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Download full textVasquez-Martinez, Claudio-Rafael; Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Felipe; Flores, Francisco; Cardona-T., Jose-Gerardo; Mendez, María-Eugenia; Valdez-Jiménez, Liliana; Espino, Piero; Olaguez, Eugenia; Rendon, Hector; Chavoya, Jorge; Zúñiga, Luz-María; Fonseca-Ramirez, Oscar-Hernan; Alvarez, Maria-Ines; Torres-Mata, Joaquin; Betancourt-Nuñez, Erik-Moises; Rodriguez-Ramirez, Sergio-Esteban; Alvarez-Gomez, Miguel; Cabral-Araiza, Jesus; Anguiano, Carlos – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2019
The intention of the present paper is to show that people have a series of educational needs in the era of information, so that they can become competent digital citizens. These educational needs are evident in the policies promoted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, which were well known to Latin American…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Needs, Educational Change, Latin Americans
Peer reviewedOchogwu, Michael G. – Education for Information, 1993
Provides a theoretical overview of the concept of information science as a discipline and analyzes the problems in information science in Nigeria. Highlights include a lack of or inadequate research, curriculum, faculty, prospective students, and information and material resources, and a description of the Africa Regional Centre for Information…
Descriptors: Curriculum Problems, Developing Nations, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedTarapanoff, Kira; Alvares, Lillian – Information Development, 1995
Discusses the interdependence of telecommunications and information sciences in Brazil. Highlights include new technologies and telecommunications: satellites, fiber optic cables, data communication networks, information superhighways, and cooperative projects; and information services development. (AEF)
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Cooperation, Developing Nations, Development
Mihel, Ivan, Ed.; Tudor-Silovic, Neva, Ed. – Informatologia Yugoslavica, 1984
An international conference attended by 59 participants from 12 countries was organized to present Yugoslavia as a case study to the international audience, to bring to the Yugoslav audience a variety of international experiences in library and information science education and training, and to acquaint participants with some of the new…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Needs
Khosrowpour, Mehdi; Loch, Karen D. – 1993
This book provides insight into how countries around the world currently define their information science (IS) and information technology (IT) masters degree curriculum, and how they are responding to the challenge of internationalization. Global IT programs from both developed and developing countries are presented. Faculty and researchers are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Doctoral Programs
Lindsay, John – 1986
This study was performed to discern the feasibility of a Pan-African Network of Social Science Information and Documentation Centres and Services that would serve the regions covered by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA). This report on the study outlines the various forms networking can…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Developing Nations, Feasibility Studies, Foreign Countries
Bearman, Toni Carbo; And Others – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1988
Presents the Glenerin Declaration, a statement that resulted from conferences among information leaders from the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. A series of articles discusses the issues addressed by the declaration, including access to information; technology, innovation, and productivity; management of information; and national and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Climate
Crowther, Warren – 1984
This article addresses the conditions of developing countries which must be taken into account in developing information strategies for their public and educational institutions or projects. Its central argument is that newer information science concepts, although they demand technological and conceptual sophistication, can be useful in the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Developing Nations, Human Resources, Information Needs
Chartrand, Robert Lee; And Others – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1990
Issues in the field of information science that should be addressed as the nation and the world enter the 1990s are discussed in eight articles. Some of the topics addressed include U.S. federal information policy, whether the United States should rejoin UNESCO, information technology in developing countries, and the potential impact of the…
Descriptors: Democracy, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Federal Government
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). General Information Programme. – 1984
This two-part document comprises an introductory statement and final report of a meeting that promoted the harmonized development, at regional and national levels, of theoretical and practical training programs for all kinds of information specialists. The meeting was attended by 19 experts from 17 countries--Brazil, Ethiopia, France, India,…
Descriptors: Archives, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Johnson, Ian M. – 2001
This paper represents work in progress that considers the role of research in international development programs undertaken to establish and develop schools of librarianship and information science, and some of the possible reasons why many have failed to develop once the external support was terminated. It notes that the development of a research…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Development
Liu, Lewis-Guodo – 1995
Computer education in developing nations has been proceeding quietly and on a limited scale, but it has been progressing. An overview of computer education in developing nations is presented, and an annotated bibliography is offered to inform researchers that computer education as it relates to a developing country's social, economic, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education
Wijetunge, Pradeepa; Willson, Jonathan – 1999
This paper defines curriculum development and discusses the curriculum development process. It emphasizes a variety of information that is essential for curriculum developers and policymakers to perform their tasks satisfactorily. A 1998 survey showed that attitudes of students, teachers, and employers toward current Library Information Science…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Educational Needs
