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Global information inequalities : Bridging the information gap /
The disparity in access to information is a worldwide phenomenon. Global Information Inequalities offers a captivating look into problems of information access across the world today. One of the unique strengths of the book is the use of examples of library initiatives from around the world to illus...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford [England] :
Chandos Publishing,
2008.
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| Colección: | Chandos information professional series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1 Information mobilisation: social and economic development: Sustainable access: an international perspective
- Developing a model for library resource sharing in China's rural communities
- Braving rapids and winding timber-tracks: towards equitable access to information for libraries in Sarawak
- Community resource centres in Mtwara, Lindi and Ruvuma regions in Tanzania: an evaluation of their development needs, usefulness, and the way forward
- Part 2 Information empowerment: equitable access and civic engagement: Is there a moon in the United States? Information reception, flow and use in rural villages on the Amazon river basin of Peru
- Libraries and citizen participation in Chile: I have the right to know
- Equity and access: is countrywide access to databases an option?
- Part 3 Social inclusion: inclusive library services for those with sensory and learning disabilities: Working together to provide an inclusive library service: a Canadian model
- Copyright: are people with sensory disabilities getting a fair deal?
- Part 4 Information divides: challenges and opportunities for a global information society: Bookmobiles: providing equitable service to all
- When the knowledge ditch is dug by our own hands: libraries, indigenous peoples, and strategic information
- MedlinePlus Go Local: connecting at-risk populations with health care services
- Barriers to free and equal access to information: implications for being informed in sub-Saharan Africa.