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Survey of Scientific and Technological Information Needs in Less-Developed and Developing Countries

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Developing Countries: General
Africa: General
Algeria	Ethiopia	Ghana	Kenya	Namibia
Nigeria	Senegal	South Africa	Togo	Zambia
Zimbabwe
Asia: General
Bangladesh	China	India	Indonesia	Malaysia
Pakistan	Russia	Sri Lanka	Turkey	Uzbekistan
Vietnam
South America: General
Argentina	Brazil

Developing Countries: General

TI: Access to information and science development in the developing world.
AU: Arunachalam, S.
SO: IFLA General Conference (58th, New Delhi, India, August 30-September 3, 1992. Division of Special Libraries: Section on Science and Technology Libraries, pp 249-264. ED (ERIC Document 336789)
PY: 1992
LA: English
SU: Scientific Development
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Access to Third World science in international scientific and technical bibliographic databases.
AU: Whitney, G.
SO: Scientometrics. 23 (1) Jan 1992, p.201-220.
PY: 1992
LA: English
SU: Databases
RE: Developing Countries
TI: AGRIN package and its utilization using Micro CDS/ISIS software.
AU: Salisbury, L.
SO: Journal of Agricultural and Food Information. 2 (1) 1994, p.61-71.
PY: 1994
LA: English
SU: Databases
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Traces the development of the AGRIS (Agriculture Research Information System) and CARIS (Current Agricultural Research Information System) systems developed by the US Food and Agriculture Organization's Library and Documentation Systems Division and describes the AGRIN database software package, using Micro CDS/ISIS software, designed to provide national agricultural libraries with a tool to develop national databases compatible with AGRIS; to prepare AGRIS input on a microcomputer for submission to the FAO's main database in Vienna that is used to produce the printed AGRINDEX; and to receive and incorporate data from the AGRIS main database and other compatible systems. AGRIN may also be used by other agricultural information centres to build local or regional databases. Highlights the benefits of AGRIN for developing countries and demonstrates this practically with reference to the creation of the CAGRINDEX: a database of abstracts of agriculture literature of the Caribbean. Original abstract-amended. (LISA Abstract)
TI: A better quality of scientific education and research training in developing countries.
AU: Koswara, J.
SO: Conference on The Global Research Village, the Danish Ministry of Research and Information Technology and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Denmark, 13-14 June 1996. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.videnskabsministeriet.dk/ [Retrieved July 6, 2003].
PY: 1996
LA: English
SU: Scientists
RE: Developing Countries
TI: The breakeven point for using CD-ROM versus online: a case study for database access in a developing country.
AU: El Hadidy, B.
SO: Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 45 (4) May 94, p.273-83.
PY: 1994
LA: English
SU: CD-ROMs
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Discusses a case which examines questions that can impact on the use of CD-ROM by developing countries: the extent to which publicly available CD-ROM databases can satisfy the information needs of a particular information requirement for a particular development situation in a developing country; and the economics of an alternative system of CD-ROM, supplemented by online searching. The relative costs of searching CD-ROM versus online are investigated, and the breakeven analysis of the costs of CD-ROM versus, online is discussed as a potential approach to a cost-effective system for accessing databases in developing countries. Discusses the implications of the law of core and scatter on the volume of use of databases and its effects on the economics of searching CD-ROM versus online. Original abstract-amended. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Bringing scientific literature to the developing world: The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL)
AU: Dauphiné, N.; Anderson-Ochs, M.; Joos, N.K.
SO: Online Information Review. 27 (1) 2003, p. 51-54.
PY: 2003
LA: English
SU: CD-ROMs
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Can libraries help bridge the digital divide?
AU: Deschamps, C.
SO: Nordinfo: Nordic Council for Scienctific Information 4/2001. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.nordinfo.helsinki.fi/ [Retrieved July 7, 2003].
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Can national information infrastructures enhance social development in the least developed countries?: an empirical investigation.
AU: Meso, P.; Duncan, N.
SO: Journal of Global Information Management. October-December 2000; 8(4) : 30-42.
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
AB: The example of Singapore's TradeNet and other lesser-developed countries developing national, electronic information infrastructures, suggests that information technology infrastructure may enable least developed countries (LDC) to develop at a particularly advanced rate. Studies the relationship of information infrastructure and social development. Establishes a clear correlation between: levels of information infrastructure and social development and growth rates of information infrastructure and social development. Governments of LDCs may enhance their countries' growth by developing strategic plans for national information infrastructures. (LISA Abstract)
TI: CD-ROM implementation in developing countries: impacts and pitfalls.
AU: Keylard, M.
SO: IFLA Journal. 19 (1) 1993, p. 35-49. tables. refs.
PY: 1993
LA: English
SU: CD-ROMs
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Paper presented at the 58th IFLA General Conference, Delhi, India, 30 Aug - 5 Sep 92. Concentrates on the implementation of CD-ROMs in libraries involving: library staff; networking; and information marketing, based on the experience of the Royal Tropical Institute (Koninklijke Instituut voor de Tropen, KIT), Netherlands, during the implementation of CD-ROM technology in 28 countries in Asia, Africa, the Pacific and the Caribbean. (LISA Abstract)
TI: The challenge of brain drain from developing countries.
AU: Olsson, B.
SO: Conference on The Global Research Village, the Danish Ministry of Research and Information Technology and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Denmark, 13-14 June 1996. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.videnskabsministeriet.dk/ [Retrieved July 6, 2003].
PY: 1996
LA: English
SU: Scientists
RE: Developing Counties
TI: Collecting science materials from developing regions: universal dilemma, collaborative solutions.
AU: Wolf, M.T.
SO: IFLA Journal. 26 (2) 2000, p. 103-6. refs.
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Developing Countries
AB: It is noted that, in the rush to keep up with the production of scientific knowledge and the costs associated with it, the point has been reached where very few institutions have the financial resources to store and preserve the vast amounts of information that the scientific, technical and medical (STM) field is currently generating. Describes a plan to make accessible and to preserve the STM materials of the developing countries. Building on its already extensive holdings in these areas, the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), USA, brought together science libraries from various scientific disciplines to form a working group charged with examining CRL's present STM holdings and to rationalize its collecting policies both to promote a cooperative collection of these materials at the national/international level and to establish a list of STM titles recommended for immediate preservation. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Conference on the Global Research Village: background document.
AU: Hawkins, R.
SO: Conference on The Global Research Village, the Danish Ministry of Research and Information Technology and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Denmark, 13-14 June 1996. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.fsk.dk/fsk/ [Retrieved July 6, 2003].
PY: 1996
LA: English
SU: Scientific Development
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Cornell Library develops 'library-in-a-box'.
SO: Advanced Technology Libraries. 29 (1) Jan 2000, p.9.
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: CD-ROMs
RE: Developing Countries
AB: The solution developed by the Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, New York, for the problem of enabling researchers in developing countries to keep abreast of the latest agricultural research is described briefly. It discusses the solution of providing The Essential Electronic Agricultural Literature (TEEAL): a 'Library-in-a-box' comprising a 44-pound set of 172 CD-ROM databases containing the full text of 140 agricultural and life science periodicals published between 1993 and 1996, with annual updates. The price of 10,000 dollars compares favourably with the 375,000 that would be required to purchase the periodicals separately. The project is underwritten by a 900,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. (Quotes from original text) (LISA Abstract)
TI: Cornell Library puts journals on CD-ROM for developing countries.
SO: Advanced Technology Libraries. 27 (5) May 1998, p.9-10.
PY: 1998
LA: English
SU: CD-ROMs
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Cornell University Library's Mann Library, has announced plans to scan and digitize the entire contents of the past 5 years of 125 selected agriculture periodicals and store them on a set of 16 CD-ROMs. The result: The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) will be made available to libraries in 111 of the lowest income food deficit developing countries. (Quotes from original text) (LISA Abstract)
TI: Databases on optical discs and their potential in developing countries.
AU: Ali, S.N.
SO: Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 41 (4) Jun 1990, p.238-244.
PY: 1990
LA: English
SU: CD-ROMs
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Declaration on science and the use of scientific knowledge.
AU: UNESCO
SO: Proceedings of the World Conference on Science for the Twenty-First-Century: A New Commitment. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Natural Sciences Sector. Budapest Hungary, 26 June-1st July 1999. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.unesco.org/ [Retrieved July 6, 2003].
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Scientific Development
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Democratic approach to electronic publishing in a non-democratic system.
AU: Cetto, A.M.
SO: Electronic publishing '99: redefining the information chain - new ways and voices. Proceedings of an ICCC/IFIP conference held at the University of Karlskrona/Ronneby, Ronneby, Sweden, 10-12 May 1999. Edited by John W. T. Smith, Anders Ardo and Peter
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Electronic Publishing
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Contribution to a panel debate at the conference: Electronic publishing '99: redefining the information chain - new ways and voices, May 1999. Discusses the growing gap between the science-rich countries of the North and the science-poor countries of the South in the production and use of scientific and technological knowledge and considers the extent to which scholarly electronic publishing in science can be developed to serve democracy. Argues that, even with their limitations, developing countries should make an effort to be active participants in the development of electronic publishing. Sees international and regional cooperation as crucial to finding solutions to the problems of poorer countries. Describes the development of LATINDEX, an automated scientific periodicals information system for Latin America and the Caribbean. The first stage of the project is the creation of a web page http://biblioweb.dgsca.unam.mx/latindex and a comprehensive Directory of all active scientific and technical periodicals produced in the region, with a basic description of every title. The project has been well received by the international community and will evolve in response to future technological innovations and to meet the needs of the Latin- and Ibero-American scientific communities. (LISA Abstract)
TI: The developing countries and CD-ROM.
AU: Brito, C.
SO: Revista de Biblioteconomia de Brasilia. 18 (2) Jul-Dec 90, p.59-78.
PY: 1990
LA: English
SU: CD-ROMs
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Paper presented at the 3rd Brazilian national meeting on library science and technology, held in Brasilia in 1988, discussing the advantages of using CD-ROM to disseminate information in developing countries as opposed to online databases, based on a project carried out by the Pan American Health Organization. The 2 systems are compared in terms of cost (high start up and maintenance costs of online systems); information delivery (online systems need telecommunication connections, expensive and unreliable in developing countries); and relevance of information (international online databases may well provide inappropriate information for developing countries). In addition, information on CD-ROM is much easier for inexperienced users to access without professional intervention. MH (LISA Abstract)
TI: Developing countries, national agricultural research organizations and agricultural research and development. CD-ROM: a philosopher's stone or a millstone?
AU: Chudasama, A.K.
SO: First Asian Information Meeting. Proceedings of the Conference, Hong Kong, 27-30 September 1995. Oxford, Learned Information (Europe) Ltd, 1995, p.125-31.
PY: 1995
LA: English
SU: CD-ROMs
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Proceedings of the First Asian Information Meeting, Hong Kong, 27-30 Sep 95. One of the key strategies for developing the agricultural information poor National Agricultural Research Organizations (NAROs) in developing countries is through the improvement of access to, and exploitation of science and technical information. Although the arrival of CD-ROM databases and online databases heralded the beginning of the end of the NAROs' information problems, this ideal situation has not been brought about. This has been caused both by specific institutional weaknesses, such as shortage of trained staff, inadequate finance and local circumstances, and by the fact that of the information and references covered by the available CD-ROM databases, only about 5 per cent is deemed relevant for the kind of research carried out by the institutions in the developing countries. (The author may be contacted by electronic mail chudasama@cabi.org). (LISA Abstract)
TI: Digital disparity: a few facts.
SO: FID Bulletin for Information and Communication. 48 (3/4) May/Jun-Jul/Aug 1998, p.82-3.
PY: 1998
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Contribution to a special issue on Information for development: the EADI Dossier. It is commonly accepted in scientific literature and public policy statements that the information and communications technology gap between the developed and developing nations is widening and that this hinders the integration of all countries in the global information society. Presents some facts to demonstrate the comparative use of radio, the Internet, telephones and computers in developed and developing countries. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Les docs et les pays en developpement. Information tools and the developing countries.
AU: Bernier, G.
SO: Documentation et Bibliotheques. 39 (1) Jan-Mar 93, p.33-5.
PY: 1993
LA: French
SU: Databases
RE: Developing Countries
