Librarianship in the South

Open bibliographic data and E-LIS : marrying good intentions

De Robbio, Antonella and Tsakonas, Giannis | 2011
  • Author(s): De Robbio, Antonella and Tsakonas, Giannis
  • Publisher: E-prints in library & information science (E-LIS)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: information management, bibliography compilation, data bases
This short presentation is an introduction to Open Bibliographic Data, their principles and their relationships to E-LIS, the international archive of librarianship and information science.

Design and development of institutional repository at Annamalai university

Dhanabalan, A. and Ponnudurai, R. | 2012
  • Author(s): Dhanabalan, A. and Ponnudurai, R.
  • Publisher: Journal of advances in library and information science (JALIS)
  • Pages: 160--164
  • Keywords: electronic publishing, scholarly publishing, scientific literature, asia
Many libraries are building up their own Institutional repository (IR) centre using a variety of software packages. This paper is the result of an effort to develop a model to create IR of Annamalai University (India) by Using Dspace.

University women struggle for knowledge access in Africa

Diga, Kathleen | 2009
  • Author(s): Diga, Kathleen
  • Publisher: GenderIT
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: information needs, university and college libraries
The author questions whether access of learning materials to all students and teachers at universities in Africa are fair to both women and men. Online academic journals, and university textbooks are a few of the important resources that are part of this access to knowledge.

National library associations in French-speaking Africa : challenges and concerns

Dione, Bernard and Séne, Henri | 2005
  • Author(s): Dione, Bernard and Séne, Henri
  • Publisher: University of KwaZulu-Natal]
  • Pages: 9--16
  • Keywords: library associations, evaluation, french speaking africa
This paper provides an overview of the current situation of library associations in the French-speaking countries of Africa. It asks how these associations articulate their goals and objectives, how they are managed and funded, and what is their real social impact.

Library consortia in China

Dong, Elaine Xiaofen and Zou, Tim Jiping | 2009
  • Author(s): Dong, Elaine Xiaofen and Zou, Tim Jiping
  • Publisher: Curtin university of technology. Department of information studies]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: libraries, library co-operation, china
This paper traces the history and development of library consortia in China from 1980 to the present. It also gives examples and descriptions of various types of library consortia in China, including academic, public, special, multi-type library consortia at the regional and national level.
 

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