Workshop on Digital Libraries, 14 –18 December 2002, Khartoum, Sudan, by Sudan British Council with collaboration with Documentation and Information Centre of National Centre for Research and Sudatel Training Centre: THE IMPACT OF NCR-DIC READINESS IN REALIZING SUDAN DIGITAL LIBRARY / By Rafaa Ashmallah Ghobrial: 3.NCR-DIC RESOURCES:: 3.3 FINANIAL RESOURCES:

Workshop on Digital Libraries, 14 –18 December 2002, Khartoum, Sudan, by Sudan British Council with collaboration with Documentation and Information Centre of National Centre for Research and Sudatel Training Centre: THE IMPACT OF NCR-DIC READINESS IN REALIZING SUDAN DIGITAL LIBRARY / By Rafaa Ashmallah Ghobrial

Workshop on Digital Libraries, 14 –18 December 2002, Khartoum, Sudan, by Sudan British Council with collaboration with Documentation and Information Centre of National Centre for Research and Sudatel Training Centre: THE IMPACT OF NCR-DIC READINESS IN REALIZING SUDAN DIGITAL LIBRARY / By Rafaa Ashmallah Ghobrial

1. BACKGROUND:

2. NCR-DIC OBJECTIVES:

3.NCR-DIC RESOURCES:

3.1 HUMAN RESOURCES:

3.2 PHYSCIAL RESOURCES:

3.3 FINANIAL RESOURCES:

4.NCR-DIC SECTIONS:

5. NCR –DIC CLIENTS:

6. NCR-DIC SYSTEMS:

7. NCR-DIC and TECHNOLOGY:

7.1 MIROFICHE:

7.2 MICROCOMPUTERS:

7.2.a CDS/ISIS-BASED LIBRARY SYSTEM

7.2. b. CONVERSION UTILITY:

7.2.c The Windows Version:

7.2.d Compatibility between the DOS and Windows versions:

7.2.e CDS/ISIS Application Development Tools:

7.2.f.Internet tools:

8. NCR-DIC ELECTRONIC NETWORKING:

9. NCR-DIC READINESS:

10. CURRENT BARRIERS TO BUILD DIGITAL LIBRARIES:

11. CONCLUSION:

12. REFERENCES:

3.3 FINANIAL RESOURCES:

3.3 FINANIAL RESOURCES:

NCR-DIC is included in the NCR administrative and finance structures. NCR-DIC Budget (2002) can be explained as follows

-Chapter one is budget of staff salaries

-Chapter two is operational and support research budget is about 1,600,000 Sudanese Dinner per annum i.e. depends on the amounts which are released from Ministry of Fincance.

-Chapter three is development budget for maintenance and building infrastructures

-Support from Ministry of Science and Technology (Parent Body) for NCR-DIC Publications and Training programs about 1,400,000 Sudanese Dinner

- Foreign support from IGAD for two Sudanese candidates for M.SC degree in Information Sciences in Addis Ababa University, CTA for Publications and CD-ROM databases, INFOTERRA for Publications in Paper and Electronic form and Databases, UN organizations etc…..