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Knowledgeability and democracy in an information age
Frank WebsterCritically examines claims for the use of information and communication technologies for the easy availability of information and so for the improvement of citizen participation…
Resource sharing among agricultural libraries in Malaysia
Shaheen Majid, Tamara S. Eisenschitz, Mumtaz Ali AnwarInvestigates resource sharing activities undertaken by agricultural libraries in Malaysia. It was found that resource sharing was basically limited to interlibrary lending and…
Democracy, information and the professional librarian in Sierra Leone
John Abdul KargboDemocracy assumes that people have access to facts and opinions from a wide range of sources. Democratic decision making, be it at a local or national level, depends on equality…
The problems of tertiary publishing in Africa and implications for the training and education of library and information professionals
L.O AinaTrainees in the library and information profession in Africa depend on textbooks emanating from outside Africa because of the dearth of local books. Even supposedly local books…
William Roscoe as a book collector
Eric GlasgowOutlines the variety of interests of William Roscoe, a successful (until 1816) banker in Liverpool, from botany to poetry, and concentrates on his book collecting. Describes the…
Optimising fisheries information for decision making among Kenyan fish pond smallholders
George Gundu ShibandaBeing a manager of his/her farmholding, the smallholder is described as having objectives and decisions. The smallholder is therefore a decision maker reflecting an organised…