AB: While the new information media such as microfilm, microfiche, online databases and CD-ROM products appear to offer huge advantages to developing countries, there are many reasons why they do not represent a viable alternative to printed materials. These include: the cost of importing, purchasing, operating and maintaining the hardware; the absence of local information infrastructures; shortage of professional staff in libraries to assist and monitor the use of the media and machines; and the fact that these products are not geared to local needs in developing countries. AG (LISA Abstract)
TI: Doing research in the developing world: can new technologies help achieve information equity?
AU: Arunachalam, S.
SO: SLA Global 2000 Conference, Brighton, UK, 16-19 October 2000. [ONLINE]
URL: http://pantheon.yale.edu/~dstern/arunach.html [Retrieved July 6, 2003].
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Scientists
RE: Developing Countries
TI: eJournals Delivery Service: an email to Internet experiment.
AU: Cerdeira, H.A.
SO: Learned Publishing. 15 (3) July 2002, p.175-178.
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Electronic Journals
RE: Developing Countries
AB: The eJournals Delivery Service (eJDS) allows scientists based in institutions in developing countries with slow access to the Internet due to very low bandwith or extreme economic problems, to retrieve online articles from well-known periodicals, using offline browsing with electronic mail. This pioneering experiment, run by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in collaboration with Academic Press, American Physical Society and World Scientific, started in Jan 2002. (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at cerdeira@ictp.trieste.it). (LISA Abstract)
TI: E-journals: Developing Country Access Survey
AU: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)
SO: INASP, March 2003 [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.inasp.info/pubs/survey.html [Retrieved July 7, 2003]
PY: 2003
LA: English
SU: Electronic Journals
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Electronic publishing and developing countries: trends, potential and problems.
AU: Canhos, V.P.; Canhos, D.A.L.; de Souza, S.; Kirsop, B.
SO: Proceedings on the Joint ICSU Press/UNESCO Conference on Electronic Publishing in Science, UNESCO, Paris, 19-23 February 1996. [ONLINE]
URL: http://users.ox.ac.uk/ [Retrieved July 8, 2003].
PY: 1996
LA: English
SU: Electronic Publishing
RE: Developing Countries
TI: The Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT): putting developing country journals online.
AU: Kirsop, B.
SO: INASP/ICSU Workshop on Scientific Communication and Publishing in the Information Age, Oxford, England, 10 12 May 1999. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.inasp.info/ [Retrieved July 8, 2003].
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Electronic Journals
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Emerging responses to the science journal crisis.
AU: Webster, D.
SO: IFLA Journal. 26 (2) 2000, p. 97-102. refs.
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Discusses the continuing problem of the high cost of accessing scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature in both the developed and developing countries. Maintaining access to significant research and scholarship at a time when both the volume and price of information have increased nearly three-fold over 30 years requires fresh strategies and new creative efforts. Comments on the array of coping mechanisms adopted by US libraries including cancelling lesser used titles, moving from ownership to access, resource sharing, and consortial purchasing. Examines the recently developed strategic responses aimed at addressing some of the root causes of the STM crisis: an imperfect marketplace; growing presence of commercial publishers; consolidation of STM publishers; and proliferation of titles. Concludes that, as a result of this economic analysis and legislative developments, the academic community needs to consider dramatically different strategies for responding to the crisis. Some of the emerging strategies are noted. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Equity of access to information resources: problems and possible solutions in developing countries
AU: Reaney, D.
SO: SLA Global 2000 Conference, Brighton, UK, 16-19 October 2000. [ONLINE]
URL:http://pantheon.yale.edu/ [Retrieved July 7, 2003].
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Electronic Journals
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Ethics and copyright: a developing country perspective.
AU: Agha, S.S.
SO: IFLA Journal. 23 (4) 1997, p. 251-7. refs.
PY: 1997
LA: English
SU: Intellectual Property
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Explores the premises on which copyright is based and discusses the ethical issues related to copyright. Describes the role and operation of the Reproduction Rights Organisation (RRO) as a mechanism to administer collectively authors' rights. Highlights the plight of developing countries in having to adhere strictly to the demands of copyright law and offers suggestions on the approaches that should be taken, looking at the issue in a balanced perspective. (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at salim@iiu.my). (LISA Abstract)
TI: Expanding access to science and technology: the role of information technologies.
AU: Wesley-Tanaskovic, I.; Tocatlian, J.; Roberts, K. Eds.
SO: Proceedings of the second international symposium on the frontiers of science and technology held in Kyoto, Japan. United Nations University Press, 1994. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.unu.edu/ [Retrieved July 7, 2003].
PY: 1994
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Global information technology report 2002-2003 - readiness for the networked world
SO: Ibero American Science & Technology Education Consortium (ISTEC) [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.istec.org/news/GIT_Report.htm [Retrieved July 7, 2003]
PY: 2003
LA: Spanish and English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
TI: The globalisation of knowledge.
SO: Conference on The Global Research Village, the Danish Ministry of Research and Information Technology and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Denmark, 13-14 June 1996. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.videnskabsministeriet.dk/ [Retrieved July 6, 2003].
PY: 1996
LA: English
SU: Scholarly Communication
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Global knowledge: a challenge for librarians.
AU: Edwards, C.
SO: IFLA Council and General Conference: Conference Proceedings (66th, Jerusalem, Israel, August 13-18, 2000). [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla66/papers/153-154e.htm [Retrieved July 14, 2003].
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
AB: This paper describes how Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are creating the knowledge society, which will impact on developing and transitional economies as well as developed nations. It argues that librarians have an important role to play in overcoming the digital divide and makes reference to the Global Knowledge Partnership. Highlights include: ways that ICT can help the disadvantaged; examples of community-based telecommunications; challenges related to developing appropriate skills and content; and the value of libraries' traditional contributions (e.g., providing access, working in partnership, structuring knowledge, imparting skills, preserving heritage, and inspiring trust) in the knowledge society. (Contains 14 references.) (MES) (ERIC Abstract)
TI: Globalization, information and developing countries: a selective guide to information resources.
AU: Gerrard, A.L.
SO: School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta [ONLINE].
URL: http://www.slis.ualberta.ca/ [Retrieved May 7, 2003].
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
TI: The growing gap between the information rich and the information poor both within countries and between countries: a composite policy paper.
AU: Kagan, A.
SO: IFLA Journal. 26 (1) 2000, p. 28-33. refs.
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
AB: The IFLA Social Responsibilities Discussion Group was officially established in December 1997 to address the role of libraries in society. This policy paper was developed from six discussion papers prepared for the 1998 IFLA Conference in Amsterdam. The themes of the discussion papers werural library development; literacy in libraries; fees for library services; human resource development; the electronic information gap; and North-South library cooperation. Each theme is addressed in turn, including concrete proposals for action. (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at akagan@uiuc.edu). (LISA Abstract)
TI: The growing inaccessibility of science.
AU: Hayes, D.P.
SO: Nature 356 (1992) S. 739-740., 12-14 May 1992.
PY: 1992
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Grants for libraries and librarians of the developing countries.
SO: United Nations [ONLINE].
URL: http://www.un.org/Depts/ [Retrieved May 7, 2003].
PY: N/A
LA: English
SU: Grants
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Growth of teledensity in least developed countries: need for a mitigated euphoria.
AU: Mbarika, V.W.; Byrd, T.A.; Raymond, J.
SO: Journal of Global Information Management. 10 (2) Apr-Jun 2002, p.14-27.
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
AB: While having the lowest number of main telephone lines for every 100 inhabitants (teledensity) over the last decade, the least developed countries (LDCs) have the highest average pre tax operator profitability in the world. Combines research from academic and major international organizational literature to examine and synthesize the current understanding of teledensity development in LDCs. Discusses obstacles to growth of teledensity, and examines the importance and opportunities for growth of teledensity to solve priority problems and to realize sustainable development in LDCs. The framework and findings suggest that various policy, economic, financial, managerial, organizational, technological, political and geographical factors are important determinants for growth of teledensity in LDCs. Maintains it is time for a mitigated euphoria vis a vis the poor state of teledensity in these countries, and suggests a variety of strategies to advance teledensity in LDCs. (LISA Abstract)
TI: How the Internet is failing the developing world.
AU: Arunachalam, S.
S0: This article is based on a talk delivered by the author at "Science Communication for the Next Millenium: Ninth International Conference of the International Federation of Science Editors," in Egypt, June 1998. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.abc.net.au/ [Retrieved July 8, 2003]
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Internet
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Improving access to scientific literature in developing countries: a Unesco Programme review.
AU: Abid, A.
SO: IFLA Journal. 18 (4) Nov 92, p. 315-24.
PY: 1992
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Paper presented at the 58th IFLA General Conference, New Delhi, India, 30 Aug-5 Sep 92. Describes the Unesco programme, which considers the need to improve the availability of scientific publications as one aspect of the overall problem of transfer and access of scientific information in the developing countries. The key technical aspects involved in ensuring availability of scientific publications to potential users consist mainly of: defining core lists of periodicals; library networking and cooperation; and new approaches based on information technology with particular emphasis on CD-ROM. Explains the high cost and difficulties of trying to meet, at the international level, the needs for scientific literature of developing countries and argues for the continued emphasis, by Unesco, on helping institutions in developing countries to help themselves.Proposes the creation and strengthening of national, regional and international cooperation networks for document delivery, including exchange and donation of publications, taking full account of existing international library and information programmes and resources. Underlines the potential of CD-ROM in helping librariesin developing countries provide the quick access to a substantial portion of the scientific literature. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Information and knowledge in the age of electronic communication: a developing country perspective.
AU: Arunachalam, S.
SO: bytes for all [ONLINE].
URL: http://www.bytesforall.org/5TH/arun.htm [Retrieved May 10, 2003].
PY:
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Argues that the current digital information revolution has serious potential to exacerbate the gulf between the North and the South. As has been observed in the USA, even within an affluent country, with inadequate policy interventions, information technology widens the digital and racial divides. The implications of the new information and communication technologies (ICTs) for science and scholarship and for development are examined. The maldistribution of access to ICTs (telephones, computers, networks, Internet, bandwidth and electronic periodicals) is bound to make it even more difficult for developing countries to contribute to and take advantage of knowledge in the sciences and they will get further marginalized. Knowledge dissemination structures need to be put in place which are not entirely based on commerce. Innovative models, such as the community access model of the M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, which attempts to transform the otherwise divisive information technologies into allies in the equity movement, can make a difference to the life of the rural poor. (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at arun@indy.iitm.ernet.in.) (LISA Abstract)
TI: Information haves and have-nots: technology enhances inequalities in scientific research, too.
AU: Arunachalam, S.
SO: Educom Review. 33 (6) November, December 1998, p. 40-45. [ONLINE].
URL: http://www.educause.edu/ [Retrieved May 7, 2003].
PY: 1998
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Information poverty: how the Internet is failing the developing world.
AU: Arunachalam, S.
SO: Australian Broadcasting Corporation [ONLINE].
URL: http://www.abc.net.au/ [Retrieved May 7, 2003].
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Internet
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Information resource sharing models in developing countries: a network emerging from the World Bank supported Environmental Management Capacity Building Project.
AU: Kaul, S.
SO: INSPEL. 35 (1) 2001, p.9-26.
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Managing environmental knowledge, disseminating it and building capacity for its efficient use is as important as creating knowledge. Examines the use of information resource sharing networking in the area of environmental studies in developing countries. Covers the subject in five sections: discusses the concept and rationale of information and resource sharing in the modem society; identifies linkages between the information and communication technology, information resource sharing and the networking models; explores the differences in the developing and developed countries in information resource sharing and networking; deals with the networking in environmental studies in India, a developing country and examines the building up of an Information Sharing System which is vertically and horizontally integrated across institutions working in the area of Environmental Economics under the World Bank Capacity Building Project. Concludes that this is an important component in the area of Environmental Economics. (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at sk@ieg.ernet.in). (LISA Abstract)
