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Title Library and information science in developing countries : contemporary issues / A. Tella and A.O. Issa, editors
Published Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011

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Description 1 online resource (electronic texts (326 pages))
Contents 1. Fostering and developing leadership amongst library staff at the University of Zambia Library / Christine Wamunyima Kanyengo -- 2. Pakistan Library and Information Council: a proposal / Midrar Ullah and Khalid Mahmood -- 3. Modernization of a traditional library / Mehtab Alam Ansari -- 4. Marketing library and information services for effective utilization of available resources: the 21st century librarians and information professionals -- which ways and what works? / Adeyinka Tella and Rachel Ronke Ojo -- 5. Strategies for marketing an academic library in an African setting / Sylvia A. Ogola and Japhet Otike -- 6. The significance of marketing in library and information science / Monday Obaidjevwe Ogbomo -- 7. Marketing libraries: adopting marketing strategies in Nigerian libraries / Ajigboye Olamidipupo Solomon -- 8. Libraries and preservation of indigenous knowledge in developing countries: the Nigeria experience / Abdulmumin Isah, M.T. Bashorun and K.T. Omopupa -- 9. The school librarian in rural China: "a stranger among her people" / Peter Warning and James Henri -- 10. The future of readership development: how ICTs have influenced user habits and library acquisitions / Elisam Magara -- 11. Status of information ethics teaching at the School of Information Sciences, Moi University, Kenya / Henry N. Kemoni -- 12. An assessment of the perception of library school students towards librarianship at the University of Ilorin: a pilot study / Abdulwahab Olanrewaju Issa
13. Demystifying digital scholarship / Stephen M. Mutula -- 14. Establishing the digital library: don't ignore the library standards and don't forget the training needed / Alan Hopkinson -- 15. A review of eGovernment services in Nigeria / Gbola Olasina -- 16. Digital libraries: their challenges and issues in the perspectives of developing countries like India / N. Swaminathan -- 17. Information flow and democratic governance: an analysis of the African experience / F.A. Aremu and H.T. Saka -- 18. Librarians, records managers, and e-government / Cathrine T. Nengomasha -- 19. Information services provision to persons with visual impairment in Nigeria: the salient issues / Niran Adetoro -- 20. Organisation of information and the information retrieval system / Edeama O. Onwuchekwa -- 21. Social media in library and information centres / Ayodele John Alonge -- 22. Bibliometric analysis of DESIDOC Journal of library & information technology / S. Thanuskodi -- 23. Cataloguing and classification of library resources in the 21st century / Lydia O. Adedibu, Evelyn O. Akinboro and Titilola A.B. Abdussalam
Summary "This book explores the relationship between global technology development and the impact of new technologies on library practice, library education, and information science"--Provided by publisher
Analysis Career progression of library professionals
Curriculum delivery
Database management
Digital libraries
Digital scholarship
E-records management
Funding of library school programs
Metadata
Staffing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Title screen (IGI Global, viewed Nov. 19, 2011)
Subject Library science -- Developing countries
Information science -- Developing countries
Libraries -- Developing countries
Library education -- Developing countries
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General.
Information science
Libraries
Library education
Library science
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
Author Tella, Adeyinka, 1972-
Issa, A. O. (Abdulwahaab Olanrewaju), 1967-
ISBN 9781613503362
1613503369