LEADER 04991nam 2200841Ia 450 001 996209382403316 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-10256-7 010 $a9786612102561 010 $a3-598-44125-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9783598441257 035 $a(CKB)1000000000764372 035 $a(EBL)429245 035 $a(OCoLC)604353511 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000191893 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11937164 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191893 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10185020 035 $a(PQKB)10156263 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC429245 035 $a(DE-B1597)35945 035 $a(OCoLC)1002233346 035 $a(OCoLC)1004868631 035 $a(OCoLC)1011439509 035 $a(OCoLC)1013961659 035 $a(OCoLC)979971329 035 $a(OCoLC)987934017 035 $a(OCoLC)992454001 035 $a(OCoLC)999355527 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783598441257 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL429245 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10289974 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL210256 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000764372 100 $a20090201d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLibraries and information services towards the attainment of the UN millennium development goals$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Benson Njobvu and Sjoerd Koopman 210 $aMu?nchen $cK. G. Saur$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 1 $aIFLA publications,$x0344-6891 ;$v134 300 $aSelection of the proceedings of the Eighteenth Standing Conference of East, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL) held in Lusaka, Zambia, July 15-18, 2008. 311 $a3-598-22040-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tTABLE OF CONTENTS -- $tPREFACE -- $tABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- $tAUTHOR'S CONTACT DETAILS -- $tLIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICE IN FACILITATING KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FOR THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS -- $tMDGS, WSIS, UNESCO'S MTS AND IFAP: ALPHABET SOUP OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIBRARIES? -- $tTHE E-AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE: ACHIEVING THE MDGS THROUGH SHARING OF INNOVATIVE EXPERIENCES -- $tMANAGING INDIGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS KNOWLEDGE THROUGH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN TANZANIA -- $tTHE SIGNIFICANCE OF MARKETING LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES IN ENSURING THAT LIBRARIES CONTRIBUTE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS -- $tTHE ROLE OF LESOTHO ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN THE ATTAINMENT OF MDGS -- $tRE-THINKING BOUNDARIES IN THE AFRICAN LIS WORK PLACE: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS -- $tMAINSTREAMING NATIONAL LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF MDGS: A CASE FOR THE NATIONAL LIBRARY POLICY IN ZAMBIA. -- $tLIBRARIES RE-LOADED IN SERVICE OF THE MARGINALIZED -- $tSTRENGTHENING WOMEN FARMERS' INFORMATION NETWORKS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS -- $tKNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN AFRICA -- $tTHE ROLE OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES IN ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY -- $tLIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: IMPERATIVES FOR MEETING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDG). 330 $aThe United Nations Millennium declarations of 2002 set eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to be achieved by 2015. The papers presented in this publication endeavour to address how libraries and information professionals in East, Central and Southern Africa seek to make themselves relevant to national development by asking themselves how libraries and information centres could contribute to the attainment of these MDGs. 410 0$aIFLA publications ;$v134. 606 $aLibraries$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan$vCongresses 606 $aInformation services$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan$vCongresses 606 $aLibraries and community$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan$vCongresses 606 $aEconomic development$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLibraries 615 0$aInformation services 615 0$aLibraries and community 615 0$aEconomic development 676 $a020.96 676 $a020.967 686 $aAN 52400$2rvk 701 $aNjobvu$b Benson$0801773 701 $aKoopman$b Sjoerd M. J.$f1949-$0801774 712 02$aInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. 712 12$aStanding Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations$d(18th :$f2008 :$eLusaka, Zambia) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996209382403316 996 $aLibraries and Information Services towards the Attainment of the UN Millennium Development Goals$91803042 997 $aUNISA