Librarianship in the South

Claim mobile : engaging conflicting stakeholder requirements in healthcare in Uganda : paper

Ho, Melissa R. and Owusu, Emmanuel K. and Aoki, Paul M. | 2009]
  • Author(s): Ho, Melissa R. and Owusu, Emmanuel K. and Aoki, Paul M.
  • Publisher: Carnegie Mellon university
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health services, payment, mobile telecommunication services, uganda
Claim Mobile is a platform designed to support a project that reimburses health service providers for treatment of patients with sexually transmitted infections. The mobile phone was chosen as the solution that best met the requirements of the various stakeholders.

Information literacy training in an African university setting : case study of IL course development at KNUST in Kumasi, Ghana

Hof, Sjon van 't | cop. 2010
  • Author(s): Hof, Sjon van 't
  • Publisher: Royal tropical institute (KIT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: training programmes, library science, information science, university and college libraries, ghana
This paper provides an overview of the collaboration between Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) library and KIT’s Information & Library Services (KIT ILS) to develop an information literacy (IL) training programme.

Biofuels ...information exchange

Holmes, Tim | cop. 2010-
  • Author(s): Holmes, Tim
  • Publisher: CABI
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: data bases, agriculture, biomass energy
Database including 35,000 entries from CAB Abstracts on Biofuel-related research.

Understanding information literacy : a primer

Horton, Forest Woody | 2007
  • Author(s): Horton, Forest Woody
  • Publisher: United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: information sources, information needs, training programmes
An easy-to-read, non-technical overview explaining what “information literacy” means, designed for busy public policy-makers, business executives, civil society administrators and practicing professionals.

Are free and open source software (FOSS) solutions a viable option for academic libraries in South Africa?

Hoy, Geoff and Sandwith Koopman, Margaret | 2008
  • Author(s): Hoy, Geoff and Sandwith Koopman, Margaret
  • Publisher: University of KwaZulu-Natal]
  • Pages: 56--63
  • Keywords: information needs, information systems, libraries
This paper examines the constraints on using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in academic libraries in South Africa and discusses why FOSS is unlikely to be adopted.
 

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