Librarianship in the South

Participation for what : social change or social control?

Gَmez, Georgina M. and Berner, Erhard | 2010
  • Author(s): Gَmez, Georgina M. and Berner, Erhard
  • Publisher: Erasmus university Rotterdam. International institute of social studies (ISS) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: decentralization in government, nongovernmental organizations, popular participation, development assistance, empowerment, governance, private sector, chile, argentina, egypt, nepal, kenya, rio de janeiro, brazil, colombia
In this collection of papers, the very concept of participation in development processes is questioned, using cases from Latin America, Kenya, and Nepal. The authors question donor-stimulated forms of participation as self-evidently positive, both theoretically and empirically.

Making systematic reviews work for international development research

Hagen-Zanker, Jessica and Carpenter, Samuel and Tromme, Mathieu | 2012
  • Author(s): Hagen-Zanker, Jessica and Carpenter, Samuel and Tromme, Mathieu
  • Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI). Secure livelihoods research consortium (SLRC)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: bibliography compilation, research, scientific literature
Using systematic review principles can help researchers improve the rigour and breadth of literature reviews. Systematic reviewing is a resource intensive process and involves practical challenges. It should be viewed as a means to finding a robust and sensible answer to a focused research question

Growing knowledge : access to research in east and southern African universities

Harle, Jonathan | 2010
  • Author(s): Harle, Jonathan
  • Publisher: Association of Commonwealth universities (ACU)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: research libraries, university and college libraries, southern africa
Libraries can make important contributions to research methods training. Information access is fundamentally about research, and the library’s role needs to be set in the broader context of research training within the university.

Digital resources for research : a review of access and use in African universities : an issues paper prepared as part of an ACU study for Arcadia

Harle, Jonathan | 2009
  • Author(s): Harle, Jonathan
  • Publisher: Association of Commonwealth universities (ACU)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: university and college libraries, evaluation, data bases
An issues paper prepared as part of an ACU study for Arcadia, by Jonathan Harle. This paper outlines the principal areas which impact on African universities’ abilities to access scholarly information in digital form, incorporating recent evaluations of the INASP’s PERii programme.

Build it and they will come? : inhibiting factors for reuse of open content in developing countries

Hatakka, Mathias | 2009
  • Author(s): Hatakka, Mathias
  • Publisher: City university of Hong Kong]
  • Pages: 1--16
  • Keywords: electronic publishing, developing countries, internet
Findings show that many of the inhibiting factors with reuse of open content do not necessarily relate to the actual content. Educational rules and regulations, lack of infrastructure, teaching practices and traditions etc. are major obstacles.
 

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