TI: The information rich in IFLA's information poor.
AU: Bowden, R.
SO: IFLA Journal. 26 (4) 2000, p. 298-302.
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Reviews the work of IFLA in surveying the degree to which there exists 'information poor' in the global information village and sets out proposals designed to continue IFLA's work to assist the very poor libraries in developing countries by helping them to help themselves. The work also aims to enable the Third World libraries to be included in new library and information developments. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Information technology use in developing countries.
AU: Shrestha, G.
SO: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science [ONLINE].
URL: http://www.lcs.mit.edu/...MIT-LCS-TR-793.pdf [Retrieved June 2, 2003].
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Information Technology
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Information technology: equalizer or separator of developing countries?
AU: Arunachalam, S.
SO: The Technology Source, August 1998. [ONLINE]
URL: http://ts.mivu.org/ [Retrieved July 6, 2003].
PY: 1998
LA: English
SU: Information Technology
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Information technology: what does it mean for scientists and scholars in the developing world?
AU: Arunachalam, S.
SO: Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science. 25 (4) April 1999, p.21-24. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.asis.org/ [Retrieved July 9, 2003].
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Information Technology
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Internet and developing countries: pros and cons.
AU: Afemann, U.
SO: Interasia [ONLINE].
URL: http://www.interasia.org/ [Retrieved May 10, 2003].
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Internet
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Internet and digital libraries: their implications for developing countries.
SO: Proceedings of the 4th Beijing International Symposium on Computer-based Information Management, (pp. 32-1-9). Beijing, China Society for Scientific and Technical Information, 1994.
PY: 1994
LA: Chinese
SU: Digital Libraries
RE: Developing Countries
TI: The Internet and the developing world.
AU: Arunachalam, S.; Smith, R.
SO: Journal of Information Science. 24 (5) September 1998, p.279-280.
PY: 1998
LA: English
SU: Internet
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Takes a balanced view of the likely benefits of the Internet to the provision of medical and health care information to practitioners in India and other developing countries. Concludes that immediate benefits will not be felt as very few doctors have access to the Internet or even electronic mail. The major handicap is seen to be the time taken for new technology to be introduced in developing countries. In the long term, the potential of the Internet should be realised. (Article first published in British Medical Journal, 316, 11 April 1998, 1116). (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at arun@indy.iitm.ernet.in). (LISA Abstract)
TI: The Internet in developing countries: issues and alternatives.
AU: Pitke, M.V.
SO: INET'95 Hypermedia Proceedings. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.isoc.org/ [Retrieved June 5, 2003].
PY: 1995
LA: English
SU: Internet
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Internet may help bridge the gap.
AU: Butler, D.
SO: Nature, vol. 397, page 10, January 7, 1999. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.nature.com/wcs/B05.html [Retrieved July 8, 2003]
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Internet
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Need for international cooperation to meet information requirements of scientists in a developing country.
AU: Vagiswari, A.; Amba, S.; Louis, C.
SO: INSPEL 35 (1) 2001, p.27-36.
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Scientists
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Discusses the potential of international agencies as sources of funds for information infrastructure and communications facilities for scientists and technologists in developing countries in general and in India in particular. Examines also the potential of the private sector, particularly the information technology (IT) industry to provide support for government organizations. Specific areas covered include: Indian government policy, library networks, library consortia, twinning programmes, and international assistance for training and infrastructure. (The authors may be contacted by electronic mail at vagiiap@iiap.ernet.in, nattu7@md3.vsnl.net.in and chris@iiap.ernet.in). (LISA Abstract)
TI: Online databases and developing countries.
AU: Woon, L.W.Y.
SO: Libri. 40 (4) Dec 90, 318-326.
PY: 1990
LA: English
SU: Databases
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Looks at the problems faced by developing countries with regard to the access to information, particularly through on-line data bases. Examines questions such as the relevance of the data bases, and the transfer of information technology in relation to local resources. Discusses the idea of developing data bases suitable for local needs, using the AGRIS data base as a case study for analysis. Offers suggestions on the feasibility of developing countries establishing their own on-line data bases and information network, using local resources and appropriate technology. 00 Original abstract-amended. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Online journals and developing nations.
AU: Tenopir, C.
SO: Library Journal. 125 (18) 1 Nov 2000, p.34, 36.
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Electronic Journals
RE: Developing Countries
AB: The high cost of scientific journals is having a devastating effect on libraries in developing countries. Access to and dissemination of worldwide research is an additional problem for these countries. Electronic publishing of scientific articles could solve many of the access problems in developing nations. Describes some joint electronic projects among developed and developing nations aimed at addressing these problems. These include Bioline International's conversion of Third World scientific journals to HTML, indexing and abstracting their articles, and making them available over the web; an initiative by the UK-based International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) to make the scientific journal literature of sub-Saharan African nations more available and help librarians and publishers in less developed nations learn how to publish electronically; the Brazilian project SciELO which offers access to the full texts of over 50 scientific journals; the BioMed Central electronic journals project; and a proposal to make scholarly research articles freely available through self-archiving on the web. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Packet radio: applications for libraries in developing countries.
AU: Cleveland, G.
SO: IFLA: UDT Series on Data Communication Technologies and Standards for Libraries. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.ifla.org/VI/5/reports/rep5/rep5.htm [Retrieved July 8, 2003]
PY: 1993
LA: English
SU: Information Technology
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Pensees provocatrices d' une nouvelle generation de bibliothecaires. Provocative thoughts of a new generation of librarians.
AU: Dione, B.
SO: IFLA Journal. 28 (5/6) 2002, p. 256-8. refs.
PY: 2002
LA: French
SU: Librarians
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Librarians in developing countries are confronted with the triple challenge of a negative socioprofessional image, of an infrastructure in terms of libraries and opportunities for reading which is too weak, and the difficulty of following the scientific evolution on the international level. Facing this situation, some of the predecessors emerged from the mass, but many remained in anonymity or changed their profession. Arriving very young in the library family, young librarians fight to change the national professional landscape while trying to set up an association which could be spokesman of the whole professional community. Lobbying is expected to be the key to future success. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Pressing the 'send' key: preferential journal access in developing countries.
AU: Silver, K.
SO: Learned Publishing. 15 (2) April 2002, p. 91-98.
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Electronic Journals
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Arguably the most striking recent departure in online publishing has been the succession of initiatives designed to provide free or reduced-rate periodical access to the developing world. Examines the motives behind some of these campaigns and probes the difficulties associated with supplying scientific information equitably, productively and to an appropriate readership in developing or transitional countries. Considers the strengths and weaknesses of the main solutions currently on offer, while advocating a more unified approach based on coordination, comprehensiveness and clarity. (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at keith_silver@harcourt.com). (LISA Abstract)
TI: Problems of on-line data base access in rural and isolated areas with particular attention to developing countries. Applications of CD-ROM as appropriate information technology.
AU: Moore, N.L.
SO: Proceedings of the 1st East-West Online Information Meeting, Moscow, USSR, 11-13 October 1989 Edited by David I. Raitt, Learned Information Ltd. Oxford, and ICSTI, Moscow, 1990 58-71.
PY: 1990
LA: English
SU: CD-ROMs
RE: Developing Countries
AB: The lack of cheap and reliable telecommunications facilities has played a major role in denying access to dial-up, online databases, in rural and isolated regions of the world; particularly in the developing countries. The perceived importance of the role of information in the process of development has caused many developing countries to go to great lengths to gain on-line access until such time as telecommunications facilities, such as packet-switching and networks, become available. Describes methods of indirect access to online databases, that have been resorted to in the past and the role of CD-ROM technology as both temporary stopgap and long term solution to this problem. Reports the efforts of several online data base producers, in developing CD-ROM databases with a particular eye on rural/isolated users and developing countries: CAB International (with CAB Abstracts); Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands, (with Abstracts on Tropical Agriculture and the TROPAG data base); and Library Association Publishing Ltd. (with Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA)). Considers the likely future role of integrated CD-ROM data bases and hybrid CD-ROM/Online databases. 00 Original abstract-amended. (LISA Abstract)
TI: The promise of digital libraries in developing countries.
AU: Witten, I.H.; Loots, M.; Trujillo, M.F.; Bainbridge, D.
SO: Health For Youth [ONLINE]. 20 (1) 2002, p.7-13. tbls. refs.
URL: http://216.198.207.38/... [Retrieved May 7, 2003].
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Digital Libraries
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Digital libraries are a key technology for developing countries. They can assist human development by providing a non-commercial mechanism for distributing humanitarian information on topics such as health, agriculture, nutrition, hygiene, sanitation and water supply. Many other areas, ranging from disaster relief to medical education, also benefit from new methods of information distribution. It can be argued that even more important than disseminating information originating in the developed world is the need to foster the ability for people in developing countries to build information collections locally. Outlines a broad range of issues and then goes on to describe how a freely available digital library system called 'Greenstone' provides a flexible tool that helps meet some of these needs. Being 'open source' software, Greenstone can be shaped by its users to meet new requirements. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Promoting scientific and technological knowledge for sustainable development.
AU: Mytelka, L.K.
SO: United Nations University/Institute for New Technologies [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.intech.unu.edu/... [Retrieved May 10, 2003].
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Providing web search capability for low-connectivity communities.
AU: Levison, L.; Thies, W.; Amarasinghe, S.
SO: Proceedings of the 2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02): Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology. Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. June, 2002. [ONLINE].
URL: http://www.cag.lcs.mit.edu/... [Retrieved June 2, 2003].
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Internet
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Reaching the information gateways: an unfinished task.
AU: Panyarachun, A.
SO: IFLA Journal. 25 (5/6) 1999, p. 274-7. refs.
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
AB: With a vast number of books and published materials coming from the press, libraries all over the world have to find alternative ways of coping with the information overload, while keeping in view the demands of their users. In such an environment, it is necessary to be aware that the current trend in the information era increasingly marginalizes the have-nots. There must be an honest sensitivity of all concerned, particularly policy makers, to the needs of the unreached, or the continued marginalization will widen the gap and seriously affect national development efforts and a nation's place in the international arena. Apart from the obvious demands to improve the physical infrastructures, efforts must be made to promote the willingness of children and adults to use information technology systems with confidence and enthusiasm. This calls for intensive education and training. Libraries must make it their mission to reach the currently unreached population, thus contributing to develop an egalitarian society. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Reaching the unreached: how can we use information and communication technologies to empower the rural poor in the developing world through enhanced access to relevant information?
AU: Arunachalam, S.
SO: Journal of Information Science. 28 (6) 2002, p.513-22. il. refs.
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Frequently, funding agencies and donor governments face the question of whether they should support information and communication technology (ICT) activities in their development projects: whether the money should be invested in computers and communication devices or better spent on food, shelter, health and education. The choice need not be 'either/or'. If used intelligently and innovatively, ICTs can form an integral component of developmental projects, as is shown by the award-winning Information Village project of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. The needs of the people and the best means to satisfy them should determine the whole programme. Often ICT-based developmental projects do not bring in the expected results because of undue emphasis placed on technology. Against this background, the factors that led to the success of the Pondicherry experience are analyzed. (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at arun@mssrf.res.in). (Original abstract - amended)(LISA ABSTRACT)
TI: Research databases. The Finnish University Research Database Project.
AU: Kytomaki, P.
SO: Inspel. 27 (2) 1993, p.104-10.
PY: 1993
LA: English
SU: Databases
