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The Library as Information Producer: The Case of the Ministry of Health Library and Documentation Centre in Malawi.

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Lippman, M. J. – Journal of Documentation, 1993

Describes a project at the Ministry of Health Library and Documentation Centre in Malawi, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), that changed the role of the library from information collector to producer of information through the use of desktop publishing and the creation of CD-ROM databases. (LRW)

Descriptors: Databases, Desktop Publishing, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries

Role of Computers in Sci-Tech Libraries.

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Bichteler, Julie; And Others – Science and Technology Libraries, 1986

Articles in this theme issue discuss applications of microcomputers in science/technology libraries, a UNIX-based online catalog, online versus print sources, computer-based statistics, and the applicability and implications of the Matheson-Cooper Report on health science centers for science/technology libraries. A bibliography of new reference…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Database Management Systems, Databases, Decision Support Systems