IRO Myra Brown's Visit to Post
Seminar on Methodology at the University of Abomey-Calavi, March 16 - 18, 2009
Information Resource Officer (IRO) Myra Brown visited Benin on March 15 – 20, 2009. This was her first visit to the IRC in Benin. The IRC Director Akodigna and the IRO made the most of the time frame by conducting a three-day workshop. This is part of regular visits IRO pays to Posts included in her portfolio. The seminar on methodology is a program requested by the English Department and IRO Myra Brown agreed to conduct it at Post’s request. Through this seminar, students got the necessary skills to enable them to state the topic of their dissertation and they were introduced to several resources they can check for information.
The seminar was initiated by IRC Cotonou and the English Department of the University of Abomey-Calavi as part of IRC Cotonou efforts regarding information literacy. The seminar was attended by more than 100 students and covered topics such as how to state a topic and how to use both traditional and online resources for information retrieval purposes. This workshop was also an opportunity for students to learn about copyright issues, plagiarism and procrastination. They were introduced to reference styles like APA and MLA.
As a way to conclude the seminar, participants also watched the film “Iron Jawed Angels” where they learned about the courage, the determination and team work from suffragists who fought and obtained the passage of the 19th Amendment. The event was extensively covered by the media and Golfe TV, one of the prominent TV stations, gave interviews to IRO Brown and some participants. Along with the seminar, IRO Myra Brown visited American Corners and attended the signing ceremony of the Memorandum Of Understanding renewal with American Corner of Grand Popo. She also held interviews with media outlets in Benin.
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| IRO Mrya Brown during one of her presentations | IRO Myra Brown taking a question form a participant. | |
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