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Title:

The impact of technology on Asian, African, and Middle Eastern library collections / edited by R.N. Sharma.

Publisher:

Scarecrow Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xiv, 278 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Libraries--Information technology--Asia.
Libraries--Information technology--Africa.
Libraries--Information technology--Arab countries.
Libraries--Information technology--Developing countries.
Information resources--Asia.
Information resources--Africa.
Information resources--Arab countries.
Information resources--Developing countries.
Libraries--International cooperation.
Digital libraries.
Libraries--United States--Special collections

Other Authors:

Sharma, Ravindra N., 1941-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The world's treasure is one click away at the Global Memory Net / Ching-Chih Chen -- OCLC library information services and libraries in Asia and the Pacific region / Andrew H. Wang -- Impact of information technology on university libraries in India / T.A.V. Murthy and V.S. Cholin -- The digital age and information--poor societies : the case of Vietnam / Binh P. Le -- Impact of technology on Chinese library collections and services / Jing Liu and Ian Yiliang Song -- Information technologies and the development of South Asian collections and services in U.S. libraries / Rajwant S. Chilana -- Role of libraries in combating information poverty in Africa / J.J. Britz and P.J. Lor -- Impact of information communications technology on academic libraries in Sub-Saharan Africa with specific reference to Botswana / H. Kay Raseroka -- Impact of technology on library collections and services in Nigeria / C.C. Aguolu, I. Haruna, and I.E. Aguolu -- Bridging the technological, language, and cultural gap : partnering with an academic library in Francophone Africa / James J. Natsis -- The impact of information technology on Africana scholarship and library collections in the United States / Gregory A. Finnegan -- Impact of technology on libraries and collections in the Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa / Mohammed M. Aman -- Information technology applications in information work in Egypt : a puzzle missing some pieces / Sherif Kamel Shaheen -- Impact of technology on Middle Eastern collections and services in the United States / Ali Houissa -- Barriers in introducing information technology in libraries / R.N. Sharma.

Series:

Libraries and librarianship--an international perspective no. 1

ISBN:

9780810854482
0810854481 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)64285790

LCCN:

2006002784

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)