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= Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH) =

Introduction
The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH) is a consortium of libraries and information centers in public and private tertiary and research institutions in Ghana.

History
The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH) formally came into being on 17 August 2004, with seven founding institutions. These were: University of Ghana (Accra), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Kumasi), University of Cape Coast (Cape Coast), University for Development Studies (Tamale), University of Education Winneba (Winneba), Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (Accra) and the Institute of Scientific and Technological Information of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Accra).

Membership
The following types of institutions are eligible to become members of CARLIGH:


 * University and university college libraries
 * Technical university libraries
 * Colleges of Education libraries
 * Nursing and Midwifery Training College libraries
 * Research libraries
 * Special libraries
 * Other tertiary institution libraries
 * Other consortia

As of May 2020 the following institution are members of the Consortium:


 * Accra Technical University
 * African University College of Communications
 * Akrofi Christaller Institute
 * All Nations University
 * Ashesi University
 * Cape Coast Technical University
 * Catholic University College
 * Central University
 * Christian Service University College
 * Data Link Institute
 * ECG Training Centre Library
 * Entrance University College of Health Sciences
 * Garden City University College
 * Ghana Armed Forces Command & Staff College
 * Ghana Institute of Journalism
 * Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration
 * Ghana Technology University College
 * GRIDCo
 * Heritage Christian College
 * Ho Technical University
 * Institute for Scientific & Technological Information
 * Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping & Training Centre
 * Koforidua Technical University
 * Kumasi Technical University
 * Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
 * Methodist University College Ghana
 * Pentecost University
 * Presbyterian University College
 * Psychiatric Nurses Training College, Ankaful
 * Regional Maritime University
 * SS Peter and Paul Pastoral and Social Institute
 * Sunyani Technical University
 * UCOMS
 * University for Development Studies
 * University of Professional Studies, Accra
 * University of Cape Coast
 * University of Education
 * University of Energy and Natural Resources
 * Unversity of Ghana
 * George Grant University of Mines and Technology
 * Valley View University
 * Volta River Authority
 * Wisconsin International University College

Services
Services provided by CARLIGH include:


 * access to electronic resources including negotiation with publishers
 * training events in areas relevant to libraries, information, knowledge management in Ghana and on the African continent
 * conferences (mentioned in relevant section)
 * support to member institutions

List of electronic resources available to CARLIGH member institutions:

Basic package for all institutions includes


 * EBSCOHost
 * Sage Journals
 * Wiley online
 * Taylor and Francis
 * Sage Research Methods
 * CREDO Reference
 * Institute of Physics Journals
 * Emerald
 * World Bank e-Library
 * Project MUSE
 * Cambridge University Press Journals
 * JSTOR

Additional resources accessible:


 * Annual Reviews
 * Association of Computing Machinery - ACM
 * EconLit
 * SABICAT
 * EZProxy
 * Hein Online
 * IEEE
 * RemoteXs

Conferences
As part of its tenth anniversary celebration, CARLIGH organized an international conference with the theme "Innovation through access to information". This took place in Accra, Ghana, in July 2014. Subsequent conferences took place in 2016 and 2018, while another, planned for 2020, was postponed due to COVID-19.

The major theme for the 2016 conference was: "Transition from information management to knowledge management: The role of the information professional". For the 2018 conference, which was held in collaboration with the Association of African Universities (AAU), the theme was "Managing Research Output for National Development: Trends and Issues".

Sources/Further reading

 * Dzandza, Patience; Alemna, Anaba (2011). "Challenges and Prospects of Consortia: A Case Study of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH)." Alexandria 22(1).