PaLib address two problems. 1) the scarce resources to the Palestinian academic institutions due to limited resources within one UNIV and the physical access to it due to the geographical disconnected areas in PS. 2)the lack of a unified portal of research and researchers that includes all the research produced by the Palestinians which poses different issues toward enhancing the research infrastructure. Hence, local UNIV needs are: 1)Widening the availability of literatures for both students and academics. 2)Building research networks. 3)Allowing international databases to consider the developed research portal. 4)Building Palestinian research identity. 5)enhancing student workspace in PS libraries. The following main outcomes are expected: 1)Unified e-library portal. 2)Research repository for the staff. 3)Staff training as assets. 4)National electronic research publishing consortium. Since PaLib has been targeting the infrastructure of higher education, PaLib will impact six main categories: 1)Students: the project will expand the academic and research resources for all students. PaLib eliminates the problem of disconnect areas in PS. 2)Librarians: the project will deliver a high training level for librarian on Palestinian universities. 3)Local researchers: local researchers will be able to connect through the platform to access other research items that they couldn’t before deploying the platform. 4)International researchers: the project will help Palestinian and European partners to exchange research outputs through the platform and it will be one step towards globalizing the Palestinian research activities. 5)The Ministry of Higher education MOE: will have a good vision on the future of research and development on PS and help plan the future strategies of higher education in PS. 6) The Ministry of Culture: to install rules and regulations that support electronic research publishing in PS.
Enhancing the infrastructure of local libraries in Palestine, including libraries in universities and other society-based libraries.Providing large-scale databases for students and researchers.Enhancing the ground of the research development in Palestine.Providing a sustainable platform to incrementally increase the library items on the database.Transforming the European experience on building such databases.
PaLib targets the infrastructure of higher education in Palestine. National-wise it helps in two aspects: students and researchers. First, it helps researchers to maximize their research outcomes visibility and to be categorized based on their research interests and then, it helps build their own research networks. Second, students will have more resources to enrich their knowledge that, of course, refines their academic studies and their choices of the future plans.
<< Background >> PaLib targets the infrastructure of higher education in Palestine. National-wise it helps in two aspects: students and researchers. First, it helps researchers to maximize their research outcomes visibility and to be categorized based on their research interests and then, it helps build their own research networks. Second, students will have more resources to enrich their knowledge that, of course, refines their academic studies and their choices of the future plans. << Objectives >> Enhancing the infrastructure of local libraries in Palestine, including libraries in universities and other society-based libraries.Providing large-scale databases for students and researchers.Enhancing the ground of the research development in Palestine.Providing a sustainable platform to incrementally increase the library items on the database.Transforming the European experience on building such databases. << Implementation >> Management, dissemination, quality assurance and evaluation measures throughout the project duration were provided.PHASE I: preparation and launching.PHASE II: forming new local policies for e-libraries and scientific research copyrights.PHASE III: Teams training and capacity building.PHASE IV: building the e-library portal.PHASE V: building the scientific research portal for Palestine.PHASE VI: expansion of the developed portals.PHASE VII: Technical report writing and final diffusion. << Results >> 1- Research portal for Palestinian researchers. https://www.palresearch.ps/2- Library portal for Palestinian universities. https://www.pallib.ps/3- Capacity building for Palestinian researchers.