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The Documentation Centre is
located on the ground floor of the offices of the CVSS/United Way at
Coronation Building, 122-126 Tower Street, Kingston.
CVSS is a national, non-profit
umbrella organization for nearly 90 agencies. Its main purpose is to ensure
the development of the voluntary sector in Jamaica. It supports services
that address a wide range of programmes including support to persons with
disabilities, abused and elderly individuals; child-care and protection;
HIV/AIDS; skills training and employment generation for youths at risk.
Currently, CVSS is implementing
an Institutional Strengthening Project that is funded by the Inter-American
Development Bank. This project seeks to enable participating
non-governmental
organizations
(NGO) to operate more
efficiently and effectively. Through this assistance it is hoped that NGOs
will achieve national goals of poverty reduction and sustainable
development.
The development of the
Documentation Centre is one component of this project. Work began
in
January 2004 with the task of providing NGOs access to better services
through the enhancement of a resource centre providing greater network
opportunities.
This will be achieved through
the following:
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Development of a website which meets
the requirements of Universal Design. Universal Design calls for the
development of information systems flexible enough to accommodate the
needs of the broadest range of users of computers and telecommunications
equipment, regardless of age or disability. Links to other NGOs will be
included.
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Production of a Jamaican NGO
database with online access via the website. This will provide
opportunities for
research and reference on the NGO sector. A hardcopy of this database will
also be produced.
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Acquisition of local publications from the NGO sector so that a local
clearinghouse of NGO information is developed. Information on the
non-governmental sector would then be available for all Jamaicans and the
wider local and international community.
Presently the collection
comprises some newsletters, annual reports and reports from the local NGO
community pamphlets covering a wide variety of subjects as well as texts used for the training programmes undertaken by
CVSS, particularly the Certificate in the Management of NGOs offered in
collaboration with the School of Continuing Studies, UWI.
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Development of an
electronic catalog. Eventually this will be an online
catalog accessed through the CVSS website.
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Development of a
newspaper clippings file as an electronic database.
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There will also be an
electronic photographic database showing the work and history of CVSS.
Current services are:
Hours of opening:
Monday – Friday: 9:30 a.m.-6:00
p.m
Contact:
Grace Monroe, Information Development Officer
Email
grace.monroe@cvssjamaica.org
Telephone:
922-9365-6 |
