Librarianship in the South

Freedom on the Net 2011 : a global assessment of Internet and digital media

Kelly, Sanja and Cook, Sarah | 2011
  • Author(s): Kelly, Sanja and Cook, Sarah
  • Publisher: Freedom house : with UNDEF
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: internet, censorship
Over the past decade, and particularly in the last few years, the influence of the internet as a means to spread information and challenge government-imposed media controls has steadily expanded. An assessment of 37 countries is presented.

Searching with tags : do tags help users find things?

Kipp, Margaret E.I. and Campbell, D. Grant | 2010]
  • Author(s): Kipp, Margaret E.I. and Campbell, D. Grant
  • Publisher: E-prints in library and information science (E-LIS)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: libraries
This pilot study examines the question of whether tags can be useful in the process of information retrieval. Participants searched a social bookmarking tool specialising in academic articles (CiteULike) and an online journal database (Pubmed).

Access to scientific knowledge for sustainable development : options for developing countries

Kirsop, Barbara and Arunachalam, Subbiah and Chan, Leslie | 2007
  • Author(s): Kirsop, Barbara and Arunachalam, Subbiah and Chan, Leslie
  • Publisher: UKOLN
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: scientific and technical information, information services
This article discusses the impact of donor access and open access to research publications on the sustainable development of science in developing countries.

Report on the implementation of open content licenses in developing and transition countries

Kuchma, Iryna | [2010]
  • Author(s): Kuchma, Iryna
  • Publisher: eIFL
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: library policy
Licenses make it clear to the users what they are permitted to do with published and deposited articles (including data). An organization’s or journal’s licensing policy should be clearly stated and visible on the web site.

Report on open repository development in developing and transition countries

Kuchma, Iryna and Rosenblum, Brian | 2010
  • Author(s): Kuchma, Iryna and Rosenblum, Brian
  • Publisher: University of Kansas. KU ScholarWorks
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: information systems, library resources, data bases
Over the course of six months, 49 repositories from 20 countries participated in this survey: Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Namibia, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Taiwan, Ukraine, Venezuela, Zimbabwe.
 

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