Book Aid International, London based charity organisation, has donated 872 brand new books, CD-ROM, & Tape cassettes (of which 70% of them are published in 2008 & 2009) to Jimma University Library System. These information resources cost around 285,000 Birr (i.e. around £15,000). Content wise they cover almost all subjects areas that directly support our curricula.

In the two rounds 80 faculty members of JU drawn from six colleges will benefit from the training. The first round will take place from June 8- 14, 2010 and the second round will take place from June 16- 22/2010. In the completion of the training, the trainees will be involved in grant proposal and scientific writing; such as:

• Writing winning proposal as a researcher in a team
• Review and approve new proposals when assigned
• Monitoring and Evaluation of the approved proposal (log books, data books and design of experiments)