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Download full textYoshida, Yuko – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2013
Introduction. The purpose of this research is to investigate the significance of public libraries as educational institutions. The meaning of lifelong learning in public libraries from the perspective of women's autonomous activities is re-examined. Method. The literature of the grassroots library movement and that of the empowerment of women is…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Learning Activities, Active Learning, Empowerment
Takeda, Michiyo – 2001
This paper outlines the challenges and opportunities for the services of the Japanese National Diet Library (NDL), especially the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau by using a SWOT (Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis. The introduction lists the major goals of the NDL's reform. The second section discusses the NDL's…
Descriptors: Change, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Information Technology
Welch, Theodore F. – 1997
More than ever before, Japan is aware of its potential for shaping the global library and information scene and the Japanese are responding to the current flood of information with new media technologies and improved database services with a synergistic approach that involves library professionals, information specialists, governmental leaders,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Libraries
Negishi, Masamitsu – 2002
Recent penetration of the Internet in every aspect of society is remarkable. Along with various types of access methods being developed, information contents and services provided through them have also become available in a broad variety. The mobile phone systems capable of accessing the Internet have become very popular in Japan in the past…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries, Information Services
Seidelin, Susanne, Ed.; Jensen, Thomas Skov, Ed. – International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (NJ1), 2006
"Libraries and the fight against HIV/AIDS, poverty and corruption" takes up some of the big issues and major challenges facing the world: the HIV/AIDS pandemic, poverty and the reduction of it, and corruption and its counterpart transparency. The articles explore the role and responsibilities of libraries and information services, and…
Descriptors: Library Role, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Poverty, Access to Information
