{"id":231,"date":"2015-01-26T16:54:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T15:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/social-science\/?p=231"},"modified":"2015-01-26T16:56:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T15:56:01","slug":"231","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/social-science\/2015\/01\/26\/231\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;First Time Writers Workshop&#8221; held in Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Namibia Information Workers Association (NIWA) held a \u201cFirst Time Writers Workshop\u201d on 21-22 January 2015. The goal of the workshop was to provide information workers skills and tools on how to write articles and get published. The event allowed participants to get and share\u00a0first-hand experience and tips with veteran writers and to learn how to utilize library resources to help them get started.<\/p>\n<p>Young librarians from The Namibia Library and Archives Services (NLAS),\u00a0University of Namibia Libraries, and Bank of Namibia Information Centre received training and encouragement from Ms. Helen Mandl, a volunteer from Australia, currently at the Namibia Library and Archives Services, and Prof. Kingo Mchombu, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Namibia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_234\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234\" class=\"wp-image-234 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/social-science\/files\/2015\/01\/IMG_1934-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1934\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/social-science\/files\/2015\/01\/IMG_1934-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/social-science\/files\/2015\/01\/IMG_1934.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The workshop participants, including Chiku Mchombu (3rd from left, IFLA Social Science Section Chair ) and Professor Kingo Mchombu (2nd from right)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_232\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232\" class=\"  wp-image-232\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/social-science\/files\/2015\/01\/IMG_0505-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0505\" width=\"264\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/social-science\/files\/2015\/01\/IMG_0505-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/social-science\/files\/2015\/01\/IMG_0505-1024x809.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ms. Helen Mandl addressing the group.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_233\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-233\" class=\"wp-image-233 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/social-science\/files\/2015\/01\/IMG_0510-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0510\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/social-science\/files\/2015\/01\/IMG_0510-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/social-science\/files\/2015\/01\/IMG_0510-1024x547.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/social-science\/files\/2015\/01\/IMG_0510.jpg 1959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The workshop participants.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Namibia Information Workers Association (NIWA) held a \u201cFirst Time Writers Workshop\u201d on 21-22 January 2015. 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