Impact of Technology on Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Library Collections

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

Libraries have been part of the human civilization for centuries by playing an important role in the development of people and societies and being instrumental in storing and retrieving information for scholars and other users. Many changes have been introduced in libraries from time to time in order to meet the needs of the changing world. During ancient times, information was written and stored on clay tablets and handwritten materials, which then changed to the printing materials employed during the medieval period. Then came microforms, CD-ROMS, and the online storage method, including databases on the World Wide Web. Technology is still very new to the libraries and their user; the western world having been just introduced to it during the second half of the twentieth century. Editor R.N. Sharma's travels to Asia, Africa, and the Middle East on library assignments have shown him that libraries in those regions are still far behind technologically as compared to the United States and other developed countries.In the Impact of Technology on Asian, African and Middle Eastern Library Collections, sixteen well-known scholars, library educators, and librarians from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East write about the impact of technology on library collections and services in their countries. Three authors from the United States contribute articles about Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Collections in the United States and the impact of technology on these collections and services. This collection of well written essays gives a clear picture of these countries' libraries as compared to the United States and the ways to bridge the gap between developed and developing countries of these regions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-08-17
Mått:153 x 230 x 18 mm
Vikt:472 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Look and Learn
Antal sidor:292
Förlag:Scarecrow Press
ISBN:9780810854482

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Mer om författaren

R.N. Sharma, Ph.D. is Dean of Library, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey. He has won many awards and honors, including the Academic Research Librarian of the Year Award in 2005 from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his significant achievements and contributions to International Librarianship. He has been the editor of Library Times International since 1984.

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The expert observations presented in these essays would be of most benefit to the governments and libraries in the economically underdeveloped nations that are the focus of the essays...

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 IntroductionPart 2 Part I: WorldwideChapter 3 1. The World's Treasure Is One Click Away at the Global Memory NetPart 4 Part II: AsiaChapter 5 2. OCLC Library Information Services and Libraries in Asia and the Pacific RegionChapter 6 3. The Impact of Information Technology on University Libraries in IndiaChapter 7 4. The Digital Age and Information-Poor Societies: The Case of VietnamChapter 8 5. The Impact of Technology on Chinese Library Collections and ServicesChapter 9 6. Information Technologies and the Development of South Asian Collections and Services in U.S. LibrariesPart 10 Part III: AfricaChapter 11 7. The Role of Libraries in Combating Information Poverty in AfricaChapter 12 8. The Impact of Information Communications Technology on Academic Libraries in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Specific Reference to BotswanaChapter 13 9. The Impact of Technology on Library Collections and Services in NigeriaChapter 14 10. Bridging the Technological, Language, and Cultural Gap: Partnering with an Academic Library in Francophone AfricaChapter 15 11. The Impact of Information Technology on Africana Scholarship and Library Collections in the United StatesPart 16 Part IV: Middle EastChapter 17 12. The Impact of Technology on Libraries and Collections in the Arab Countries of the Middle East and North AfricaChapter 18 13. Information Technology Applications in Information Work in Egypt: A Puzzle Missing Some PiecesChapter 19 14. The Impact of Technology on MIddle Eastern Collections and Services in the United StatesPart 20 Part V: BarriersChapter 21 15. Barriers in Introducing Information Technology in LibrariesPart 22 Appendix: Status of Indian Universities—Connectivity Established as of September 30, 2004Part 23 IndexPart 24 About the ContributorsPart 25 About the Editor