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Paper presented at the 58th IFLA General Conference, New Delhi, India, 30 Aug-5 Sep 92. Describes the Finnish University Research Database Project, started in 1989 with the aim of creating a register of research, with uniform data content, to serve all the university level institutions in Finland. Describes the aims and functions of the database, located at Oulu University, Finland, and the possible uses of such databases, especially in developing countries. Original abstract-amended. (LISA Abstract)
TI: The right to information: is it possible for developing countries?
AU: Yilmaz, B.
SO: IFLA Journal. 25 (2) 1999, p. 104-7. il. tbls. refs.
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
AB: The right to information is one of the main human rights that protect and develop human life. The use of the right to information will contribute to solving many social and cultural problems at both the individual and national level. However, there are many prerequisites related to economic, social, cultural and political development for realizing the right to information in a country. Unless a country has solved major problems such as hunger, lack of education, poor health, and lack of political freedom, it is not possible to realize the right to information. Individuals who live in developed countries have more possibilities to use the right to information than those living in developing countries. Evaluates the concept of the right to information on the basis of the development difference between developed and developing countries. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Role of education, science and technology in developing countries.
AU: Bilsel, A.; Oral, O.
SO: Proceedings of the ASEE/IEEE FIE 95 Conference [ONLINE].
URL: http://fie.engrng.pitt.edu/... [Retrieved May 7, 2003].
PY: 1995
LA: English
SU: Scientists
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Scholarly communication in the sciences: a third world perspective.
AU: Fernandez, L.
SO: Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 4 (4) 1999, p.19-27.
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Scholarly Communication
RE: Developing Countries
AB: An interview survey was undertaken to assess the impact of the Internet on scientific communication among a group of scientists and information professionals from leading research institutions in India. The object of the study was to understand the information seeking behaviour of Indian scientists and information professionals and the use of the Internet in their work. In order to determine subject specific differences in Internet use, participants included physicists, mathematicians, chemists, biomedical scientists, and information professionals. The perceptions of scientists regarding recent developments in scholarly communication were also studied along with the role of Indian librarians and information professionals in the electronic environment. (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at leilaf@yorku.ca). (Copies of this article are available for a fee from the Haworth Document Delivery Service, Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, New York, 13904-1580, USA. E-Mail: getinfo@haworthpressinc.com), Web site ). (LISA Abstract)
TI: SciELO: a model for cooperative electronic publishing in developing countries.
AU: Packer, A.L.
SO: D-Lib Magazine. 6 (10) Oct 2000 [ONLINE].
URL: http://www.dlib.org/... [Retrieved July 7, 2003].
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Electronic Journals
RE: Developing Countries
AB: SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online) is a model for cooperative electronic publishing of scientific periodicals on the Internet. Especially conceived to meet the scientific communication needs of developing countries, particularly Latin America and the Caribbean countries, SciELO provides an efficient way to assure universal visibility and accessibility to scientific literature and contributes to overcoming the phenomena known as 'lost science'. In addition, the SciELO model comprises integrated procedures to measure the usage and impact of scientific periodicals. SciELO is the product of a partnership among FAPESP (http://www.fapesp.br), the state of Sao Paulo science foundation and BIREME (http://www.bireme.br/), the Latin America and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, as well as national and international institutions related to scientific communication and editors. A pilot project, involving ten Brazilian periodicals from different subject areas, was successfully carried out between March 1997 and May 1998. A version of this was article was presented at the Global Development Network Conference, Bonn, Germany, December 5-8, 1999 and is available at (http://www.gdnet.org/bonn99/index.htm). (LISA Abstract)
TI: The SciELO Brazilian Scientific Journal Gateway and Open Archives: a report on the development of the SciELO Open Archives Data Provider Server.
AU: Marcondes, C.H.; Sayao L.F.
SO: D-Lib Magazine. 9 (3) Mar 2003. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.dlib.org/...l [Retrieved July 8, 2003].
PY: 2003
LA: English
SU: Electronic Journals
RE: Developing Countries
AB: The full text of this electronic journal article can be found at (http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march03/marcondes/03marcondes.html). SciELO, the Scientific Electronic Library Online, uses a methodology developed by BIREME/PAHO/WHO that enables the implementation of World Wide Web based digital libraries of scientific periodical collections of full text articles. Various SciELO gateways are now in operation, providing access to academic periodicals from Brazil and other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. SciELO plays a very important role in the worldwide dissemination of the technical and scientific literature published in developing countries, thereby increasing visibility of this literature that otherwise would be accessible only within the borders of those developing countries. The SciELO methodology utilizes ISIS software for formatting and maintaining the SciELO metadata database. UNESCO developed this software as well as other associated software, which serve as the bases for Science, Technology and Medicine (STM) information systems, databases and networks in several developing countries. This article reports on the results of a pilot-project in which a generic ISIS metadata database interface, used by SciELO and compliant with the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) was developed. (Original abstract - amended) (LISA Abstract)
TI: Scielo: Scientific Electronic Library Online. Scielo: online scientific electronic library.
AU: Testal, C.G.
SO: Profesional de la Informacion. 9 (12) Dec 2000, p.20-6.
PY: 2000
LA: Spanish
SU: Electronic Journals
RE: Developing Countries
AB: The Scielo project was initiated in 1997 by the Brazilian research foundation Fapesp and the Latin American health sciences information centre Bireme, to make accessible journal articles not covered by the major international services. To date, Scielo has developed methodology appropriate for the information technology environment of developing countries and established national electronic scientific periodical libraries in Brazil, Chile and Costa Rica. By the end of 2000, full text of articles from 60 titles was freely accessible on the Web (www.scielo.org). The project provides a model for initiatives based on coordinating local activities for a common purpose, thus making 'lost science' visible. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Science & technology: information services for third world countries.
AU: Iyengar, T.K.S.
SO: Advances in Library and Information Science
PY: 1992
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Developing Countries
AB: In third world countries if information services are intended to support national development as an aid to progress, they should be designed to serve the community and to improve its productive capacity and its overall quality of life. The need for identification of different categories of users, their information seeking behaviour patterns, the capacity of assimilation of information and application to their different tasks are shown to be important. Proposes a method for calculating the cost-effectiveness of information systems. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Science agenda-framework for action.
AU: UNESCO
SO: Proceedings of the World Conference on Science for the Twenty-First-Century: A New Commitment. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Natural Sciences Sector. Budapest Hungary, 26 June-1st July 1999. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.unesco.org/s... [Retrieved July 6, 2003].
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Scientific Development
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Scientists in the developing world gain cut-price access to journals.
AU: Mantell, K.
SO: SciDev.Net, 8 October 2001. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.scidev.net/... [Retrieved July 8, 2003].
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Electronic Journals
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Searching the world wide web in low-connectivity communities.
AU: Thies, W., et. al.
SO: Commit Research Group [ONLINE].
URL: http://cag.lcs.mit.edu/... [Retrieved June 2, 2003].
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Internet
RE: Developing Countries
TI: Strategic approaches to science and technology in development.
AU: Watson, R; Crawford, M.; Farley, S.
SO: The World Bank Group Documents & Reports. Report No. WPS3026. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/... [Retrieved June 5, 2003]
PY: 2003
LA: English
SU: Scientific Development
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Watson, Crawford, and Farley examine the ways in which science and technology (S & T) support poverty alleviation and economic development and how these themes have been given emphasis or short shrift in various areas of the World Bank ' s work. Central to their thesis is the now well-established argument that development will increasingly depend on a country ' s ability to understand, interpret, select, adapt, use, transmit, diffuse, produce, and commercialize scientific and technological knowledge in ways appropriate to its culture, aspirations, and level of development. The authors go beyond this tenet, analyzing the importance of S & T for development within specific sectors. They present policy options for enhancing the effectiveness of S & T systems in developing countries, review previous experience of the World Bank and other donors in supporting S & T, and suggest changes that the World Bank and its partners can adopt to increase the impact of the work currently undertaken in S & T. The authors ' main messages a1) S & T has always been important for development, but the unprecedented pace of advancement of scientific knowledge is rapidly creating new opportunities for and threats to development. 2) Most developing countries are largely unprepared to deal with the changes that S & T advancement will bring. 3) The World Bank ' s numerous actions in various domains of S & T could be more effective in producing the needed capacity improvements in client countries. 4) The World Bank could have a greater impact if it paid increased attention to S & T in education, health, rural development, private sector development, and the environment. The strategy emphasizes four S & T policy areas: education and human resources development, the private sector, the public sector, and information communications technologies. (World Bank Group Abstract)
TI: Strengthening intellectual property systems of LDCs.
SO: Managing Information. 8 (6) Jul/Aug 2001, p. 12.
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Intellectual Property
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Reports a programme of practical assistance introduced by the World Intellectual Property Organization at the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Brussels, Belgium, on 15 May 2001. This incorporated a set of concrete measures to enable LDCs to harness the economic benefits of their creativity through more efficient systems of intellectual property protection. (Quotes from original text) (LISA Abstract)
TI: Use of publication lists to study scientific production and strategies of scientists in developing countries.
AU: Gaillard, J.
SO: Scientometrics. 23 (1) Jan 1992, p.57-73.
PY: 1992
LA: English
SU: Scientists
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Paper presented at the international conference on 'Science indicators for developing countries', Paris, 15-19 Oct 90. A bibliometric study using lists of publications and work of 207 scientists in Asia, Latin American and Africa was conducted. Number of authored and co-authored articles published in scientific journals and bulletins, conference papers, books, chapters of books, reports were taken into consideration to measure the total scientific output. Local vs. international production was also determined by scientific fields, geographic areas, sex and language of publication. Co-authorship studies were also used to measure the degree of collaboration and dependance of Developing Countries' (DC) scientists on foreign co-authors. An analysis of the references used (age, origins) as also made. Conclusions drawn concern the comparatively specific nature of science produced by DC researchers. Given the importance of the scientific production published in local journals, the inadequacy of international data bases to study DC science is in part confirmed. Most of the DC scientists publish in both national and international journals. They often cite their colleagues from the developed countries but their own work being less visiable is seldom cited. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Using the Internet to share information between China and the West.
AU: Liu, N.X.
SO: INSPEL 31 (2) 1997, pp. 103-109. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.ifla.org/... [Retrieved July 8, 2003].
PY: 1997
LA: English
SU: Internet
RE: Developing Countries
AB: The Chinese People's Republic and other developing countries need full access to information including the contents of scientific periodicals and reference works. However, the costs of knowledge in these forms has risen beyond the ability of all but the wealthiest to afford it. The Internet can help transport periodical articles (and other forms of information) to China from the West, efficiently and at low cost. Yet the new technology is not a perfect solution and has affordability problems of its own. These include, for users in developing countries, high costs of access to the networks, and limited availability of full text materials. Bridge to Asia is creating several Internet based `Information-transfer Stations' (ITS) that help users in China overcome these limitations. Describes the operation of an ITS, including its document delivery and online consulting services, together with examples of requests from China and responses from the West. Original abstract-amended. (LISA Abstract)
TI: A Web-based registry of low-cost information technologies for developing countries.
AU: James, J.
SO: Journal of Information Science. 27 (4) 2001, p.219-25.
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Information Technology
RE: Developing Countries
AB: Seeks to explain why no registry of low-cost information technologies (IT) for developing countries exists and advances a set of policy proposals and a suggestion for a dedicated new Web site containing suitable low-cost IT for helping such countries overcome the digital divide that exists between the information rich and the information poor countries. (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at m.j.james@kub.nl). (LISA Abstract)

