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European Metadatabase on Environmental and Health Information Sources.
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Information Services and Use, 1990
This issue presents selected papers from a World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/EURO) consultation (Munich, West Germany, May 8-10, 1989) which explored the creation of a metadatabase for European environmental health information systems (EEHIS). Topics discussed include environmental monitoring programs, environmental…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Sources, International Cooperation, International Programs
Special Reports.
Young, Peter R.; And Others – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1994
Includes six special reports: "Libraries and the National Information Infrastructure" (Peter R. Young and Jane Williams); "Library Cooperation and Networking" (JoAn Segal); "Mexican Information Resources in Electronic Format" (Shirley Ainsworth); "The International Role of U.S. Librarians" (Hannelore B.…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Information Networks, Information Sources
Exploiting the UK Information Resource--The International Challenge.
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Cotton, Ros – International Information and Library Review, 1992
Discusses the potential for the involvement of British library and information professionals in overseas projects. A study of available United Kingdom resources for overseas development is described; the attitudes and roles of professionals are discussed; the overseas market is examined; and further research and future possibilities are…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Consultants, Cooperation, Foreign Countries
International Consulting.
Titus, Amy A.; Austin, John H. – NSPI Journal, 1980
Four main areas are identified for the instructional technology consultant to approach the international marketplace: international organizations, the United States government, industry, and international public service organizations. Types of preparation needed, as well as special problems and rewards of international consulting, are discussed.…
Descriptors: Consultants, Consultation Programs, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Postgraduate Training in Clinical Oncology. Report on a WHO Working Group (The Hague, The Netherlands, December 6-8, 1978).
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1981
The 1978 report of the Working Group of Postgraduate Training in Clinical Oncology, convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe in collaboration with the government of The Netherlands, is presented. The groups analyzed models of postgraduate training in clinical oncology and evaluated their suitability in relation to…
Descriptors: Cancer, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Implications of Modern Information Technology for National Information Policy and Planning. Main Issues Discussed at the UNISIST Meeting on the Planning and Implementing of National Information Activities in Science and Technology. (3rd, Warsaw, Poland, January 23-26, 1979).
Slamecka, Vladimir – 1979
This report summarizes the topics of discussion at the Warsaw meeting of UNISIST, which addressed itself to the subject of modern information technology and its implications for national information policy and programs. Topics presented by invited speakers and discussed by participants from 21 countries included: (1) the relationship of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Networks
A World of Difference. The International Distribution of Information: The Media and Developing Countries. Communication and Society No. 15.
Garbo, Gunnar – 1985
This study presents an overview and analysis of the continuing debate in the United Nations system on freedom of the press and the distribution of information. The three main chapters deal with sequences within that history. The first chapter discusses the debate on Freedom of Information which was pursued, particularly at the United Nations, in…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Codes of Ethics, Communications, Developing Nations
Modern Archives Administration and Records Management: A RAMP Reader.
Walne, Peter, Comp. – 1985
This reader is intended to supplement existing textbooks and instructional materials in both introductory and advanced courses for archivists, records managers, and other information specialists. Although the articles and reports selected for inclusion necessarily reflect various international concepts emerging from administrative traditions and…
Descriptors: Archives, Continuing Education, Developing Nations, Government Publications
Management of Information Resources at the National Level. Main Issues Discussed at the UNISIST Meeting on the Planning and Implementing of National Information Activities in Science and Technology. (2nd, Friedrichsdorf, Federal Republic of Germany, September 26-30, 1977).
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Adams, Scott – 1978
This report summarizes the background and purpose of the Friedrichsdorf, West Germany UNISIST meeting and describes the principal issues which emerged from the papers presented and the accompanying discussion. Topics of discussion reported include: (1) the availability of information resources at the national level, particularly concerns of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Information Centers