Information access and library user needs in developing countries /

"This book highlights the struggles that developing countries face in terms of information gaps and information-seeking user behavior, providing ways in which users in developing countries can benefit from properly implementing LIS services"--Provided by publisher.

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Other Authors: Al-Suqri, Mohammed Nasser, 1973-, Lillard, Linda L., 1951-, Al-Saleem, Naifa Eid, 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, [2014]
Series:Advances in library and information science (ALIS) book series.
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505 0 |a The changing nature of information behavior and the information environment : challenges for LIS in the Arab Gulf states / Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman -- Culture, tradition and technology : the role of library and information science schools as integrative forces / Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita, National University of Science Technology, Zimbabwe; Ismail Abdullahi, North Carolina Centeral, United States -- The influence of social networking and library 2.0 as a gateway for information access and knowledge sharing in Africa / Manir Abdullahi Kamba, Bayero Univeristy-Kano, Nigeria -- A proposal to study of cross language information retrieval (CLIR) system users' information seeking behavior / YooJin Ha, Clarion University, United States -- Environmental context of information seeking behavior : applying a diffusion model to account for intervening variables / Rebecca L. Miller, Realm Advising, LLC, United States -- The Ellis model of information seeking behavior and peripheral scientific community / Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos, Clarion University, United States -- Developing electronic information resources to promote social inclusion of vulnerable communities in Uruguay / Martha Sabelli, Universidad de la República, Uruguay; Jorge Rasner, Universidad de la República, Uruguay; María Cristina Pérez Giffoni, Universidad de la República, Uruguay; Eduardo Álvarez Pedrosian, Universidad de la República, Uruguay; Laura González, Universidad de la República, Uruguay; Raúl Ruggia, Universidad de la República, Uruguay -- Digitize or perish : strategies for improving access to indigenous intellectual resources in sub-Saharan Africa / Stephen Asunka, Ghana technology University College, Ghana -- A comparison of the information needs and information seeking behavior of entrepreneurs in small to medium sized enterprises (SMES) in developing and developed countries : a review of the literature / Linda L. Lillard, Clarion University, United States -- Barriers to information access for specialized scholars : an analysis of information-seeking behavior of social scientists in developing countries / Lisa Block, United States -- Where do mongolian scholars go? The information seeking behavior within Mongolian scholarly communities / Thomas Scheiding, Cardinal Stritch University, United States; Borchuluum Yadamsuren, University of Missouri, United States; Gantulga Lkhagva, Mongolian Libraries Consortium, Mogolia -- Lose your time in a useful way : digital inclusion of the elderly at a pensioners' club in Romania / James M. Nyce, Ball State University, United States; Gail E. Bader, Ball State University, United States; Cheryl Klimaszewski, Bryn Mawr College, United States -- Contextual factors influencing information seeking behavior of social scientists : a review of the literature / Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman -- Undergarduate students information seeking behavior in the changing technological era : an investigation of Sultan Qaboos University, Oman / Naifa Eid Saleem, Sultan Qaboos Univesity, Oman. 
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