The 2024 Mortenson Center Associates had a mid-term post program review meeting on Zoom with the Mortenson Center Team. The associates each had a chance to share their PDP (Professional Development Plans) from the program and provided an update on the implementation, including challenges and opportunities they had encountered in implementing the projects. Some of the challenges included a lack of funding, issues related to time management due to new roles while some of the opportunities mentioned included buy-in from administration and thus securing funding for the projects, and opportunities for presentations, grants. The associates also shared future plans or projects they hope to be engaged in and expressed a desire to stay connected and also agreed to share their presentations on their actions plans update on a shared folder on Box. The projects the associates are working on are varied and are listed below:

 

Yunjin Choi (Republic of Korea) – Development of Academic Research Support Services to enhance AI Literacy

Prince Dwomoh (Ghana) – User satisfaction evaluation and onboarding training using GREAT Customer Service Card- University of Ghana- a

Dr. Elizabeth Malabanan (Philippines) – Establishing a digital learning commons (DLC) at University of Perpetual Help System, Laguna

Vafa Mammadova (Azerbaijan) – ADA University Library’s contribution to the achievement of UN sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) in Azerbaijan

Jessica Lewis Marshall (Jamaica) – New Leadership role- Acting campus Librarian

Dr. Muhammad Sajid Mirza (Pakistan) – Development of an Online information literacy course in Urdu Language

Khadija Mohsin (United Arab Emirates) – Involved with Fulbright scholar hosting at the Mohammad Rashid Library

Dr. Chintan Pandya (India) – various including Puzzles & Gamification in the Library, Digital Citizenship presentations, User satisfaction evaluation using GREAT Customer Service Card., Information Literacy sessions.