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Library and information science in developing countries contemporary issues /

"This book explores the relationship between global technology development and the impact of new technologies on library practice, library education, and information science"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Tella, A. 1972-, Issa, A. O. 1967-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
Subjects:
Library science > Developing countries.
Information science > Developing countries.
Libraries > Developing countries.
Library education > Developing countries.
Career progression of library professionals
Curriculum delivery
Database management
Digital libraries
Digital scholarship
E-records management
Funding of library school programs
Metadata
Staffing
Online Access:Chapter PDFs via platform:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Fostering and developing leadership amongst library staff at the University of Zambia Library / Christine Wamunyima Kanyengo
  • 2. Pakistan Library and Information Council: a proposal / Midrar Ullah and Khalid Mahmood
  • 3. Modernization of a traditional library / Mehtab Alam Ansari
  • 4. Marketing library and information services for effective utilization of available resources: the 21st century librarians and information professionals - which ways and what works? / Adeyinka Tella and Rachel Ronke Ojo
  • 5. Strategies for marketing an academic library in an African setting / Sylvia A. Ogola and Japhet Otike
  • 6. The significance of marketing in library and information science / Monday Obaidjevwe Ogbomo
  • 7. Marketing libraries: adopting marketing strategies in Nigerian libraries / Ajigboye Olamidipupo Solomon
  • 8. Libraries and preservation of indigenous knowledge in developing countries: the Nigeria experience / Abdulmumin Isah, M. T. Bashorun and K. T. Omopupa
  • 9. The school librarian in rural China: "a stranger among her people" / Peter Warning and James Henri
  • 10. The future of readership development: how ICTs have influenced user habits and library acquisitions / Elisam Magara
  • 11. Status of information ethics teaching at the School of Information Sciences, Moi University, Kenya / Henry N. Kemoni
  • 12. An assessment of the perception of library school students towards librarianship at the University of Ilorin: a pilot study / Abdulwahab Olanrewaju Issa
  • 13. Demystifying digital scholarship / Stephen M. Mutula
  • 14. Establishing the digital library: don't ignore the library standards and don't forget the training needed / Alan Hopkinson
  • 15. A review of eGovernment services in Nigeria / Gbola Olasina
  • 16. Digital libraries: their challenges and issues in the perspectives of developing countries like India / N. Swaminathan
  • 17. Information flow and democratic governance: an analysis of the African experience / F. A. Aremu and H. T. Saka
  • 18. Librarians, records managers, and e-government / Cathrine T. Nengomasha
  • 19. Information services provision to persons with visual impairment in Nigeria: the salient issues / Niran Adetoro
  • 20. Organisation of information and the information retrieval system / Edeama O. Onwuchekwa
  • 21. Social media in library and information centres / Ayodele John Alonge
  • 22. Bibliometric analysis of DESIDOC Journal of library & information technology / S. Thanuskodi
  • 23. Cataloguing and classification of library resources in the 21st century / Lydia O. Adedibu, Evelyn O. Akinboro and Titilola A. B. Abdussalam.

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