ERIC Number: ED302258
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Dec
Pages: 238
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Curriculum Adjustments in Information Studies Training Programmes in Africa. Proceedings of the Post-IFLA Conference Seminar (Bonn, West Germany, August 24-28, 1987).
Bock, Gunter, Ed.; Huttemann, Lutz, Ed.
Recommendations formulated and adopted by the participants in this seminar and summaries of discussions at the various sessions are followed by the full text of 17 papers presented at the meeting: (1) "The 'BID' Model Test of the Polytechnic of Hanover: Principles, Structures, Solutions and Problems of New Studies in the Field of Librarianship, Information and Documentation" (G. Bock, West Germany); (2) "Some Reflections on the London Colloquium" (O. C. Mascarenhas); (3) "Curriculum Adjustment Issues for Library and Information Training Programmes in Africa" (S. A. H. Abidi); (4) "Synopsis of Existing and Projected Training Programmes in the Field of Information Studies at Selected African Institutions" (G. Bock); (5) "Library, Documentation and Archival Training in Sudan" (C. Wesley); (6) "Library Education in Botswana" (J. R. Neill and K. J. Mchombu); (7) "Courses Offered in the Department of Library and Information Science at the Harare Polytechnic" (D. M. Thorpe, Zimbabwe); (8) "Curriculum Adjustments in Information Studies Training Programmes in Zambia" (O. N. Mohamedali); (9) "The Information Professions and the Search for a Functional Identity" (W. O. Aiyepeku); (10) "Curriculum Adjustments in Library and Information Training Programmes: Malawi Country Paper" (R. S. Mabomba); (11) "Education and Training in the Information Professions in Ethiopia" (G. Birru); (12) "The Situation of Library, Documentation and Archival Training in Kenya" (J. M. Ng'ang'a); (13) "Programmes of the East African School of Librarianship in Uganda" (S. A. H. Abidi); (14) "A Review of Library Education in Sierra Leone" (G. Jusu-Sheriff); (15) "Training for Librarians, Documentalists and Archivists in Tanzania" (O. C. Mascarenhas); (16) "The EBAD (Ecole de Bibliothecaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes) and Curriculum Harmonization" (A. F. Correa, Senegal); and (17) "Library, Documentation and Archival Training at the Ecole des Sciences de L'Information in Rabat" (O. Bekkari, Morocco). (CGD)
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: German Foundation for International Development, Bonn (West Germany).
Identifiers - Location: Africa
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