The promise of digital libraries in developing countries

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dc.contributor.authorWitten, Ian H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLoots, Michelen_US
dc.contributor.authorTrujillo, Maria F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBainbridge, Daviden_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-03-19T04:58:32Z
dc.date.available2007-05-15en_US
dc.date.available2008-03-19T04:58:32Z
dc.date.issued2001-05-01en_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough knowledge is critical for development, few developing countries are participating in the information revolution. Just as industrialization and globalization have increased the gulf between the haves and have-nots, so information and communications technology is creating a chasm between the knows and know-nots. For dissemination of humanitarian information, traditional publishing and distribution mechanisms have failed tragically. Whereas a U.S. medical library subscribes to about 5,000 journals, the Nairobi University Medical School Library, long regarded as a flagship center in East Africa, receives just 20 journals. In Brazzaville, Congo, the university has only 40 medical books and a dozen journals, all published before 1993. Digital libraries, by decoupling production and distribution costs from intellectual property charges, offer a desperately needed lifeline.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationWitten, I. H., Loots, M., Trujillo, M. F. & Bainbridge, D. (2001). The promise of digital libraries in developing countries. Communications of the ACM, 44(5), 82-85.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/374308.374357en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/80
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dc.publisherASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERYen_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfCommunications of the Association of Computing Machineryen_NZ
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dc.rightsThis article is available online at the webpages of Communications of the ACM.en_US
dc.titleThe promise of digital libraries in developing countriesen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
pubs.begin-page82en_NZ
pubs.elements-id42075
pubs.end-page85en_NZ
pubs.issue5en_NZ
pubs.volume44en_NZ
uow.identifier.article-no5en_NZ
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