Africa: General

TI: African Internet connectivity: information & communication technologies (ICTs) telecommunications, Internet and computer infrastructure in Africa.
AU: Jensen, M.
SO: African Internet Connectivity [ONLINE].
URL: http://www3.sn.apc.org/africa [Retrieved July 8, 2003]
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Africa
TI: African journals online: giving journals published in Africa a presence on the Web.
AU: Rosenberg, D.
SO: INASP/ICSU Workshop on Scientific Communication and Publishing in the Information Age, Oxford, England, 10 12 May 1999. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.inasp.info/... [Retrieved July 8, 2003].
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Electronic Journals
RE: Africa
TI: Bridging Africa's digital divide: obstacles and ways forward
AU: Stewart, R.
SO: South African Broadcasting Corporation, November 12, 2001, 05:43 PM. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.sabcnews.com/... [Retrieved July 7, 2003].
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Africa
TI: Connectivity and access for scientific communication and publishing in Africa.
AU: Adam, L.
SO: INASP/ ICSU Workshop on Scientific Communication and Publishing in the Information Age, Oxford, England, 10 –12 May 1999. [ONLINE]
URL: www.inasp.info/... [Retrieved July 8, 2003]
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Africa
AB: The recent spread of Internet connectivity in Africa, the falling cost of information and communication technologies (ICTs), increased computing power and globalization have fostered the use of ICTs for scientific and technical development in the region. However, access to ICTs and their effective use still lags very much behind and effort is required in building human resources capacity and investment in infrastructure to reduce costs to the research community. Discusses the sweeping changes in ICTs including the Internet and their implications for the science and technology area especially the role of ICTs in promoting scientific communication and publishing in Africa. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Document delivery services in East Africa: the struggling efforts of a developing country [6th International Conference on Interlending and Document Supply, Oct 25-29, 1999].
AU: Ndegwa, E.
SO: Interlending and Document Supply, Proceedings - Empowering Society Through the Global Flow of Information, 39-45, 2000.
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Document Delivery
RE: Africa
TI: The hybrid CD-ROM: potential applications in Africa.
AU: Adam, L.
SO: Online and CD-ROM Review. 21 (4) Aug 97, p.211-16.
PY: 1997
LA: English
SU: CD-ROMs
RE: Africa
AB: The problems facing African countries in connecting to the Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) have led to the examination of hybrid CD-ROM applications. Describes 3 hybrid CD-ROM options: ISO/HFS hybrid CD-ROM; hybrid CD-ROM/Online (Internet and WWW); and offline WWW in CD-ROM format. Describes the potential use of these systems in developing countries and provides partial answers to the questions posed by information technology applications as they relate to Africa. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Information infrastructure in developing countries: the African case.
AU: Gaye, A.
SO: CODATA/DSAO 2002 [ONLINE].
URL: http://codata.kisti.re.kr/...doc [Retrieved June 2, 2003].
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Africa
TI: The 'information-starved': is there any hope of reaching the 'information super highway'?
AU: Nicholson, D.
SO: IFLA Journal. 28 (5/6) 2002, p. 259-65. refs.
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Africa
AB: Highlights problems encountered by the 'information-starved' in Sub-Saharan Africa in their quest for knowledge and self-development. Shows that they are disadvantaged when it comes to accessing information and that copyright laws exacerbate the problem. Commitment on the part of governments, non-governmental organizations and commercial sectors in this region can help to eradicate illiteracy. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Millennial perspective on science, technology and development in Africa and its possible directions for the Twenty-first Century (Tunis Declaration). Proceedings of the Fifth General Conference of the African Academy of Sciences Hammamet, (Tunisia), 23-27 April 1999.
AU: UNESCO
SO: UNESCO [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.unesco.org/ [Retrieved July 6, 2003].
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Scientific Development
RE: Africa
TI: Old wine in new wine bottle: the Internet and the techolonization of Africa.
AU: Ebo, B.
SO: Mots Pluriels. No 20. February 2002.[ONLINE]
URL: http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/MP2002be.html [Retrieved July 8, 2003]
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Internet
RE: Africa
TI: Revitalizing African libraries: the challenge of a crisis.
AU: Carnegie Corporation
SO: Report from the Carnegie Corporation in New York about a conference convened by Carnegie in May 2000.[ONLINE]
URL: http://www.carnegie.org/pdf/aflib.pdf [Retrieved July 14, 2003].
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Information Technology
RE: Africa
TI: Science in Africa: an overview of mainstream scientific output.
AU: Narvaez-Berthelemot, N.; Russell, J.M.; Arvanitis, R.; Waast, R.; et al.
SO: Scientometrics. 54 (2) June 2002, p.229-241.
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Africa
TI: Science, technology and libraries in French-speaking Africa.
AU: Sene, Henri
SO: IFLA General Conference (58th, New Delhi, India, August 30-September 3, 1992) 1992. Division of Special Libraries: Section on Science and Technology Libraries, pp 218-230. ED (ERIC Document) 336789
PY: 1992
LA: English
SU: Science Libraries
RE: Africa
TI: The Sub-Saharan Africa journal distribution program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
AU: Richards, P.S.
SO: Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science. 17 (1) Oct-Nov 1990, p.12-13.
PY: 1990
LA: Engish
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Africa
TI: Towards a networked community of Africans in diaspora: problems and prospects.
AU: Agada, J.; Brown, M.I.
SO: IFLA Journal. 24 (4) 1998, p. 237-44. tbls. refs.
PY: 1998
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Africa
AB: Peoples of the African diaspora are historically the most isolated populations of the world and could benefit from sharing ideas and collaborating to resolve common problems. Discusses the application of the Internet and World Wide Web and other electronic networking technologies to the dissemination of information to the African diaspora. Recommends strategies to library associations and information professions in these regions for achieving these goals. Includes a bibliography of Internet sites of interest to peoples of African descent. (The authors may be contacted by electronic mail at agada@csd.uwm.edu and maloreb@csd.uwm.edu). (LISA Abstract)
TI: Utilizing information and communications technology for education and development: issues and challenges for developing countries.
AU: Addo, H.
SO: IFLA Journal. 27 (3) 2001, p. 143-51. refs.
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Africa
AB: The World Bank sponsored World Links for Development (WorLD) programme has published its first evaluative report. WorLD pilot projects (1997-2000) have also come to an end. Examines the utilization of information and communication technology (ICT) in achieving education for development in developing countries with a focus on Africa. Outlines efforts by the World Bank in providing ICT driven education for developing countries in a WorLD programme and examines the challenges that face the countries in Africa, in their efforts to become part of the global village of education for development. Proposes ways forward and concludes that since the developed countries tend to benefit from the utilization of ICT and global online education they should form partnerships with the developing countries in Africa so that they could make meaningful progress in pursuits of this nature. (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at AddoH@nu.ac.za). (LISA Abstract)
TI: Virtual libraries in Africa: a dream, or a knight in shining armour?
AU: Mbambo, B.
SO: IFLA Journal. 22 (3) 1996, p. 229-32. refs.
PY: 1996
LA: English
SU: Digital Libraries
RE: Africa
AB: The industrialized world is creating virtual libraries because of the high value placed on the availability of information. While the socio technical conditions to sustain virtual libraries do not exist in most African Countries, the virtual library offers great promise as a way to develop an African information resource base. The infrastructure needed for the virtual library varies from country to country. Networks already exist in parts of Africa, but access to the Internet is limited. Ways must be found to solve the technical, administrative, and political problems before the virtual library becomes an African reality. Article copies available for a fee from the Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-342-9678. E-mail address: getinfo@haworth.com. (LISA Abstract)

