Library and information science in developing countries [electronic resource] : contemporary issues / A. Tella and A.O. Issa, editors.
Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.Description: electronic texts (326 p.) : digital filesISBN:- 9781613503362 (ebook)
- 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
- 020.9172/4 23
- Z665.2.D44 L58 2012e
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Includes bibliographical references.
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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"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.
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