Building Scholarly Networks in Southern Africa: Solving Problems of Communication through the Internet (1997-1999)
http://matrix.msu.edu/connect/project99.html
http://matrix.msu.edu/connect/project98.html

From 1997 to 1999, Michigan State University’s (MSU) African Studies Center, MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at MSU, and H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine, provided training in pedagogical and research uses of the Internet to Southern African scholars and librarians from Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, and Zambia. The project-team conducted a series of intensive summer workshops, as well as local training sessions and follow-up at the Southern African sites. The initiative focused on training in the following areas:

• Familiarity with discussion lists and their uses
• Sufficient ability with HTML to create a WWW home page
• Basic acquaintance with distance-learning technology
• Basic proficiency in preparing web-based instructional materials
• Advanced knowledge of and experience in using online reference tools, bibliographies and resources, including databases on Africa
• Familiarity with processes and software used by American libraries in acquisitions, circulation, inter-library loan and other areas.