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Record Nr.

UNISA996206945403316

Autore

Witt Steve W

Titolo

Changing roles of NGOs in the creation, storage, and dissemination of information in developing countries / / edited by Steve W. Witt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mùˆnchen, : K.G. Saur, 2006

Munchen, Germany : , : K.G. Saur, , 2006

ISBN

1-283-40344-7

9786613403445

3-11-916152-7

3-598-44024-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 pages) : illustrations

Collana

IFLA publications, , 0344-6891 ; ; 123

Disciplina

021.2

Soggetti

Information retrieval

Information organization

Libraries and community

Non-governmental organizations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- The Warning Voice - NGOs and Information -- The Permanence of Smoke: A Challenge to Research Libraries to Showcase and Preserve the Work of NGOs Serving Developing Countries -- Working in Partnership to Build Knowledge Societies -- Information for Action: The Approach Used by NGOs to Foster and Strengthen Civic Life: A Case Study from Argentina -- NGOs and the Egyptian Information Society: New Partnerships, New Roles -- NGOs, ICTs and Information Dissemination in Asia and Oceania -- The NGO Response to HIV/AIDs Information Provision in Zambia -- Information System for NGO Libraries in Pakistan: A Proposed Model for Organizing the Grey Literature -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are growing exponentially. In 1993, the Yearbook of International Organizations listed 16,000 internationally recognized NGOs. By 2004, this number was 63,000. With this increase comes a staggering growth in the activities and intellectual output of NGOs working on a local and international level.



As the mission of both libraries and NGOs increasingly intersect, these organizations must collaborate to provide essential services that revolve around the creation, dissemination, and storage of information. This volume's eight essays focus on collaborative