Team visit to Sweden

Curious about what Horacio Zimba and Democrito Manyissa did in Sweden last week? As part of our cooperation, we have exchange on the agenda, as well as finding ways to contribute not only to library development, but also to education in library and information science at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM). And what we do, we aim to do together.

Team trapped in the House of Knowledge,
 sculpture by Jaume Plensa on campus. Photo: Maria Idebrant

The first days of the stay were spent in Borås, where the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, SSLIS, is found at the University of Borås (UB). Horacio and Democrito, together with Veronica Trépagny (team leader, SSLIS), Svante Kristensson (library director, UN, member of the team) and other UB staff had meetings and discussions around:

• library schools
• education in library and information science at SSLIS and UEM
• potential future education in library and information science
• research in library and information science at SSLIS
• research education 

Democrito Manyissa with Malin Utter and Maria Ringbo,
discussing bachelor's education.

Horacio Zimba with Daniel Kristiansson

Horacio and Democrito spent time in the university library at the UB and held meetings on competence buildning input next year (work shop discussions). Daniel Kristiansson, the UB research officer assisting in the Sida research training partnership programmes, took part in many of the meetings and contributed to the planning and delivery of the UEM stay in Borås.

Lunch meeting after research discussions, with Åsa Söderlind
(study director, research education) and Jan Nolin (research leader,
professor), as well as Maria Ringbo...
Democrito, Veronica and Horacio. Photo: Maria Idebrant

Another partner of the cooperation ins the Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH). So the last part of the trip was spent there. The BTH library was visited and discussions on BTH input in fields such as information literacy were held. Anna Stockman is deputy team leader and responsible for the cooperation at the BTH library.

Democrito, Claes Lennartsson, head of school at SSLIS,
and Horacio.