A few minutes relaxation at Lake Malawi for SOLINET resource persons and MALICO members at the Training Workshop.

MALICO Vision and Mission

Vision

• MALICO : The Malawi Library and Information Consortium will be a sustainable organization that will unite the information custodians of Malawi.
  
• MALICO will assemble and preserve indigenous information and provide access to the most appropriate information technologies and formats for all Malawians.
  
• MALICO will be a building block for effective libraries and harness scarce institutional resources.
  
• MALICO will change the landscape of information services in Malawi.
  
• MALICO will develop an informed society through far-reaching programmes and services for teaching, learning and research, significantly contributing to the advancement of the social, political and economic environment in the continent.
  
• MALICO places a high value on resource sharing, cooperation and networking. By virtue of these values,
  MALICO will advocate and represent the strength of Malawian information services.

Mission

• MALICO is a consortium of organizations that combines its talents and resources to promote and deliver library and information services for Malawi and the global community.
  
• This institutional membership organization participates fully in the acquisition and delivery of relevant electronic resources.
  
• MALICO offers leadership for library cooperation, training and development, mechanisms for improved access to information and a capacity for members to respond to the information needs of the country.