Information access and library user needs in developing countries  [electronic resource] / 
Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri, Linda L. Lillard, and Naifa Eid Al-Saleem, editors. 
 - Hershey, Pa. :  IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA),  c2014. 
 - electronic texts (226 p.) :  digital files. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>The changing nature of information behavior and the information environment: challenges for LIS in the Arab Gulf States / Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri -- Culture, tradition and technology: the role of library and information science schools as integrative forces / Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita, Ismail Abdullahi -- The influence of social networking and Library 2.0 as a gateway for information access and knowledge sharing in Africa / Manir Abdullahi Kamba -- A proposal to study of cross language information retrieval (CLIR) system users' information seeking behavior / YooJin Ha -- Environmental context of information seeking behavior: applying a diffusion model to account for intervening variables / Rebecca L. Miller -- The Ellis model of information seeking behavior and the peripheral scientific community / Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos -- Developing electronic information resources to promote social inclusion of vulnerable communities in Uruguay / Martha Sabelli ... [et al.] -- Digitize or perish: strategies for improving access to indigenous intellectual resources in Sub-Saharan Africa / Stephen Asunka -- A comparison of the information needs and information seeking behavior of entrepreneurs in small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing and developed countries: a review of the literature / Linda L. Lillard -- Barriers to information access for specialized scholars: an analysis of information-seeking behavior of social scientists in developing countries / Lisa Block -- Where Do Mongolian scholars go?: the information seeking behavior within Mongolian scholarly communities / Thomas Scheiding, Borchuluun Yadamsuren, Gantulga Lkhagva -- "Lose your time in a useful way": digital inclusion of the elderly at a pensioners' club in Romania / James M. Nyce, Gail E. Bader, Cheryl Klimaszewski -- Contextual factors influencing information seeking behavior of social scientists: a review of the literature / Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri -- Undergraduate students information behavior in the changing technological era: an investigating of Sultan Qaboos University, Oman / Naifa Eid Al-Saleem. 
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<br/><br/> "This book highlights the struggles that developing countries face in terms of information gaps and information-seeking user behavior, providing ways in which users in developing countries can benefit from properly implementing LIS services"--Provided by publisher. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781466643543 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4018/978-1-4666-4353-6  doi 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Library science--Developing countries.<br/>Information science--Developing countries.<br/>Information behavior--Developing countries.<br/>Information services--Developing countries.<br/>Electronic information resources--Developing countries.<br/>Digital divide--Developing countries.<br/>Libraries--Developing countries.<br/>Library education--Developing countries.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Library information systems LIS in developing countries Online information-seeking behavior Public services Theories and models of information-seeking User needs and behaviors 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Z665.2.D44  / I54 2014e 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>020.9172/4