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A Library Response to the Massification of Higher Education: The Case of the University of Zambia Library
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Kanyengo, Christine Wamunyima – Higher Education Policy, 2009
This paper looks at the challenges that libraries in Africa face in responding to massification of higher education by discussing the University of Zambia library's response in library and information resources provision. As a result of massification of higher education, libraries have been forced not only to employ new and different strategies to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Information Skills
Management and Marketing of Information Services in Africa.
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Nawe, Julieta – Information Development, 1993
Discusses the need to market information services in Africa and examines some of the obstacles to the use of library and information services. Highlights include technological changes; management issues, including a negative image of librarians; marketing information to a population with low use of libraries; the role of governments; and culture…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
IFLA General Conference, 1984. Round Table for the Management of Library Associations. Regional Activities Division. Section on Africa. Papers.
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
Papers on the management of African library associations and services which were presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference include: (1) "The Contribution: The Zimbabwe Library Association" (Stanley M. Made); (2) "Libraries and Information Services in the Third World in Danger: The Case of Tanzania" (E. Kaungamno); (3)…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Information Dissemination, International Organizations
IFLA General Conference, 1984. Education and Research Division. Section on Library Schools and Other Training Aspects. Papers.
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
Papers on the education and training of librarians presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference include: (1) "Training and Developing a Professional for the Widening Library Responsibilities: A Management View," in which Charles K. Wambugu (Kenya) examines the management requirements for a professional librarian and discusses the role…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Science
Implementing Information Technology Projects in Developing Countries.
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Kanamugire, Athanase B. – Information Development, 1993
Reviews the problems of implementing information technology in developing countries and cites examples from African projects. The use of CD-ROM for access to information is examined, and experiences at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia in introducing CD-ROM search services are described. (Contains five references.)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Libraries, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination