Mortenson Center Reports

These final reports are the results of multi-year programs at the Mortenson Center.

Leaders and Innovators Training Program: Final Report
A final report on the 2009-2012 project by the Mortenson Center to develop and implement a leaders and innovators training program for public librarians from Latvia and Romania. It is described in this report to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Developing Automated Libraries, Phase II: Final Report
This report to the Carnegie Corporation of New York outlines the work done by the Mortenson Center to assist the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Makerere University (Uganda), University of Ghana-Legon (Ghana), University of Education at Winneba (Ghana), Ahmadu Bello University (Nigeria), University of Jos (Nigeria), and Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria) with their library automation projects.

Addressing the Needs of Nigerian Researchers, Scholars, and Students, Phase II: Final Report
This report to the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation outlines the work done by Mortenson Center staff to improve access to the information needed by Nigerian researchers and students at Bayero University Library, Kano; Ahmadu Bello University Library, Zaria; University of Ibadan Library, Ibadan; and the University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt.

These reports were written to update our funding agencies of our findings onsite in Africa.

Opportunities and Challenges for the Academic Libraries of Carnegie Grantees in East and West Africa
This report to the Carnegie Corporation of New York details visits to University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Makerere University (Uganda), University of Ghana-Legon (Ghana) and the University of Education at Winneba (Ghana), Ahmadu Bello University (Nigeria), University of Jos (Nigeria), and Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria) by staff of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign, June 2004.

Developing Strong University Libraries in Nigeria: A Report for the MacArthur Foundation
This report documents the accomplishments and challenges facing four university libraries in Nigeria, all of which are MacArthur Foundation grantees. The assessments were made by staff members of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs during a visit to Nigeria in 2005. The university libraries are: Bayero University Library, Kano; Ahmadu Bello University Library, Zaria; University of Ibadan Library, Ibadan; and the University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt.