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1986
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| contents | Conference on Resource Sharing in Southern and Central Africa (Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, December 16-19, 1985). Final Report. Developing Nations Interlibrary Loans International Organizations Library Cooperation Library Networks Library Planning Program Descriptions Shared Library Resources This document summarizes the activities of a conference held at the Institute of Finance Management in Tanzania on information resource sharing in Southern and Central Africa. Delegates and observers from Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania attended the conference. The 15 participants, 8 sponsored by Unesco and 6 by the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC), were senior library and information personnel involved and experienced in resource sharing, library cooperation, and networking in Southern and Central Africa. Following an introduction, this final report summarizes the opening remarks; the present situation in resource sharing; country reports presented by representatives of each participating country; reasons for sharing resources; schemes for resource sharing, including interlibrary lending, centralized and shared cataloging, bibliographic control, staff exchange, and cooperative acquisitions and storage; tools for resource sharing; planning of resource sharing; development of a national information policy; and recommendations and plans of action at the national, regional, and international levels. A conference schedule, list of participants, and directory of the national focal points and national information committees of Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) are included. (THC) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
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| publishDate | 1986 |
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| spellingShingle | Conference on Resource Sharing in Southern and Central Africa (Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, December 16-19, 1985). Final Report. Developing Nations Interlibrary Loans International Organizations Library Cooperation Library Networks Library Planning Program Descriptions Shared Library Resources Conference on Resource Sharing in Southern and Central Africa (Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, December 16-19, 1985). Final Report. Developing Nations Interlibrary Loans International Organizations Library Cooperation Library Networks Library Planning Program Descriptions Shared Library Resources This document summarizes the activities of a conference held at the Institute of Finance Management in Tanzania on information resource sharing in Southern and Central Africa. Delegates and observers from Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania attended the conference. The 15 participants, 8 sponsored by Unesco and 6 by the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC), were senior library and information personnel involved and experienced in resource sharing, library cooperation, and networking in Southern and Central Africa. Following an introduction, this final report summarizes the opening remarks; the present situation in resource sharing; country reports presented by representatives of each participating country; reasons for sharing resources; schemes for resource sharing, including interlibrary lending, centralized and shared cataloging, bibliographic control, staff exchange, and cooperative acquisitions and storage; tools for resource sharing; planning of resource sharing; development of a national information policy; and recommendations and plans of action at the national, regional, and international levels. A conference schedule, list of participants, and directory of the national focal points and national information committees of Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) are included. (THC) |
| title | Conference on Resource Sharing in Southern and Central Africa (Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, December 16-19, 1985). Final Report. |
| topic | Developing Nations Interlibrary Loans International Organizations Library Cooperation Library Networks Library Planning Program Descriptions Shared Library Resources |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED270109 |