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Information transformation Africa: indigenous knowledge - securing space in the knowledge society
(Elsevier, http://www.elsevier.com, 2008)
This paper reflects on factors that need to be considered for establishment of an equitable
knowledge society that will secure the Indigenous Knowledge space. While information
communication technology facilitates the ...
Teaching information literacy skills in Community Junior secondary schools in Gaborone, Botswana
(Sage Publications / http://www.sagepublications.com, 2008)
Information literacy skills are fast becoming a
global priority as society moves into the digital
environment. However, although the subject has
generated a vast body of literature, it remains an
underdeveloped domain ...
Information flows: the real art of information management and freedom of information
(Australian society of Archivists, 2007)
This paper puts forward ideas about trying to take public access to
government information from where it currently is - a few painful, costly
and hard fought steps from its strongly resisted implementation - towards
where ...
Freedom of information in the SADC region: implications for development and human rights
(Emerald, 2006)
Abstract
Purpose – To argue that developing countries in the Southern African Development Community
(SADC) region should embrace the concept of freedom of information to enable better human rights
and economic ...
Design and implementation of an online information literacy module: Experience of the Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Botswana
(Emerald Publishing Group td; www.emeraldinsight.com/oir.htm, 2006)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present findings of the design and implementation of an online information literacy module to first-year students at the University of Botswana. Design/methodology/approach - The ...
Enhancing access through electronic resources: the University of Botswana Library experience
(Emerald, 2000)
Libraries are changing their modes of delivery at a very fast rate. This article describes how the University of Botswana library has advantage of the new technologies to enhance its service to its patrons. The University ...
Bandwidth bottlenecks at the University of Botswana: complications for library, campus, and national development
(Emerald, 2005)
Purpose – To examine the technical reasons for excessively slow internet speeds at the University of
Botswana, to discover the present state of development efforts addressing such examples of the
qualitative digital ...
Evolving paradigms in the networked world and their implications for information management in African libraries
(Archlib and Information Services, http:www.hwwilson.com/journals;http://www.ajol.info, 2008)
The networked world is characterised by the
ubiquity and ever increasing application of
Information and Communications Technologies
(ICTs) in various sectors of an economy,
including education, government, libraries, ...
Archival landscape in Eastern and Southern Africa
(Library Management; Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.; www.emeraldinsight.com/researchregister; www.emeraldinsight.com/0143-5124.htm, 2005)
This article seeks to answer one basic question: “Are archival institutions in the Eastern and Southern African region developing, stagnating or receding backwards?” Design/methodology/approach – This article reviews the ...
Archives and records management in Kenya: problems and prospects
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited; www.emeraldinsight.com/0956-5698.htm, 2003)
The Kenya National Archives and Documentation Services is seen as a success story by many other African archival institutions. The Department has made major strides in developing records services, opening five regional ...