Libraries and information services towards the attainment of the UN millennium development goals / edited by Benson Njobvu and Sjoerd Koopman.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Njobvu, Benson.

Koopman, Sjoerd M. J., 1949-

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.

Conference Name:

Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations (18th : 2008 : Lusaka, Zambia)

Series:

IFLA publications ; 134.

IFLA publications, 0344-6891 ; 134

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses.

Libraries.

Information services--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses.

Information services.

Libraries and community--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses.

Libraries and community.

Economic development--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses.

Economic development.

UN Millennium Project.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Munchen : K. G. Saur, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United Nations Millennium declarations of 2002 set eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to be achieved by 2015. The papers presented in this publication endeavour to address how libraries and information professionals in East, Central and Southern Africa seek to make themselves relevant to national development by asking themselves how libraries and information centres could contribute to the attainment of these MDGs.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

AUTHOR'S CONTACT DETAILS

LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICE IN FACILITATING KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FOR THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

MDGS, WSIS, UNESCO'S MTS AND IFAP: ALPHABET SOUP OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIBRARIES?

THE E-AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE: ACHIEVING THE MDGS THROUGH SHARING OF INNOVATIVE EXPERIENCES

MANAGING INDIGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS KNOWLEDGE THROUGH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN TANZANIA

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MARKETING LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES IN ENSURING THAT LIBRARIES CONTRIBUTE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

THE ROLE OF LESOTHO ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN THE ATTAINMENT OF MDGS

RE-THINKING BOUNDARIES IN THE AFRICAN LIS WORK PLACE: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

MAINSTREAMING NATIONAL LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF MDGS: A CASE FOR THE NATIONAL LIBRARY POLICY IN ZAMBIA.

LIBRARIES RE-LOADED IN SERVICE OF THE MARGINALIZED

STRENGTHENING WOMEN FARMERS' INFORMATION NETWORKS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN AFRICA

THE ROLE OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES IN ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: IMPERATIVES FOR MEETING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDG).

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access. Unless otherwise specified individually in the content, the work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Selection of the proceedings of the Eighteenth Standing Conference of East, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL) held in Lusaka, Zambia, July 15-18, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-10256-7

9786612102561

3-598-44125-8

OCLC:

604353511