Librarianship in the South

Building up a collaborative article database out of Open source components

Fischer, Markus and Kandera, Stefan | 2010
  • Author(s): Fischer, Markus and Kandera, Stefan
  • Publisher: E-prints in library and information science (E-LIS)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: data bases
As of November, 2010, the database http://bibnet.org contains 45,000 article references from 17 libraries. How the software concept evolved and the problems we encountered during this process is discussed in this paper.

ikmediaries : 10 Portal pitfalls and how to avoid them

Fisher, Catherine | 2009
  • Author(s): Fisher, Catherine
  • Publisher: University of Sussex. Institute of development studies] (IDS). Strategic learning initiative
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: data bases, project activities, information services, technical services (libraries)
It is increasingly easy to create a portal; however, creating a portal that is populated with useful content, is sustainable and most importantly addresses the problem it was created for, requires a lot of thought work and resources.

How we... produce email newsletters

Fisher, Catherine and Kunaratnam, Yaso | 2008
  • Author(s): Fisher, Catherine and Kunaratnam, Yaso
  • Publisher: University of Sussex. Institute of development studies (IDS). Knowledge services
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: information management, electronic publishing, technical services (libraries)
A guide to how the IDS Knowledge Services produce email newsletters. The content of this guide focuses on the particular challenges and approaches faced by those playing an information broker, mediator or information intermediary role in development contexts.

A manual of use of library

Fola Adio, W. | 2004]
  • Author(s): Fola Adio, W.
  • Publisher: University of Ilorin
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: libraries, manuals, nigeria

A mobile field-work data collection system for the wireless era of health surveillance

Forsell, Marianne | 2011
  • Author(s): Forsell, Marianne
  • Publisher: PAGEPress
  • Pages: 8--10
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, data collection, health information, developing countries
Innovative projects use mobile communication technology to improve health surveillance in low-resource countries. The paper describes a new system for mobile field data collection and transmission to databases.
 

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