Algeria

TI: Scholarly publishing in Algeria: initiatives for greater accessibility by scientists.
AU: Bakelli, Y.
SO: INASP/ ICSU Workshop on Scientific Communication and Publishing in the Information Age, Oxford, England, 10–12 May 1999. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.inasp.info/ [Retrieved July 8, 2003].
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Africa
CO: Algeria

Ethiopia

TI: The potential of electronic document delivery services for academic libraries in Ethiopia.
AU: Demilew, P.
SO: Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. August/September 2001; 27(6): 14-18.
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Document Delivery
RE: Africa
CO: Ethiopia

Ghana

TI: Barriers in using new information technology in document delivery in the Third World: prospects for the IFLA project in Ghana.
AU: Kisiedu, C.O.
SO: Interlending & Document Supply, 27 (3): 108-115 1999.
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Africa
CO: Ghana
AB: Since 1996 an IFLA/DANIDA (Danish International Development Assistance) project has been underway to enhance interlending and document supply (ILDS) in Ghana. Through external funding the project aims to establish an electronic networking system, to train local librarians in the use of new technology and in ILDS systems generally; and to develop relationships with major Western libraries. If the project is successful it is likely to be extended to other Third World countries. The project is being carried out against the background of traditional library problems in Africa (underfunding, poor telecommunications, lack of computing equipment, limited local expertise, inadequate staff numbers and poor training facilities). (LISA Abstract)
TI: Needs assessment of researchers carried out in Ghana and Nigeria [Cocoa Research Institutes in Ghana and Nigeria].
AU: Darko-Ampem, K.O.
SO: Quarterly Bulletin of the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists. 40 (4) 1995, p.127.
PY: 1995
LA: English
SU: Scientists
RE: Africa
CO: Ghana, Nigeria
AB: Presents results of a survey of the information needs of research scientists at the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana and the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, along with the library facilities available to them. Expresses the hope that the respective libraries will use the surveys to improve their services to the research scientists. (LISA Abstract)
TI: The preservation of library materials: a case study of University of Science and Technology Library in Ghana.
AU: Badu, Edwin Ellis
SO: Aslib Proceedings. 42 (4) Apr 90, 119-125. 8 refs.
PY: 1990
LA: English
SU: Preservation
RE: Africa
CO: Ghana
AB: Discusses the problems of preservation of library materials in Ghana with particular reference to the Library of the University of Science and Technology, at Kumasi. Provides an overview of the library--its architecture, control area, and materials. Describes the causes of deterioration, which include biological, chemical, mechanical and natural disasters. Recommends the use of fumigation to eliminate insects; air conditioners in all the rooms of the library; deacidification of library materials; and the surveillance of stock whilst they are being used. Asserts that a contingency plan should be produced in the library to meet disasters. Original abstract—amended. (LISA Abstract)

Kenya

TI: Electronic document delivery for supporting agricultural research in Kenya: the experience of Egerton University Library.
AU: Ongus, R.W.; Nyamboga, C.M.
SO: SRELS Journal of Information Management. 39 (1) Mar 2002, p.59-72.
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Document Delivery
RE: Africa
CO: Kenya
AB: Against a background of immense information proliferation and stringent economic conditions, reveals how agricultural research libraries in developing countries are disadvantaged. Suggests the trend towards CD-ROM technology could improve document delivery throughout Africa. Describes and examines the introduction of The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) at Egerton University, Kenya, in relation to its potential in promoting agricultural research. Instituted by Cornell University in 1992, TEEAL is a set of CD-ROMs containing full text information, illustrations and a searchable index of 130 journals in agriculture and related fields. It is seen as a practical solution for the lack of up to date agricultural information resources in Kenya and indeed for most of Africa. (Original abstract - amended) (LISA Abstract)
TI: Problems facing young scientists in Kenya.
AU: Njoroge, J.
SO: SciDev.Net Articles 16-22 December 2002 [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.scidev.net/f [Retrieved M
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Scientists
RE: Africa
CO: Kenya

Namibia

TI: Bridging the digital divide in Namibia.
AU: Jensen, F.
SO: BBC News Online. Sunday, 18 November 2001 [ONLINE].
URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ [Retrieved May 7, 2003].
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Internet
RE: Africa
CO: Namibia

Nigeria

TI: Acquisition of scientific literature in developing countries: 8: Nigeria.
AU: Onadiran, R.W.; Onadiran, G.T.
SO: Information Development. 7 (3) July 91, 164-168. 8 refs
PY: 1991
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Africa
CO: Nigeria
AB: Contribution to a series of articles on the acquisition of scientific literature in developing countries. Describes the background of scientific and technological development in Nigeria and discusses the demand for scientific materials, the development and present situation of scientific and technological libraries and the supply of scientific materials in the country, including problems of acquisition and bibliographical control, staffing and finance. Proposes measures to alleviate these problems. (LISA Abstract)
TI: The constraints of providing a CD-ROM based information service in a developing environment: a case study of the National Veterinary Research Institute Library, Vom.
AU: Jimba, S.W.; Oladele, B.A.
SO: OCLC-Systems-and-Services. 13 (2) 1997, p.67-71. tables.refs.
PY: 1997
LA: English
SU: CD-ROMs
RE: Africa
CO: Nigeria
AB: Most libraries in developing countries are unable to keep up with the changes brought about by the convergence of computer and telecommunications technologies which have totally revolutionized the nature of library services. Considers the various problems militating against the implementation of these technologies in the libraries of developing countries, analyzing them using a study of a veterinary library in Nigeria which uses a CD-ROM to offer services to its clients. Makes suggestions and recommendations toward overcoming the problems identified. (LISA Abstract)
TI: The influence of information technology access on agricultural research in Nigeria.
AU: Jimba, S.W.; Atinmo, M.I.
SO: Internet Research. 10 (1) 2000, p63-71.
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Information Technology
RE: Africa
CO: Nigeria
AB: Examines the relationship between accessibility to information technology and research publications among users of agricultural libraries in Nigeria. Discusses results of a questionnaire that investigated the use of electronic information resources and considers the effects of information technology and globalization on the economies of developing countries. (Author/LRW) (ERIC Abstract)
TI: Information technology and scientific and technical information in Nigeria: revolution or evolution.
AU: Ehikhamenor, F.A.
SO: African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science. 3 (2) Oct 93, p.113-23. refs.
PY: 1993
LA: English
SU: Information Technology
RE: Africa
CO: Nigeria
AB: Presents an overview of the general level of development of information technology in Nigeria and examines the extent to which it is being used in support of information delivery and communication in science and technology. States that despite an early awareness of the need for a national scientific and technological information (STI) system, only 2 research and 1 university libraries are able to provide STI services based on information technology. Argues that with the current constraints such as lack of funds and qualified staffing, poor information infrastructure and lack of appreciation by government of the importance of STI, the development of a national integrated STI system seems unlikely in the foreseeable future. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Internet facilities: use and non-use by Nigerian university scientists.
AU: Ehikhamenor, F.A.
SO: Journal of Information Science. 29 (1) 2003, p.35-48. tbls. refs.
PY: 2003
LA: English
SU: Scholarly Communication
RE: Africa
CO: Nigeria
AB: The Internet culture is creating a new scientific communication system with new facilities that are competing with, and might replace, the present printed information sources. The use and non-use of these facilities by Nigerian academic scientists were investigated, using data collected from a survey of academic staff of selected disciplines in ten universities. It was found that the scientists are still heavily dependent on printed information sources, especially journals, indexes and abstracts. The study reveals that 64.4 per cent of them have a computer at their disposal, while 50.4 per cent have access to, and are using, the Internet. Besides electronic mail, very little use is made of other Internet facilities. Non-use of the Internet is attributable to problems of accessibility, ease of use and cost. Most of the non-users are aware of the information and communication potential of the Internet in their disciplines, and believe that the Internet will become indispensable in their research in the future. (The authors may be contacted by electronic mail at fehikh@yahoo.com andrcis@infoweb.abs.net). (Original abstract) (LISA Abstract)
TI: Libraries and national development -- a Nigerian view.
SO: COMLA Newsletter. (69) Sept 90, 13.
PY: 1990
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Africa
CO: Nigeria
AB: Describes problems within the library system of Nigeria and considers what might be done to improve the situation. The high rate of rejection of scientific research papers sent by Nigerian researchers to international journals for publication is due to the unavailability of relevant current literature in local libraries, the inadequacy of local book production, and the lack of finance to support the purchase of inported journals. Recommends measures the government might adopt to ease the situation, the revitalisation of the Nigerian Book Development Council, the development of university presses to support research, and the creation of a National Commission on Library and Information Services. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Needs assessment of researchers carried out in Ghana and Nigeria [Cocoa Research Institutes in Ghana and Nigeria].
AU: Darko-Ampem, K.O.
SO: Quarterly Bulletin of the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists. 40 (4) 1995, p.127.
PY: 1995
LA: English
SU: Scientists
RE: Africa
CO: Ghana, Nigeria
AB: Presents results of a survey of the information needs of research scientists at the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana and the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, along with the library facilities available to them. Expresses the hope that the respective libraries will use the surveys to improve their services to the research scientists. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Nigerian scientific journals. Present problems and future solutions.
AU: Abifarin, F.P.; Agunbekun, T.
SO: New Library World. 94 (1105) 1993, p.4-7. refs.
PY: 1993
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Africa
CO: Nigeria
AB: Nigerian scientific periodicals are irregular and unreliable with lack of patronage, publicity and information about the periodicals being a contributing factor. A subscription service was packaged and operated between 1987 and 1990 to investigate the full ramifications of the problems of Nigerian periodicals. Discusses the experience gained while operating this service and suggests possible ways forward. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Online scientific and technological information in Nigeria: prospects and possibilities.
AU: Sodipe, R.O.
SO: Online Information 96. Proceedings of the 20th International Online Information Meeting, London, 3-5 December 1996 p.293-7. refs.
PY: 1996
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Africa
CO: Nigeria
AB: Resource sharing based on computer networks would help solve some of the problems associated with Nigeria's scarcity of science and technology information. Outlines existing networks, discusses CD-ROM use in Nigeria, and examines impediments to networking and online information in Nigeria, the biggest of which is telecommunications. Describes the telecommunication services available through NITEL (Nigerian Telecommunications PLC). There is no dialup access to the Internet. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Overview of the situation in Nigeria with regard to science and technology.
AU: Ike, A.O.
SO: Interlending and document supply for developing countries. IFLA Pre session Seminar, Paris, Aug 1989. Edited by Graham P. Cornish and Sara Gould. Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, IFLA, Programme for Universal Availability of Publications, 1994, p.143-5.
PY: 1994
LA: English
SU: Document Delivery
RE: Africa
CO: Nigeria
AB: Paper presented at Interlending and document supply for developing countries. IFLA Pre session Seminar, Paris, Aug 1989. Interlending from available resources in Nigeria is mainly voluntary, bilateral among libraries and inadequate due to the lack of any national union catalogues. The government has begun a National Centre for Science and Technology Project to support scientific and technological development. The project includes setting up a National Documentation and Information Centre for Science and Technology (NADICEST). In the meantime, several libraries are sharing the task of making an inventory of science and technology resources in libraries. (LISA Abstract)
TI: A prescriptive model for planning a national scientific and technical information network for Nigeria.
AU: Nkereuwem, E.E.
SO: OCLC Systems and Services. 13 (3) 1997, p.98-101. refs.
PY: 1997
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Africa
CO: Nigeria
AB: As the developed countries of the world that have embraced the electronic information revolution move ahead, most African countries, including Nigeria, are finding themselves increasingly isolated from the global Internet information system. Highlights major factors inhibiting the utilization of scientific and technical information in Nigeria, stressing that it is imperative to secure a means of keeping researchers abreast of developments in their fields for the purpose of advancing and diffusing knowledge. Recommends the establishment of a national Scientific and Technical Information Centre to oversee the connection of Nigeria to the Internet. Describes the model for setting up such an institution. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Rationalizing the development of scientific and technical information systems in Nigeria.
AU: Ehikhamenor, F.A.
SO: Annals of Library Science and Documentation. 38 (4) Dec 91, p.148-52. table.refs.
PY: 1991
LA: English
SU: Information Technology
RE: Africa
CO: Nigeria
AB: Nigeria has made a commitment to the development of science and technology for the transformation of the national economy. However, the importance of information resources and systems in the success of scientific and technological enterprise is not adequately appreciated by the Government policy makers. Consequently the publishing industry and library services have been adversely affected by economic depression. In spite of initial setbacks, the use of information technology has become a matter of urgent interest in some university and research libraries, while 2 research libraries are serving as a model in automated services. Coordination of systems development for science and technology is necessary. Discusses the concepts of organizational structures and their coordinating functions. (LISA Abstract)

