WIPO patent information services for developing countries

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Luis Herce
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Patent Information

The awakening information needs of the developing countries

1979 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 285-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjorn V. Tell
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Information Network ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Online Systems ◽  
The Awakening ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Centres Of Excellence

The developing countries arc emulating the industrialized countries when setting up information services to cater for their information needs. However, the traditional infrastruc ture of service organisations may not be the best model for supporting easy and speedy access to information. A different approach is argued, founded upon the enthusiasm with which many developing countries have taken to online systems when demonstrated there. A model for a ministerial information network is proposed as part of a "social intel ligence function" of the country. It is proposed that Unesco and UNIDO should set up regional "centres of excellence" according to this model for developing countries.

ICT-Based Market Information Services (MIS) Projects, Deployment Environment, and Performance

2012 ◽  
pp. 17-30
Author(s):  
Julius Juma Okello
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Transactions Costs ◽  
Market Information ◽  
Agricultural Commodity ◽  
Service Projects ◽  
And Performance

The need to provide agricultural information to farmers has led to emergence of numerous electronic-based MIS projects in developing countries. These projects aim at promoting farmer linkage to better markets. However, experiences from past and present projects show mix cases of success and failure, despite some projects meeting their goals. This study examines how the environments in which such ICT-based MIS are deployed affect their performance. It specifically uses two ICT-based market information service projects, the DrumNet and Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange (KACE) projects, to assess how the socio-economic, physical, and institutional environments in such projects are deployed affect the performance of such projects. The study finds that a number of environmental factors related to socio-economic, physical, market, and legal environment affect the performance of ICT-based projects. Some of these factors exacerbate transactions costs thus undermining the performance and even sustainability of ICT-based MIS projects. It discusses policy implications of these findings.

Disaster in Libraries in Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
pp. 431-449
Author(s):  
Jerome Idiegbeyan-Ose ◽  
Goodluck Ifijeh ◽  
Julie E. Ilogho ◽  
Juliana Iwu-James ◽  
Roland Izuagbe
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Definition Of

This chapter discusses the concept disaster in libraries in developing countries and the need for digital preservation of library resources. It started with the definition of disaster as an event that produces casualties. It also highlighted the types, causes and effects of disasters in libraries. The chapter further discusses the concept of digital preservation of library materials as a viable option for disaster management. It also enumerated and discussed the various methods of digital preservation of library resources. The chapter also explains X-ray, the concept of libraries in developing countries and disaster preservation; it also discusses various challenges that developing countries face in terms of digital preservation of resources. Based on these discussions, the chapter concludes and makes recommendations so as to improve the level of library and information services as well as disaster preparedness in developing countries.

scholarly journals Report on the Discussions on Library and Information Services in Astronomy During IAU Colloquium 110 (Washington, D.C., 1988)

1989 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 2-34
Author(s):  
G.A. Wilkins
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Space Flight ◽  
Information Services ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Astronomical Databases ◽  
Goddard Space ◽  
Goddard Space Flight Center

AbstractThis report provides an overview of the presentations and summarises the discussions at IAU Colloquium 110, which was held in Washington, D.C., on 1988 July 26-30 and at the Goddard Space Flight Center on 1988 August 1. The topics included: the publication and acquisition of books and journals; searching for astronomical information; the handling and use of special-format materials; conservation; archiving of unpublished documents; use of computers in libraries; astronomical databases and various aspects of the administration of astronomy libraries and services. Particular attention was paid to new developments, but the problems of astronomers and institutions in developing countries were also considered.

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