Librarianship in the South

A study on the open source digital library software's : special reference to DSpace, EPrints and Greenstone

Tramboo, Shahkar | 2012
  • Author(s): Tramboo, Shahkar
  • Publisher: arXiv.org]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: libraries, information technology, communication technology
This paper presents a study of three open source digital library management software programs used to assimilate and disseminate information to a world audience. The methodology followed involves online survey and study of related software documentation and associated technical manuals.

Experiences on recruiting and training library and information management (LIM) students in Cantho university, Vietnam

Trang, Huynh Thi | 2009
  • Author(s): Trang, Huynh Thi
  • Publisher: [Author]
  • Pages: 382--391
  • Keywords: library education, marketing, training programmes, vietnam
This paper aims at sharing experiences on recruiting and training Library and Information Management (LIM) students in Cantho University, Vietnam.

Strategies for preservation and increased access to newspapers in Nigerian university libraries

Ugah, Akobundu Dike | 2009
  • Author(s): Ugah, Akobundu Dike
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska. Lincoln libraries]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: libraries, document preservation, newspapers, nigeria
This article discusses strategies that should be taken to preserve newspapers and make them easily accessible in Nigerian university libraries.

Rebranding Nigeria through strategic library services

Unagha, Amanze O. | 2010
  • Author(s): Unagha, Amanze O.
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska. Lincoln libraries]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: libraries, nigeria
The paper focuses on the participatory role of the library in the Rebranding Nigeria Project (RNP). The image of Nigeria has been damaged internally and externally, and needs urgent attention, hence the rebranding campaign.

Organization as a management variable : a survey of Nigerian university libraries in the south south zone

Usoro, Ima-M.P. | 2008
  • Author(s): Usoro, Ima-M.P.
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska. Lincoln libraries]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: university and college libraries, management, nigeria
This study examines the views of university librarians on the influence of organizing on the availability of information sources in the library. The study assumes that the management variable of organizing is so indispensable that nothing tangible can be achieved without it.
 

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