Senegal

TI: Evaluation du service d’information documentaire de l’Ecole Superieure Polytechnique Centre de Thies.
AU: Rolland, P.M.T.
SO: Provided in Microsoft Word by the author. [Pour l’obtention du Diplome Superieure des Science de l’Information et de la Communication l’Ecole Bibliothecaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes.]
URL: Rolland.pdf [Retrieved July 14, 2003].
PY: 2002
LA: French
SU: Science Libraries
RE: Africa
CO: Senegal

South Africa

TI: Southern Africa: feature - save our libraries!
AU: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
SO: IRINNews.org, 28 May 2003 [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.ifla.org/V/press/pr100603.htm [Retrieved July 14, 2003].
PY: 2003
LA: English
SU: Librarians
RE: Africa
CO: South Africa

Togo

TI: Servers and online bibliographic databases in developing countries: the African reality.
AU: Rossi, P.L.
SO: Online Information 92. Proceedings of the 16th International Online Information Meeting, London, 8-10 December 1992. Edited by David I. Raitt, Oxford and New Jersey, Learned Information (Europe) Ltd, 1992, p.431-5.
PY: 1992
LA: English
SU: Databases
RE: Africa
CO: Togo
AB: Describes the work of ORSTOM, the French Scientific Research Institute for Development through Cooperation, in the development of the HORIZON database and in the operation of an online database network, TOGOPAC, from the ORSTOM centre in Lome, Togo. Available databases aPOPTOGO and HORITOGO and the success of the system demonstrates that it is possible to provide low cost online database access in developing countries. LT (LISA Abstract)

Zambia

TI: Why CD-ROM is better than online database systems for developing countries: a critical review of these technologies with reference to libraries in Zambia.
AU: Phiri, P.N.C.
SO: Libri. 43 (4) Oct-Dec 93, p.343-53.
PY: 1993
LA: English
SU: CD-ROMs
RE: Africa
CO: Zambia
AB: Discusses the implications of developments in CD-ROM databases for developing countries in general and for Zambia in particular. Argues that if developing countries are to continue to receive their information source materials from developed countries, they will have to keep abreast of these changes by adopting the same information technologies. Compares the relative appropriateness to developing countries of the 2 main electronic information publishing media: online information retrieval and CD-ROM; with printed equivalents (abstracting and indexing services). Recommends the adoption of CD-ROM for developing countries because it is an intermediate technology bridging the gap between the advanced expensive online system and paper based system, which still predominate in most developing countries. Original abstract-amended. (LISA Abstract)

Zimbabwe

TI: Science journals in Zimbabwe: will electronic publishing improve their long term viability?
AU: Hussein, J.
SO: INASP /ICSU Workshop on Scientific Communication and Publishing in the Information Age, Oxford, England, 10–12 May 1999. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.inasp.info/ [Retrieved July 8, 2003].
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Electronic Journals
RE: Africa
CO: Zimbabwe

Asia: General

TI: The benefits of quality food science information to Southeast Asia.
AU: Selman, J.D.
SO: Access: Asia’s Newspaper, no. 41, June 2003. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.aardvarknet.info/ [Retrieved July 8, 2003].
PY: 2003
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Asia
TI: Developing and managing preservation programmes in South-East Asian and Pacific regions.
AU: Lyall, J.
SO: IFLA Journal. 20 (3) 1994, p. 262-75. refs.
PY: 1994
LA: English
SU: Preservation
RE: Asia
AB: Article included in an issue devoted to preservation and conservation of library materials. Identifies the essential aspects of preservation planning at a national level noting that all too often, the approach adopted in formulating preservation programmes is different in developing and developed countries. The establishment of the same goals for all preservation programmes and the identification of the factors which must be addressed before these goals can be achieved provides each country with the capability of developing a preservation programme which is appropriate for its level of development. Concludes with brief descriptions of the preservation programmes in a number of selected countries in the region. (LISA Abstract)
TI: The economic crisis and other challenges in accessing to science and technological information in Asia [presented at the 1999 IFLA conference].
AU: Stueart, R.D.
SO: IFLA General Conference (65th, Bangkok, Thailand, August 20-August 28, 1999). Division of Special Libraries: Section on Science and Technology Libraries. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/065-122_e.htm [Retrieved July 9, 2003]
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Asia
AB: Growth in information services is a significant factor underlying the economic well-being of countries and is therefore a major indicator of success or failure of the economies of developing countries. Points to the economic downturn which occurred just at the point when many Asian countries were moving into the third phase of development, establishing technological infrastructures with strong economies and an opportunity to become knowledge-rich. Many institutions are now concentrating on coordinating information strategies at both the local organizational level and the national level. This greater emphasis upon cooperation and coordination of resources and services, particularly in the scientific, technical and medical (STM) areas, presents librarians and information managers with new challenges in providing information. (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at namtok@aol.com). (LISA Abstract)
TI: Information-transfer stations for developing countries in Asia.
AU: Smith, J.A.
SO: INET'95 Hypermedia Proceedings [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.isoc.org/ [Retrieved May 7, 2003].
PY: 1995
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Asia
TI: Is your infrastructre ticking?
AU: Best, J.; Thornton, M.
SO: Asian Libraries. 6 (3) 1997, p. 230-236.
PY: 1997
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Asia
AB: Discusses the issues associated with managing information technology (IT) infrastructure in large organizations. Presents a definition of IT infrastructure. Uses the hands on experiences of an IT practitioner to present lessons learned and management advice. Presents a 6 step model for effective infrastructure management. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Library networks in the learning society.
AU: Vejjajiva, A.
SO: IFLA Journal. 25 (5/6) 1999, p. 278-81.
PY: 1999
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Asia
AB: Using the background of the financial crisis in Asian countries for the past two years, illustrates some fundamental weaknesses in these societies which may have helped caused the crisis. Stresses that educational reform for human development should become more important in a number of countries because only those who can learn and adapt can survive changes brought about by globalization. A greater variety of sources of information at home, at the workplace and in the community should be made available. To support these sources, networks must be created to broaden opportunities for all people, to economize through shared resources, and to address the problem of inequality. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Scientific and technical information: impetus for development in Southeast Asia.
AU: Abdullah, S.
SO: Asian Libraries. Sept. 1995; 4(3): 13-25.
PY: 1995
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Asia

