Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders

African Experiences With Information and Communication Technology

  • Editor: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309054836
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309553032
  • Lloc de publicació:  United States
  • Any de publicació digital: 1996
  • Mes: Juny
  • Pàgines: 301
  • Idioma: Anglés

This volume tells 16 remarkable stories—first person accounts of how information and communication technologies have been successfully introduced into institutions for the benefit of scientists and engineers in sub-Saharan Africa. These case studies focus on the lessons learned in designing and implementing projects dealing with scientific and technological information and examine the impact.

  • Cover
  • FRONT MATTER
  • INRODUCTION
  • CASE STUDIES IN THE INTRODUCTION OF CD-ROM TO UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
  • CASE STUDIES ON DESKTOP PUBLISHING
  • CASE STUDIES ON ELECTRONIC NETWORKING
  • CASE STUDIES ON THE COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISSEMINATION OF LOCAL INFORMATION RESOURCES
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX A: LIST OF AUTHORS
  • APPENDIX B: LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
  • APPENDIX C: GLOSSARY

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