Classifies and briefly describes several types of optical storage media available today--read-only and write-once analog disks, read-only and write-once digital disks and erasable disks. The appropriateness of CD-ROM (compact disk read-only memory) for use in libraries of developing nations is discussed in terms of users' information needs and…

Summarizes impact of the electronic age and role of the library focusing on the situation in Nigeria and concern for the new age; problems of Nigerian libraries and librarians (developing economy, responsibility for development, political situation, technological problems, lack of personnel); future prospects; and suggestions for present.…

Discussion of the nature of Experimental and avant garde music highlights the Western musical tradition, technological innovations having an impact on music (telephone, phonograph, tape recording), Third World influence, avant garde composer/musicians, and library collections. A 24-item discography, addresses of five record distributors, and a…

Explores Guyana's efforts to articulate and implement a national information order that would redress past information imbalances. (FL)

The Kingdom of Swaziland, made up primarily of people of Swazi ethnicity, has gone through dramatic social, political, and economic changes throughout this century, due in no little part to colonial and post-colonial influences. But because the political state reflects the ethnic homogeneity of its people, traditions have changed more slowly than…

Presents overview of the growth of librarianship in Brazil, noting types of libraries, library services, the cultural center concept, automation, interlibrary loan, library networks, and special programs for the library profession. (EJS)

Twenty selected Sao Paulo, Brazil, librarians who were interviewed indicated that, in their opinion, the development of library automation in this city is hampered by poor resources and cooperation, lack of professional and technical automation expertise, communication, and other psychological, organizational, and human related factors.…

Reviews the state of the art in online access and possible future directions it might take, with emphasis on prospects (technological, economic, policy, and political) for the availability and benefits of online access in developing countries. Information technology, telecommunications, and local versus remote facilities are highlighted. Three…

Reviews criteria for assessment of appropriate information technology, comparing characteristics of modern information technology developed and applied in industrialized developed societies with constraints for information utilization in developing countries. Options for information technology are suggested. Four references are provided. (EJS)

Critiques American research and teaching approaches to global and Third World history. In examining the two most predominant theoretical frameworks, Modernization Theory and the World-System approach, the author concludes that the latter currently provides the basis for the best understanding of the interdependence of the modern global community.…

Considers differences between and among nations according to their access to information and their ability to use it. Concludes that world populations may soon be divided into the information elite and the information ignorant. Discusses the increasingly important role of computers in technological advancement for developing nations. (DB)

Summarizes activities and programs which have been undertaken by UNESCO Associated Schools in many nations, including Bulgaria, Cameroon, Czechoslovakia, Cyprus, West Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Israel, Malta, and Romania. Projects have involved students in drawing contests, school Christmas carnivals, meetings on children's rights, and…

Focuses on how India's economic planning and development efforts since 1950 have affected rural areas and small towns, which comprise nearly 80% of India's population. Presents several case studies of rural development and concludes that the major keys to the stability of India as a democracy are population control, a unifying language, and…

Presents 18 articles which were published in Chinese educational journals during 1979 and 1980. Topics discussed include the criterion of truth, the place of Mao Zedong in the ideology of education, the proper function of universities and colleges in relation to the economy, and the tremendous growth in the secondary education sector since 1965.…

Presents an overview of the main features and preoccupations of educational reform in the highly industrialized market economy countries of the Western world. Concludes that education must continue to demonstrate its will to change and play a major role in social change. (Author/DB)