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Peer reviewedMeacham, M. – International Library Review, 1980
Reports on the literacy rate among adults in India, especially the role of public libraries and special programs in improving that rate. (FM)
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Developing Nations, Library Role, Literacy
Download full textDasgupta, Kalpana – 2001
This paper addresses the diverse facts that influence the information seeking behavior of women in India, including: (1) the type of information women need; (2) social factors (i.e., caste, class, urban/rural, literate/illiterate, educated/uneducated); (3) economic factors (i.e., employed, unemployed, employed in organized sector, employed in the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Economic Factors, Family Structure, Females
Seidelin, Susanne, Ed.; Jensen, Thomas Skov, Ed. – International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (NJ1), 2006
"Libraries and the fight against HIV/AIDS, poverty and corruption" takes up some of the big issues and major challenges facing the world: the HIV/AIDS pandemic, poverty and the reduction of it, and corruption and its counterpart transparency. The articles explore the role and responsibilities of libraries and information services, and…
Descriptors: Library Role, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Poverty, Access to Information
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, London (England). – 1992
Eleven papers delivered for the Division of Libraries Serving the General Public at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions 1992 annual meeting are presented. Most deal with library services to multicultural populations, including those of developing countries. The following papers are included: (1) "Library…
Descriptors: American Indians, Case Studies, Cultural Pluralism, Developing Nations
