Training for the documentalist assistants

Within the framework of the development of its human capital, the Foundation organised a training for the documentalist assistants in its headquarters in Casablanca on March 1^st – 4^th ,2021. It aims at raising the participants’ awareness of the missions of the library and the librarians ethical code, and familiarizing them with the different stages of documentation procedures and the work tools used. The training included workshop sessions on cataloguing, indexing, and Dewey classification in relation to topographic classification.

Training sections:

• The missions of libraries in the information society
• Ethical code of librarians and information professionals
• Welcoming users and the image of the library
• ISBD bibliographic description and documentation procedures
• Indexation: content analysis
• Dewey classification and its relation with topographic classification
• Documentation procedures in the service of bibliographic research