Bangladesh

TI: Agricultural libraries in Gazipur (Bangladesh): a survey report.
AU: Meah, M.A.R.
SO: Annals of Library Science and Documentation. 41 (3) Sep 94, p.102-9. tables.refs.
PY: 1994
LA: English
SU: Science Libraries
RE: Asia
CO: Bangladesh
AB: Reports results of a questionnaire survey and follow up visits to agricultural libraries in Gazipur, Bangladesh, to evaluate the services offered to users. Substantial improvements in library management, organization and library staff are required if better services are to be offered to users. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Computerization of libraries in Bangladesh.
AU: Ahmed, S.M.Z.; Munshi, M.N.U.; Ahmed, M.U.
SO: Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science. 2 (2) Dec 1997, p.37 -43. tbls. refs.
PY: 1997
LA: English
SU: Information Technology
RE: Asia
CO: Bangladesh
AB: Examines the state of library computerization in Bangladesh and the efforts made by different bodies and institutions in the country to automate their library operations. Discloses problems faced by the libraries, which succeeded in automating some of their functions and provides suggestions as to how libraries can adopt new computer technologies in order to improve their functions and services to users. (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at duregstr@bangla.net). (LISA Abstract)
TI: The current status of science journals published in Bangladesh.
AU: Ahmed, H.S.
SO: Journal of Scholarly Publishing. 30 (1) Oct 1998, p.38-46. tbls. refs.
PY: 1998
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Asia
CO: Bangladesh
AB: Explores the current status of Bangladeshi science journals published in English. Data were collected through physical verification of 85 currently available journals in 8 major libraries of Dhaka City. 43 Bangladeshi authors were interviewed who published papers in local journals. The necessity of proper editing and peer review is well understood by most authors, but a quarter of the study respondents were not sure whether the local journals had used any peer review system. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Development of scientific and technological (S&T) information services and exchange of information in Bangladesh.
AU: Ahsonullah, A.K.M.
SO: Journal of the Hong Kong Library Association. (15) 1991, p.13-19.
PY: 1991
LA: English
SU: Science Libraries
RE: Asia
CO: Bangladesh
AB: The Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre (BANSDOC) was established in 1960. In recognition of the increasing importance of research and development and science and technology for national socio-economic progress, the Government of Bangladesh has embarked upon a programme to develop and extend the service facilities of BANSDOC, and bring the information management system of the country up to international standards in this area. Describes BANSDOC's documentation activities and discusses the Inter-Library Lending System. BANSDOC's current work programmes are described, and a brief analysis is given of some surveys already completed. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Information network on rural development (INRD), Bangladesh.
AU: Wanasundra, L.
SO: Third World Libraries. 5 (1) Fall 94, p.11-16. refs.
PY: 1994
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Asia
CO: Bangladesh
AB: Presents an overview of the development of library cooperation and information networking in Bangladesh, often the result of external intiatives taken to develop international and regional databases and information networks. Reasons for the slow growth of networks in Bangladesh are discussed. Describes the Information Network on Rural Development (INRD) in Bangladesh, initiated in 1992 by the Center on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP). INRD is a loosely structured network of 24 libraries working in the area of rural development, with CIRDAP assuming the role of facilitator. Describes the objectives, activities, organization and finances of INRD which functions without external aid, as the network is considered to be an integral function of the member libraries. (LISA Abstract)
TI: A month in Bangladesh.
AU: Wise, M.
SO: Focus on International and Comparative Librarianship. 27 (1) 10 May 96, p.2 -5.
PY: 1996
LA: English
SU: Science Libraries
RE: Asia
CO: Bangladesh
AB: Reports a visit to Dhaka, Bangladesh, in Feb to Mar 96, to examine the library of the International University of Business, Agriculture and Technology as it had developed to date, to advise on the expansion of the present premises, to make recommendations for the improvement of systems within the existing framework and on collection development and reference services, and to indicate the potential for joining or initiating an effective information network in Bangladesh. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Resource sharing and information networking of libraries in Bangladesh: a study of user satisfaction.
AU: Mannan, S.M.; Bose, M.L.
SO: Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science. 3 (2) December 1998, p. 67-86.
PY: 1998
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Asia
CO: Bangladesh
AB: Reports results of an analysis of 25 libraries and 100 users of different categories to measure the satisfaction level of users on library networking and resource sharing activities among the major libraries in Bangladesh. The key variables for this study include: the existing status of infrastructures and facilities; collections; mode of subscription of periodicals; users' visit to the libraries; availability of services and use of databases. Includes users' suggestions to improve the library services. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Trends in using CD-ROM in academic libraries of three South Asian countries - Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
AU: Majid, S.
SO: Aslib Proceedings. 53 (2) Feb 2001, p.68-76. tbls. refs.
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: CD-ROMs
RE: Asia
CO: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
AB: Reports the results of a questionnaire survey on the use of CD-ROM in 39 academic libraries from 3 South Asian countries - 19 from Pakistan, 12 from Bangladesh and 8 from Sri Lanka. It was found that only one-half of the libraries were using CD-ROM technology and 65 per cent of these were facing financial difficulties in sustaining it. Two-thirds of the libraries have only up to two CD-ROM workstations and, on average, libraries have just over 4 CD-ROM titles. Most of the library staff was self-trained and only a few libraries were undertaking promotional and user education activities. The survey indicates that CD-ROM technology is entering the libraries of developing countries at a much slower pace than expected and that the gap between so-called 'information rich' and 'information poor' countries is widening further. Suggests that donor agencies and leading publishers should pool their resources to develop full-text CD-ROM products to help sustain the flow of digital information to these countries. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Use of libraries and information centres by scientists and technologists in Bangladesh.
AU: Rahman, M.M.; Binwal, J.C.
SO: Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science. 5 (2) December 2000, p.57-68.
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Scientists
RE: Asia
CO: Bangladesh
AB: Scientists and technologists are major users of libraries and information centres. Reports results of a study of their usage pattern by considering the influence of their background variables, namely, age, gender, qualifications and status. The study sample population consists of 246 scientists and technologists from two major scientific and technical research institutes in Bangladesh. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses and the results of the analysis show that the socioeconomic background variables influence the use of libraries and information centres. (The authors may be contacted by electronic mail at mmrpib@hotmail.com and jbinwal@hotmail.com). (LISA Abstract)

China

TI: Financial consideration for scientific publishing in developing countries: the case for the People's Republic of China.
AU: Luk, S.K.
SO: Second Joing ICSU Press - UNESCO Expert Conference on Electronic Publishing in Science 20-23 February 2001 UNESCO House, Paris [ONLINE].
URL: http://users.ox.ac.uk/ [Retrieved May 10, 2003].
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Asia
CO: China
TI: The use of CD-ROM in Hong Kong academic library acquisitions procedures.
AU: Yan, W.C.
SO: Asian Libraries. 7 (12) 1998, p. 367-374.
PY: 1998
LA: English
SU: CD-ROMs
RE: Asia
CO: China
TI: The way to access to the electronic publications in China: Documentation & Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (DICCAS) as an example.
AU: Wang, X.
SO: SLA Global 2000 Conference, Brighton, UK, 16-19 October 2000. [ONLINE]
URL: http://pantheon.yale.edu/ [Retrieved July 6, 2003].
PY: 2000
LA: English
SU: Electronic Journals
RE: Asia
CO: China

India

TI: Acquisition of scientific literature in developing countries: 7: India.
AU: Bavakutty, M.; Radhamani, K.
SO: Information Development. 7 (3) July 91, 156-163. bibliog
PY: 1991
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Asia
CO: India
AB: Contribution to a series of articles on the acquisition of scientific literature in developing countries. Describes the historical development and present situation of scientific research and development and the growth of scientific documentation in India, including the work of the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC). Outlines the state of publishing in India. Discusses the problems of collection building in scientific and technical libraries. Deals with the acquisition of journals, through subscription from publishers, agents, government agencies and learned societies, and by exchange and gifts. Describes attempts at library cooperation through interlibrary loan, cooperative acquisition, union catalogues and information networks. Printed literature remains the dominant medium for the dissemination of scientific research results. (LISA Abstract)
TI: Biopiracy fears cloud Indian database.
AU: Jayaraman, KS
SO: SciDev.Net, 5 December 2002. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.scidev.net/ [Retrieved July 8, 2003].
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Databases
RE: Asia
CO: India
TI: The Gyandoot digital library intranet [rural internet access in India; presented at ASIST 2000 annual meeting].
AU: Sharma, A., et. al.
SO: Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 27 (4) April/May 2001, p.23-27. [ONLINE]
URL: http://www.asis.org/ [Retrieved July 9, 2003]
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Digital Libraries
RE: Asia
CO: India
TI: Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Science and Technology (INDEST): a proposal for strategic co-operation for consortia-based access to electronic resources.
AU: Arora, J.
SO: International Information and Library Review. 33 (2-3) Jun/Sep 2001, p. 149-65.
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Cooperation
RE: Asia
CO: India
AB: Contribution to a special issue that includes selected papers from an international contest on digital library or information science and technology in developing countries. The results of the competition, which was organized by the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS andT), were presented at ASISandT's annual conference in Chicago in November 2000. Describes a proposal for strategic cooperation for consortia based access to electronic resources which is called Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Science and Technology (INDEST). The INDEST would function as a consortium of engineering and technological libraries for building up a core digital collection in engineering and technology. It would host a variety of Web based digital resources. (Original abstract - amended) (LISA Abstract)
TI: India's collaboration in science and technology with South East Asian countries.
AU: Gupta, B.M.; Lal K.; Zainab A.N.
SO: Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science. 7 (2) Dec 2002, p .69-86.
PY: 2002
LA: English
SU: Cooperation
RE: Asia
CO: India
AB: Collaboration in science and technology (ST) is fast emerging in the scientific world and India recognized the importance of this international ST collaboration quite early and has signed a number of ST agreements with South East Asian countries. The collaboration is presented through the analysis of coauthored research papers published during the period 1996 to 2000 in the periodicals covered by the Science Citation Index. The study covers the nature and the areas of ST collaborations, institutions involved, and the impact of these collaborations on their individual fields. It is revealed that a total of 329 coauthored papers were published during the period. Out of these, 214 were published through bilateral and 115 through multilateral efforts. The priority areas vary with the nature of collaboration as well as with the collaborating country. The institutions involved in these collaborations are also indicated. The research papers analyzed reflect the present status of India's collaboration in ST with the South East Asian countries. Such a study will help decision-makers to identify the potential ST areas for future international cooperation. (The authors may be contacted by electronic mail at bmgupta1@yahoo.com, kashmirilal@nistads.res.in and zainab@um.edu.my). (Original abstract) (LISA Abtract)
TI: Initiatives to facilitate access to S&T in India.
AU: Lahiri, Abhijit
SO: IFLA General Conference (58th, New Delhi, India, August 30-September 3, 1992) 1992. Division of Special Libraries: Section on Science and Technology Libraries, pp 180-202. (ERIC Document 336789)
PY: 1992
LA: English
SU: Scientific and Technical Information
RE: Asia
CO: India
TI: Networking of agricultural information systems and services in India.
AU: Sreenivasulu,V.; Nandwana, H.B.
SO: INSPEL. 35 (4) 2001, p.226-235
PY: 2001
LA: English
SU: Information Networks
RE: Asia
CO: India
AB: Reviews the networking of the Agricultural Information Systems and Services in India. Covers a range of issues related to Agricultural Research Information System (ARIS) of ICAR in India. Discusses in detail the Agricultural Research Information System Network (ARISNET) for India and its modules consisting of Agricultural Research Personnel Information System (ARPIS), Agricultural Research Financial Information System (ARFIS), Agricultural Research Library Information System (ARLIS), and Agricultural Research Management Information System (ARMIS) and ARISNET management. Reviews the strength and development of agricultural libraries in India including the institutional system of ICAR, state agricultural universities and ICAR Institute Libraries. It also covers information technology (IT) applications in agricultural libraries and IT infrastructure in the agricultural libraries in India. (The author may be contacted by electronic mail at v_sreenivasulu@hotmail.com). (LISA Abstract)
TI: Statistical profile of science and technology in India and Brazil.
AU: Sikka, P.
SO: Scientometrics. 39 (2) Jun 1997, p.185-195.
PY: 1997
LA: English
SU: Scientific Development
RE: South America, Asia
CO: Brazil, India
AB: By making a comparison of the science indicators, critically examines the development of science and technology in India and Brazil. The SWOT analysis indicates that, with the support of federal government, both of these developing countries have built capacities and capabilities in many areas of science and technology towards attaining self reliance, and have developed the potential to excel in the world market and face its challenges. India and Brazil are continuing to make efforts to attain the transition from a developing to a developed country and are reviewing science and technology policies towards achieving industrial competitiveness. (LISA Abstract)

Indonesia

TI: Science and technology information services in Indonesia: a case study of PDII-LIPI
AU: Setiarso, B.
SO: Information T