• Knowledge or Information Management for Digital Future: The Case of Lesotho 

  Makara, Mabafokeng; Moetsana, Thabiso (2013-09-27)

  Knowledge management is commonly mistaken with information management, while in actual fact they are different although they are normally used interchangeably. This paper will therefore draw a line of demarcation between ...
• Communiqué - Summary and Recommendations 

  Walker, Clare (2010-12-17)

  The summary and recommendations are captured in the following communiqué, presented at the conclusion of the First International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives (ICADLA-1), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ...
• Creating an Institutional Repository at the University of Dar es Salaam: Some Experiences 

  Muneja, Paul D. (2010-12-17)

  The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Library is establishing an institutional repository (IR) to preserve, and provide wider visibility and accessibility for, its intellectual outputs. In order to understand stakeholders’ ...
• An Institutional Repository (IR) with Local Content (LC) at the Redeemer’s University: Benefits and Challenges 

  Adebayo, Emmanuel 'Layi (2010-12-17)

  The paper discusses extensively the benefits and challenges of creating an institutional repository (IR) with local content (LC). The similarity of this to the National Library of Nigeria Legal Deposit (LD) Law was examined. ...
• The Progression from Repositories to Institutional Repositories: a Comparative Examination of Repositories at the Durban University of Technology and Stellenbosch University 

  Raju, Roy; Raju, Reggie (2010-12-17)

  The South African higher education environment was re-landscaped to redress, inter alia, an apartheid higher educational system. In this re-landscaping process, the M.L.Sultan and Natal Technikons were merged to create the ...
• Think Big Start Small: Institutional Repositories: Policies, Strategies, Technological Options, Standards and Best Practices. The Case of the University of Buea 

  Ngum, Harry; Shafack, Rosemary; Koelen, M. Th. (2010-12-17)

  In order to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by half the number of people living in hunger and poverty and stimulating economic growth to enhance rural household economies, the stakeholders involved need ...
• It's Vital to have Repository Services! 

  Guivernau, Silvia (2010-12-17)
• Institutional Repositories: Towards Harnessing Knowledge for African Development 

  Moahi, Kgomotso (2010-12-17)

  Information and knowledge are the drivers of socio-economic development. According to a World Bank report, weakness in the application of knowledge is a major factor behind the economic stagnation in Africa. Compared with ...
• IR and OA Initiatives in Africa 

  Ubogu, Felix (2010-12-17)

  Early IR and OA initiatives in Africa began in 1998, before the term OA was current. • Rhodes University (RU) in South Africa mounted its first digital thesis on the World Wide Web in 1998; it became the first institution ...
• Digital Libraries and Prospects of a Programme on Technology-enhanced Learning in Africa 

  Islam, Baharul (2010-12-17)

  The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) in India is an illustrative project based on the concept of multimedia based courses with high potential for interactivity. It has become a popular and viable ...
• Optimizing National Transforming Structures for Open Access Agricultural Repositories in Africa 

  Kahinga, Esther (2010-12-17)

  Agriculture is a crucial sector for most of sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya for instance agriculture is the largest sector in the Kenyan economy, generating a quarter of the gross domestic product and two-fifths of export ...
• Digital Libraries and Archives in Senegal 

  Sow, Mody (2010-12-17)

  The 20th century was marked by the advent of electronic libraries and archives in most of the developed countries. In December 2004, the Google print library project announced the creation of an online digital library of ...
• Planning for Building Digital Memory of the Sudan “DMS” 

  Ghobrial, Rafaa; Sharif, Sami (2010-12-17)

  Advances in information and communication technologies led to the emerging of modern digital systems which facilitate sharing and preservation of information and innovations. These systems are thus supportive of the cultural ...
• Knowledge as a Basis of Development Effectiveness: the Automation/Digitization of Library Services of Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU), to Enhance Access to Knowledge for Development Effectiveness 

  Idrisa, Ssesanga (2010-12-17)

  Development has many meanings depending on the context. In this context, it is the positive transformation/change of people’s ways of living, attitudes and behaviours as a result of their exposure/access to relevant, ...
• Selective Digitisation of Information - The CSIR’s Strategy for a Sustainable Effort 

  van Deventer, Martie (2010-12-17)
• Building Online Global Access to African Cultural Heritage: DISA - An Appropriate Model? 

  Liebertrau, Patricia (2010-12-15)
• Digitization and Data Preservation Centre - A Collaborative Initiative of the Carnegie Foundation and National Research Foundation 

  Selematsela, Daisy (2010-12-15)

  Stakeholders identified the NRF as an important organisation in bringing resolution to the digitization / preservation issues in playing a central role as convener and facilitator of collaborative solutions
• Building Capacity for Archives and Dissemination of Information in Uganda: A Case Study of Uganda Broadcasting Corporation and Directorate of Information 

  Magara, Elisam (2010-12-15)

  In today's information age, knowledge has become the gold standard. A great deal of information is being generated every day in central and local governments and this is likely to increase with the continued empowerment ...
• Providing Access to Knowledge in Africa: the Need for Capacity Building in Classification, Indexing & Abstracting Skills 

  Imo, Nwabuisi T.; Igbo, Harriet U. (2010-12-15)

  The realities of the present era of globalization and information and communication technologies (ICT) culminating in the African Virtual Library and Information Network (AVLIN) have made it expedient that African information ...
• Utilizing the e-Government Framework as Principles for the Development of Digital Libraries and Archives 

  Kamar, Nerisa; Otenyo, S.C. (2010-12-15)

  Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been embraced in most developing countries as a vehicle to provide government information and documents through the e-government concept. This paper attempts to give ...

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