Coordination and Improvement of National Information Services. Mbabane and Maseru Workshop Papers (Mbabane, Swaziland, February 24-28, 1986 and Maseru, Lesotho, March 3-7, 1986).

Sonst. Personen	Huttemann, Lutz (Hrsg.)
Institution	German Foundation for International Development, Bonn (West Germany).; Swaziland National Library Service, Mbabane.; Swaziland Library Association, Mbabane.; Lesotho Univ., Maseru.; Lesotho Library Association, Maseru.
Titel	Coordination and Improvement of National Information Services. Mbabane and Maseru Workshop Papers (Mbabane, Swaziland, February 24-28, 1986 and Maseru, Lesotho, March 3-7, 1986).
Quelle	(1986), (234 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Stellungnahme; Coordination; Cultural Context; Developing Nations; Foreign Countries; Information Retrieval; Information Services; Information Systems; International Cooperation; National Programs; Program Improvement; Regional Programs; Shared Resources and Services; Socioeconomic Status; User Needs (Information); Lesotho; Swaziland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Koordination; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ausland; Informationstätigkeit; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; nicht übertragen; Regional program; Regional programme; Regionalprogramm; Gemeinwirtschaft; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Benutzerbedürfnis
Abstract	Seven papers from the Mbabane workshop are presented in the first part of this report: (1) "An Overview of the Supply of Information in Swaziland" (E. Wamala); (2) "The Place of a Documentation Centre in the Supply of Information in Swaziland: Problems and Prospects" (M. M. Nhlapo); (3) "The Concept of Cooperation in Information Services: National, Regional, International" (Z. N. Ngcobo); (4) "The User vis-a-vis the Information Purveyor" (E. E. Kaungamno); (5) "The Application of Theory to Practice" (S. B. Monageng); (6) "The Role of a National Information Service in Socio-Economic and Cultural Development" (N. Longwe); and (7) "Improvement of National and Regional Information Services: An Assessment of Problems and Solutions Prescribed under the PADIS Programme" (D. Abate). Recommendations from the IDRC/UNESCO/TLS Conference on Resource Sharing in Southern and Central Africa (Tanzania, December 1985) are appended to this section. Six papers from the Maseru workshop are presented in the second part of the report: (1) "The State of the Art in the Field of Information Supply on a National Scale" (M. M. Lebotsa); (2) "Identification of an Institution Which Could Play the Role of a National Documentation Centre" (R. J. Kukubo); (3) "Role of a National Information Service for the Socio-Economic and Cultural Development" (S. M. Mohai); (4) "The Fitting of National Information Services into Regional and International Information Systems, and the Use of Such Services/Systems" (M. M. Moshoeshoe); (5) "Information Retrieval: A Case Study--The Minister's Speech" (J. R. Neill); and (6) "User-Related Problems at NUL [National University of Lesotho] Library" (P. Moabi). Also included for each of the workshops are opening and closing remarks; workshop recommendations; the workshop program; and a listing of participants, resource persons, and staff. (KM)
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