KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: ISSUES FOR AFRICA’S LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Preface 7
4. Abbreviations and Acronyms 9
5. Authors’ Contact Details 13
6. HARNESSING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR AFRICA’S TRANSITION TO THE 21ST CENTURY 15
7. POLITICS OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE IN AFRICA: THE STRUGGLE FOR AN INFORMATION INCLUSIVE SOCIETY IN A GLOBALISED WORLD 47
8. LIBRARIES AND DEMOCRACY 71
9. MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE: A CASE FOR THE SCECSAL REGION 83
10. A DIGITAL LIBRARY IN A RURAL MALARIA RESEARCH CENTRE IN AFRICA: THE KENYAN EXPERIENCE 97
11. THE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS WITHIN LIBRARY ENVIRONMENTS IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGION 111
12. MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CIVIL SOCIETY: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND THE INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL 121
13. INFORMATION VACCINE: INFORMATION AND UGANDA’S REDUCTION OF HIV/AIDS 155
14. SOCIO-CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF HIV/AIDS INFORMATION IMPACT: EXPERIENCES FROM BABATI DISTRICT IN TANZANIA 167
15. MAASAE RESOURCE CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN TANZANIA 183
16. WHAT CAN BE THE ROLE OF AFRICAN LIBRARIES IN COUNTERBALANCING THE “KNOWLEDGE POWER” OF THE WEST? CAN WE CREATE NEW KNOWLEDGE TOGETHER? 191
17. WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO BUILD KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES 197
18. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA’S INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES: SOME LEGAL ISSUES FOR INFORMATION SYSTEM EXPERTS 211
19. CROSS-CULTURAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL: SEARCHING FOR ENGLISH DOCUMENTS USING ZULU QUERIES 225
20. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: ISSUES FOR AFRICA’S LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS 239