The major part of this report of the Intergovernmental Conference on Scientific and Technical Information (UNISIST II), held in Paris May 28-June 1, 1979, focuses on three sets of recommendations which were unanimously approved after combining the recommendations proposed by various groups and blocs: (1) recommendations to the United Nations…

This document summarizes the project of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Secretariat to coordinate its activities in the field of library and information services. In Latin America plans have been made based on cooperative activities and services whereby each library can have access to materials held in all libraries, as well as…

This volume includes 29 papers as well as abstracts of several additional presentations from a conference that focused on the process of developing Pacific telecommunication resources to meet the basic needs of the region and on ways of resolving the problems that arise as part of the process. A wide range of current information is provided on…

This is a discussion of some of the problems that the Advisory Organization for Gulf Industries (AOGI) will face when it undertakes (1) to organize both an information center (node) that will serve the information needs of the Gulf States of Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman; and (2) to compile an…

Suggestions for strengthening information sharing and expertise are needed, especially in view of the establishment of new organizational capacities for economic and technical cooperation by developing countries in the southern hemisphere. In the immediate future, the bargaining capacity of countries will be weakened by the lack of initiative by…

This survey and analysis of the literature emanating from less developed countries (LDCs) and international agencies focuses on their perceptions of the needs of LDCs for scientific and technical information for social and economic development. Constituencies represented include both users and purveyors of information, and planners and…

This study on the use of telecommunications to improve access to the specialized information needed for development was conducted by a national team and carried out through a series of meetings in Jakarta and Bandung. Persons contacted included Indonesian officials responsible for national development in information and telecommunications, actual…

Formed by a merger of two existing UNESCO programs--NATIS and UNISIST--a Division of the General Information Program (PGI) was created in 1977 to respond to problems involved in the development and promotion of scientific and technological information systems and services, as well as the development of national information infrastructures. This…

The dissemination of technical information to the third world has been the backbone of first world development efforts in the past decade. This paper examines traditional dissemination-utilization technology transfer models, discusses the meanings and manifestations of development, and points to problems caused by the one-way flow of information…

Advancements in information systems in Latin America have not been matched by similar progress in information science education. Further developmental progress is contingent upon the creation of a research base of information expertise. (RAA)

Discusses how the lack of information infrastructures supporting scientific and technical research hampers attempts to transfer certain information technologies, such as online database searching, to developing nations. It is argued that laserdisk information storage technologies, such as CD-ROM, conform more closely to the prevailing conditions…

The development of professional education in librarianship is reviewed from the national pattern conforming to the general system in each country, through the unilateral (paternalistic) internationalism in librarianship due to colonialism and the emergence of a new professional nationalism, to the opportunities offered by the growth of such…

This paper argues that the function of educational programs is to convey a sense of reality and an understanding of the open-endedness of information needs and situations; only such a reality orientation can instill the necessary flexibility in information professionals for effectively managing change. There is a growing consensus among…

Summarizes the development of scientific and technological libraries and document centers in Bangladesh and describes the problems of acquiring scientific literature through purchase, gift, and exchange programs. The effectiveness of cooperative acquisition programs and international sources of document supply are examined, and plans for future…

This paper argues that industrial innovation, which is essential for development, can be planned and managed at the national level as well as in industrial organizations, and that the time has come to bring the benefits of research and professional discussions in the area of innovation to education and training programs for industrial information…