Librarianship in the South

Empowering information professionals : a training programme on information and communication technology (EIP-ICT) from UNESCO Bangkok and Japanese funds in trust (JFIT)

Ornager, Susanne and Matsumura, Tamiko | 2009
  • Author(s): Ornager, Susanne and Matsumura, Tamiko
  • Publisher: [Authors]
  • Pages: 182--190
  • Keywords: information technology, training programmes, library education, asia and the pacific, japan
UNESCO and JFIT launched in 2007 a training packet of nine face-to-face modules and one Online Distance Learning template on Empowering Information Professionals: A training Programme on Information and Communication Technology. The modules cover various aspects of ICT used in information settings.

The collection of computer science bibliographies

Ortyl, Paul | 1993-
  • Author(s): Ortyl, Paul
  • Publisher: Author]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: data bases, information sources
This database is one of the oldest collections of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science and (computational) mathematics, covering most aspects of computer science. The collection was started in 1993 by Alf-Christian Achilles.

User acceptance of a digital library system in developing countries : an application of the technology acceptance model

Park, Namkee | 2010]
  • Author(s): Park, Namkee
  • Publisher: All academic
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: developing countries, use studies, electronic publishing, information systems
This study examines the factors that influence people’s adoption and use of a digital library system and tests the applicability of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) introduced by Davis (1986) in the context of developing countries.

The great library of Alexandria?

Phillips, Heather | 2010
  • Author(s): Phillips, Heather
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska. Lincoln libraries]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: libraries, egypt
Institutions which assume mythological proportions are often obscured by the very legends they generate. This paper analyzes the Great Library according to established library criteria.

Trends in library and information science education in south Asia : issues and challenges

Phuritsabam, Bobby and Devi, Th. Purnima | 2009
  • Author(s): Phuritsabam, Bobby and Devi, Th. Purnima
  • Publisher: [Authors]
  • Pages: 591--596
  • Keywords: library education, south asia, pakistan, sri lanka, bangladesh
The work studies the scenario of library and information science education in South Asia. South Asia countries consist of seven countries, out of these seven India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh has provision for LIS- education.
 

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