion with the Canadian Institute

for the Blind (CNIB) regarding possible purchase of digital talking books; however that

idea fell through due to intricacies related to copyright.

NLJ continued to make its contribution to the field of librarianship by accommodating

students for field work from the Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS),

UWI, Mona and from the Library Technician programme at Excelsior Community

College. The Executive Director was also released to teach the course Public Libraries at

the Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS) University of the West Indies.

A most exciting partnership was the opportunity to participate in the Cultural

Leadership Programme (CLP) of the British Arts Council. The Cultural Leadership

Programme is a United Kingdom initiative to develop management skills of ethnic

middle managers in the UK by providing them with placements in overseas institutions.

The NLJ made an application and was successful and in January the Executive Director

was invited to London at the expense of the British Arts Council to interview applicants

for the post of Digital Resources Associate. Miss Maxine Miller librarian at Institute of

International Visual Arts (INIVA) and of Jamaican heritage was the successful candidate

scheduled to begin a three months assignment at NLJ to develop a digital collection and

observe best practices in the management of a cultural institution.

Board of Management Members

2007-2008

Names

Professor Daphne Douglas, C.D Chairman

Father Michael Allen

Mr. Vivian Crawford

Miss Dianne Daley

Dr. Hopeton Dunn

Professor Fay Durrant

Dr. Gloria Royale–Davis

Mrs. Winsome Hudson - Executive Director/Secretary

Mr. Winston Oliver

Mss Hermine Salmon

Mr. Robert Simpson (Staff Representative)

Mr. Whilston Taylor Jr.

Dr. Swithin Wilmot

DDIIRREECCTTOORRSS CCOOMMPPEENNSSAATTIIOONN AAPPRRIILL 22000077 –– MMAARRCCHH 22000088

Position of Director Fees ($)

Motor Vehicle Upkeep/Travelling

or Value of Assignment

of Motor Vehicle ($)

Honoraria ($)

All Other Compensation

including Non-Cash Benefits as applicable

($)

Total ($)

Daphne Douglas $27,050.00 $27,050.00

Michael Allen $6,750.00 $6,750.00

Dianne Daley $8,250.00 $8,250.00

Hopeton Dunn $4,125.00 $4,125.00

Fay Durrant $4,125.00 $4,125.00

Winston Oliver $9,375.00 $9,375.00

Gloria Royale-Davis $4,125.00 $4,125.00

Hermine Salmon $13,500.00 $13,500.00

Notes

Where a non-cash benefit is received (e.g. government housing), the value of that benefit shall be quantified and stated in the appropriate

column above.

SSEENNIIOORR EEXXEECCUUTTIIVVEE CCOOMMPPEENNSSAATTIIOONN

SSEENNIIOORR EEXXEECCUUTTIIVVEE CCOOMMPPEENNSSAATTIIOONN 22000077//22000088

Position of Senior Executive

Year Salary

($)

Gratuity or Performance

Incentive ($)

Travelling Allowance

or Value of

Assignment of Motor

Vehicle ($)

Pension or

Other Retirement Benefits

($)

Other Allowanc

es ($)

Non-Cash Benefits

($)

Total ($)

Fay Barrett Personnel & Office Manager (GMG/AM 4)

2007-2008

1,111,457.04 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1,111,457.04

Eppie Edwards Deputy Director (SEG 3) (Retired June 2007)

2007-2008

229,054.11 n/a 75,000 n/a n/a n/a 304,054.11

Valerie Francis Acquisition Librarian (PIDG/LS4)

2007-2008

1,325,905.65 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1,325,905.65

Winsome Hudson Executive Director (SEG 5)

2007-2008

2,737,554.42 n/a 568,812 n/a n/a n/a 3,306,366.42

Jessica Lewis Coordinator, Research and Information (Resigned July 2007)

2007- 2008

450,684.77 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 450,684.77

Luke McIntosh Accountant (FMG/PA2)

2007-2008

1,626,879.43 n/a 200,040 n/a n/a n/a 1,826,919.43

Maxine Jones Cataloguer (PIDG/LS4)

2007- 2008

1,218,408.00 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1,218,408.00

Byron Palmer Acting Deputy Director (GMG/SEG 5) (resigned October 2007)

2007- 2008

1,057,671.66 n/a 175,000 n/a n/a n/a 1,232,671.66

Maureen Webster-Prince Manager, Audio Visual Department (AR 6)

2007- 2008

2,227,850.28 n/a 300,000 n/a n/a n/a 3,760,521.28

Wayne Walker Manager, Information Network Systems Department (MIS/IT6)

2007-2008

1,166,693.35 n/a 256,334.20 n/a n/a n/a 1,423,027.55

Vivienne Kerr- Williams Deputy Director (SEG 3)

2007-2008

82,867.04 n/a 25,000.00 n/a n/a n/a 107,867.04

Notes

1. Where contractual obligations and allowances are stated in a foreign currency, the sum in that stated currency must be

clearly provided and not the Jamaican equivalent.

2. Other Allowances (including laundry, entertainment, housing, utility, etc.)

3. Where a non-cash benefit is received (e.g. government housing), the value of that benefit shall be quantified and stated

in the appropriate column above.

Topics presented at Libraries Networking for National Development

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Jamaica Conference Centre, 14-20 Port Royal Street, Kingston

OPENING SESSION Keynote Address:The Value of Information for National Development. Speaker: Mr. Michael Gorman, Library Educator,

Past President, American Library Association

NATIS Jamaica: Its History, Objectives, Framework, Accomplishments. Speaker: Professor Daphne Douglas, Library Educator

Libraries Networking for Development: The Role of the National Library of Jamaica. Speaker: Mrs. Winsome Hudson, Executive Director,

NLJ

Union Catalogues: Their Role in Library Networking and their

Continued Relevance in a Digital Age. Speakers: Mr. Michael Gorman

Chair: Miss Rosemarie Runcie, Librarian/Cataloguer, University of the West Indies The Jamaica

Union Catalogue – Objectives, Status, Challenges, Strategies.

Speaker: Mrs. Hyacinth Brown, Lecturer, Department of Library & Information Studies, Mrs. Arlene Ononaiwu, Coordinator, Socio-Economic

Information Network (SECIN)

The Potential Contribution of the National Integrated Library Information Network to VISION 2030 Jamaica. Speaker: Miss Claire

Bernard, Director, Sustainable Development & Regional Planning Division, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)

Partners and Policies for a Sustained National Integrated Library and

Information Network. Speakers: Miss Karlene Francis, Director General,

Ministry of Energy, Mining & Telecommunications; Mrs. Angela Patterson, Chief Executive Director, Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC);

Mr. Isidro Aballi, Regional Advisor, UNESCO Communication & Information.

Network Case Studies:

College Libraries Network (COLINET) & Legal Information Network

(LINET). Speakers: Miss Hermine Salmon, Coordinator, COLINET; Miss Carol Ford, Coordinator, LINET

The Future Roles of Jamaica Archives and Records Department

(JARD) Jamaica Library Service (JLS) and the University of the West

Indies (UWI) in the National Information System. Speakers: Mr. John Aarons, Government Archivist (JARD); Mrs. Patricia Roberts,

Director General (JLS); Mrs. Norma Amenu-Kpodo, Campus Librarian (UWI)