Noronha, Frederick and Malcolm, Jeremy | 2010
- Author(s): Noronha, Frederick and Malcolm, Jeremy
- Publisher: Consumers international
- Pages: --
- Keywords: electronic publishing, information services
Access to knowledge (A2K) is the umbrella term for a movement that aims to create more equitable public access to the products of human culture and learning.
Nwagwu, Williams E. and Ahmed, Allam | 2009
- Author(s): Nwagwu, Williams E. and Ahmed, Allam
- Publisher: Inderscience enterprises]
- Pages: 82--101
- Keywords: electronic publishing, africa
This paper aims to assess and evaluate Open Access (OA) movement as a proposed solution to avoid the restrictions over accessing scientific knowledge, particularly in Sub Saharan Africa.
Nwezeh, Chinwe M.T. | 2009
- Author(s): Nwezeh, Chinwe M.T.
- Publisher: International consortium for the advancement of academic publication (ICAAP)]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: librarians, higher education, gender, nigeria
This paper investigates the current status and occupational characteristics of professional academic women librarians in Nigeria. The paper also discusses the concept of gender participation in librarianship and the effects on the profession with respect to females.
Obuh, Alex Ozoemelem and Bozimo, Doris O. | 2012
- Author(s): Obuh, Alex Ozoemelem and Bozimo, Doris O.
- Publisher: Scientific & academic publishing
- Pages: 54--60
- Keywords: library education, scholarly publishing, scientific and technical information, africa
The study revealed a high level of usage of open access publications by both senior and junior Library and Information Science (LIS) lecturers, and found that the awareness of open access concepts accounts for the tendency of LIS lecturers in southern Nigeria to use open access publications.
Ocholla, Dennis N. | ca. 2007]
- Author(s): Ocholla, Dennis N.
- Publisher: University of Arizona
- Pages: --
- Keywords: libraries, south africa
This paper discusses the nature and levels of information access by the information deprived communities in South Africa and the role libraries play in supporting information access to the information poor.