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Direct linkChimalizeni, Michael; Chimwaza, Gracian; Chataira, Blessing; Msengezi, Chipo – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2014
This article shares the experience and lessons learned by Information Training and Outreach Center for Africa (ITOCA) in rolling out an on-line distance learning course. Key objectives were to explore the efficacy of online courses in increasing skills and awareness of electronic resources access initiatives. This is in the context of responding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outreach Programs, Health Education, Scientific and Technical Information
Peer reviewedGathegi, John Ng'ang'a – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1992
Examination of the state's role in the creation of scientific information in African countries discusses economic and political arguments for state intervention and two methods of intervention--regulation and resource allocation. It is concluded that African states suffer from deficits in resources, expertise, and authority. Efforts to implement a…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Zymelman, Manuel – 1990
This paper deals with one aspect of technical change in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): the production of scientific and technical knowledge. Part I presents a quantitative view of the scientific output in SSA based on data from the Science Citation Index that provides information on scientific publications and citations by field and by country. Science…
Descriptors: College Science, Economic Development, Educational Change, Engineering Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1989
A summary of UNESCO action in Africa over the past decade is presented. Efforts to aid African nations develop in the fields of education, science and technology, social sciences, culture, and communication and information are described. Appendices list the permanent African delegations to UNESCO; UNESCO established offices in Africa also are…
Descriptors: Communications, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Development
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1986
The two papers in this document were presented at a pre-session held before the IFLA general conference in 1986. In "Problems of Document Delivery in the Science and Technology Information Environment--An African View," Lucilda Hunter (Sierra Leone) discusses typical difficulties encountered in the process of information retrieval in…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Developing Nations, Financial Problems, Foreign Countries
Download full textSpencer, Linda; Van Wingen, Rachel – 1991
In response to the global outcry for environmental information, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched its International Data Sharing Program in 1989 and began to forge information partnerships with developing nations. The three objectives of the program are to establish EPA as a partner in information exchange, to disseminate…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Environmental Research, Foreign Countries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
Papers on scientific/technical information and libraries presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference include: (1) "Library Ethics and the Special Library Network in Science and Technology" (Dieter Schmidmaier, East Germany); (2) "The Dissemination of Patent Information by Libraries: An Example Demonstrating the Necessity of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Services
Hanson, Katharine H., Ed.; Meyerson, Joel W., Ed. – 1995
This book contains 10 papers on critical issues facing colleges and universities seeking to "internationalize" the curriculum and design good programs and services for foreign students in the United States and for American students abroad. An overview by Richard D. Lyman introduces the following papers: (1) "Foreign Student Flows…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1989
There are five papers in this collection from the Division of Regional Activities: (1) "Communication and Information in Contemporary African Society" (Bimpe Aboyade), which discusses how libraries can make themselves relevant to other institutions concerned with information transfer; (2) "Libraries and Rural Development: Village…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval
Groff, Warren H. – 2001
Career development for the next wave of competent leaders and technically trained workers during e-globalization is one of the most difficult challenges advanced nations face. Career development programs that begin in elementary education and have e-paradigms as a logical choice as the preferred scenario are needed by e-commerce in all its…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Biotechnology, Business Education, Career Development
