Librarianship in the South

Librarians without borders

| 2009-
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  • Publisher: Librarians without borders
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  • Keywords: developing countries, libraries, library resources
LWB was formed in February 2005 by a group of socially-minded librarians who wanted to address the vast information resource inequity existing between different regions of the world. Our vision is to build sustainable libraries and support their custodians and advocates -- librarians.

The IFLA internet manifesto

| 2009-
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  • Publisher: International federation of library associations and institutions] (IFLA)
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  • Keywords: information needs, information sources
IFLA encourages the international community to support the development of Internet accessibility worldwide, and especially in developing countries, to thus obtain the global benefits of information for all offered by the Internet.

ICS : International cooperation section

| 2009-
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  • Publisher: International cooperation section (ICS)
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  • Keywords: international librarianship
ICS provides opportunities for participation in international cooperation projects, promotes awareness of international issues, provides a mechanism for addressing and responding to the needs of international members, and fosters communication in the international library area.

arXiv.org

| 2009-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Cornell university library
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  • Keywords: data bases, information sources
This database produced by Cornell university offers open access to 613,220 e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics.

DOAJ : directory of open access journals

| 2009-
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  • Publisher: Lund university libraries
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  • Keywords: data bases, electronic publishing, information sources
The Directory of Open Access Journals service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. They aim to cover all subjects and languages.
 

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The Librarianship in the South portal provides access to selected free, full-text electronic resources on information literacy, ICT issues, institutional repositories, and preservation of documentary heritage. Find your resources in the database.