The Role and Impact of the Digital Library on Capacity Building in the Developing World-A Case Study of the OSSREA Digital Library.

Bekele, Samson

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Publication Date: 2002

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The Role and Impact of the Digital Library on Capacity Building in the Developing World-A Case Study of the OSSREA Digital Library.

Bekele, Samson

International Information & Library Review, v34 n2 p129-37 Jun 1 2002

Discussion of formatting and disseminating information in the developing world focuses on efforts of Ethiopia's Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), a membership-driven research network. Describes plans to distribute a digital CD-ROM library that incorporates a user-friendly interface and provides different methods for accessing information. (LRW)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, CD ROMs, Computer Interfaces, Developing Nations, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Ethiopia

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