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Taylor, Robert S. – 1978
This syllabus outlines a graduate-level introductory overview of the agencies, industries, and services whose primary concerns are the creation, processing, storage, distribution, and use of information; also considered are questions relating to technological impact, the role of the information professional, and cost-benefits. The course is…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Environment, Graduate Study, Information Needs
Download full textLine, Maurice B. – 1999
Several characteristics make the social sciences less amenable to bibliographic control than the sciences: inherent instability of the subject matter; the lack of a terminology that is common over time and across countries; strong political and national biases; low penalties for duplication of research; and an apparent lack of interest on the part…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Information Services, Information Utilization
Peer reviewedDuru, Ephraim Chukwuemeka – Telematics and Informatics, 1995
Discusses the utility of Cable Television (CATV) in information services and education, noting its high fidelity and versatility. Examines efforts to introduce it into the Nigerian information scenario and the apparent problems. Provides suggestions for strategies the Nigerian government could adopt to encourage the operators of CATV to develop…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Developing Nations, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
Kaniki, Andrew M. – 1999
Academic libraries in South Africa are increasingly under pressure to provide Internet-based information services. Due to the historical background (i.e., apartheid policies), however, some postsecondary institutions were better endowed than others in terms of financial resources, library personnel, material resources, and with respect to Internet…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Advantaged, Consortia, Disadvantaged
German Foundation for International Development, Bonn (West Germany). – 1970
One reason given for the failure of the large-scale efforts in the decade 1955-1965 to increase significantly the rate of economic and technological growth in the "developing" countries of the world has been insufficient utilization of existing information essential to this development. Motivated by this belief and the opinion that this…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Conferences, Developing Nations, Documentation
National Inst. for Educational Research, Tokyo (Japan). – 1983
Proceedings of a Pacific regional workshop to identify developments and problems in educational information services are presented in four chapters. In chapter 1, seminar objectives and participants are listed. Objectives were to review and exchange experiences on the existing information systems and services; to identify crucial issues related to…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Cross Cultural Studies, Developing Nations
Gray, J. C. – 1972
A wide range of recommendations for developing an effective network of scientific and technical information services in the Second Five-Year Plan of Indonesia are outlined here. The document indicates the importance of scientific and technical information in developing countries and proposes an approach to the problems of policy, finance, and…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Developing Nations, Humanities
