The impact of technology on Asian, African, and Middle Eastern library collections
By: edited by R.N. Sharma.
Contributors: Sharma, Ravindra N., 1941-
Series: Libraries and librarianship--an international perspective -- no. 1.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Libraries -- Information technology -- Asia.; Libraries -- Information technology -- Africa.; Libraries -- Information technology -- Arab countries.; Libraries -- Information technology -- Developing countries.; Information resources -- Asia.; Information resources -- Africa.; Information resources -- Arab countries.; Information resources -- Developing countries.; Libraries -- International cooperation.; Digital libraries.; Libraries -- United States -- Special collections.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The world's treasure is one click away at the Global Memory Net / Ching-Chih Chen; title: OCLC library information services and libraries in Asia and the Pacific region / Andrew H. Wang; title: Impact of information technology on university libraries in India / T.A.V. Murthy and V.S. Cholin; title: The digital age and information; title: poor societies : the case of Vietnam / Binh P. Le; title: Impact of technology on Chinese library collections and services / Jing Liu and Ian Yiliang Song; title: Information technologies and the development of South Asian collections and services in U.S. libraries / Rajwant S. Chilana; title: Role of libraries in combating information poverty in Africa / J.J. Britz and P.J. Lor; title: Impact of information communications technology on academic libraries in Sub-Saharan Africa with specific reference to Botswana / H. Kay Raseroka; title: Impact of technology on library collections and services in Nigeria / C.C. Aguolu, I. Haruna, and I.E. Aguolu; title: Bridging the technological, language, and cultural gap : partnering with an academic library in Francophone Africa / James J. Natsis; title: The impact of information technology on Africana scholarship and library collections in the United States / Gregory A. Finnegan; title: Impact of technology on libraries and collections in the Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa / Mohammed M. Aman; title: Information technology applications in information work in Egypt : a puzzle missing some pieces / Sherif Kamel Shaheen; title: Impact of technology on Middle Eastern collections and services in the United States / Ali Houissa; title: Barriers in introducing information technology in libraries / R.N. Sharma.