A Proposed Partnership Model for University Libraries in Zimbabwe

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blessing Chiparausha ◽  
Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Partnership Model ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Information And Communication

Literature suggests that partnerships among libraries are important as they help with resource sharing and cost-cutting in the areas of expertise, information and communication technologies, library resources, subscriptions, publications, and library space. The chapter explores the literature on how libraries have been partnering for strategic reasons. Challenges and opportunities related to partnerships were also identified. The article seeks to find out whether there is a need to conduct further studies on the reception of the proposed Creative Library Partnership model by ZULC. Borrowing from success stories realized elsewhere, the authors make recommendations for the Zimbabwe University Libraries Consortium (ZULC) and other library consortia to adopt the Creative Library Partnership model. A follow-up survey asks: how Zimbabwe university libraries have been partnering, challenges, and opportunities associated with those partnerships.

Utilising ICTs for Resource Sharing Initiatives in Academic Institutions in Zimbabwe

2017 ◽  
pp. 174-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita ◽  
Forbes Chinyemba
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Library Consortia ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter examines the use of Information and Communication Technologies and their impact on resource sharing initiatives within the context of library consortia in Zimbabwe. The writer also explores the various projects initiated to promote resource sharing. The challenges and opportunities that ICT's provide are also meticulously explored. The writer probes how ICT's have transformed academic libraries in Zimbabwe in the context of digital technology. It also seeks to find out the benefits that libraries can accrue from investing in ICT. The paper also explores the extent to which academic libraries are making use of technology to contribute to the national and global research agenda.

scholarly journals The digitization of working life: Challenges and opportunities

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Ana-Maria Cazan
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Employee Productivity ◽  
Life Challenges ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Worker Autonomy

In recent years, the role of technology in working life has increased. Technology and digitalization play a crucial role in the developmentof the organizations and the entire societies. The ascendance of digital organizations has also become a widely researched topic, the digital workplace environmentbeing an important organizational asset for increasing employee productivity (Köffer, 2015). Digitalization creates changes in the world of work, impacting not only business performance and worker productivity, but also job satisfaction, work/life balance, worker autonomy and monitoring across hierarchical levels. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in particular are essential components of working andimportant working tools (Korunka&Vartiainen, 2017).

New Urban Layers and Spaces

2019 ◽  
pp. 72-103
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Multiple Domains

This chapter explores infrastructures, experiences, and interactions in relation to emerging urban layers and spaces for engagement in the city. The purpose of this chapter is to shed light on the digital layers enabled by information and communication technologies, the internet of things, the internet of people, and other emerging technologies to complement and extend existing urban infrastructural layers. The research literature for infrastructures, experiences, and interactions is explored in this chapter in the context of smart cities, enabling identification of issues, controversies, and problems. Using an exploratory case study approach, solutions and recommendations are advanced. This chapter makes a contribution to 1) the research literature across multiple domains, 2) the identification of challenges and opportunities for research and practice relating to emerging urban layers and spaces going forward, and 3) the extending of existing understandings of urbanity to incorporate digital layers and spaces enabling connected, contextual, and continuous engagement.

Progress and Prospects for Estonian Libraries

2011 ◽  
pp. 221-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sirje Virkus
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Library Services ◽  
The Past ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
New Challenges

The rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT) over the past decades has created new challenges and opportunities for libraries and librarians. As a result of ICT, library services to users have changed, the management of libraries has evolved and the roles of librarians have multiplied. The new millennium presents new opportunities to exploit an ever-growing array of information and communication technologies in the provision of library services. As one millennium draws to a close and a new one begins, there are a lot of questions to answer:

France

2019 ◽  
pp. 159-166
Author(s):  
Philippe Robert ◽  
Renaud David ◽  
Valeria Manera
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Positive Research ◽  
Scientific Research Output ◽  
Loss Of Autonomy ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
And Training

In 2011, France began the launch of its National Alzheimer Plans to fund research on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related disorders, which resulted in a significant increase in French scientific research output, particularly after implementation of the Third National Alzheimer Plan (2008–2012). The 2014–2019 Neurodegenerative Disease Plan and the new Action and Prevention of Loss of Autonomy National Plan aim at extending the positive research outcomes in AD to other neurodegenerative pathologies. Interestingly, these plans also assign an important role to Information and Communication Technologies in the assessment and training of people with AD, frailty, and related disorders. This may contribute to shaping the new Silver Economy by creating new challenges and opportunities.

scholarly journals Monitoring and Support for Elderly People Using LoRa Communication Technologies: IoT Concepts and Applications

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 206
Author(s):  
José Paulo Lousado ◽  
Sandra Antunes
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
World Health ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Health Organization

The pandemic declared by the World Health Organization due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) awakened us to a reality that most of us were previously unaware of—isolation, confinement and the massive use of information and communication technologies, as well as increased knowledge of the difficulties and limitations of their use. This article focuses on the rapid implementation of low-cost technologies, which allow us to answer a fundamental question: how can near real-time monitoring and follow-up of the elderly and their health conditions, as well as their homes, especially for those living in isolated and remote areas, be provided within their care and protect them from risky events? The system proposed here as a proof of concept uses low-cost devices for communication and data processing, supported by Long-Range (LoRa) technology and connection to The Things Network, incorporating various sensors, both personal and in the residence, allowing family members, neighbors and authorized entities, including security forces, to have access to the health condition of system users and the habitability of their homes, as well as their urgent needs, thus evidencing that it is possible, using low-cost systems, to implement sensor networks for monitoring the elderly using the LoRa gateway and other support infrastructures.

Books and libraries

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
Michael Macdonald-Ross
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Third Century ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
The Third ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

University libraries are facing the farce of NICT (New Information and Communication Technologies). Libraries are ancient indeed - they date from the third century BC. Their staff are, as a rule, not well equipped to judge the impact of technological change (who is?). Instead of being too conservative, they are often naïvely accepting of technological overclaims. As a result, librarians plan to reduce access to print in favour of text on screen. Here I counter-attack, arguing that the day of the printed book is far from over.

scholarly journals Os serviços de referência em bibliotecas universitárias brasileiras

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Roberta Mota ◽  
Maria Manuel Borges
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Reference Services ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Xix Century

The reference services have evolved and changed since the introduction of information and communication technologies in academia. Since its inception at the end of the XIX century great changes have taken place, especially when we refer to access to the enormous range of data and information available. The article approaches concepts of reference services and portrays reference services in Brazilian university libraries. Its purpose is to characterize Brazilian reference librarians and the medium in which reference services occur. The methodology used in this study integrates elements of qualitative and quantitative research. To collect data, the questionnaire was developed and made available to digital librarians in reference services of Brazilian university libraries. The results show a majority, female, between the ages of 35 and 40, post-graduated for a maximum of ten years, with a higher education in librarianship working in a university library, for a maximum of ten years and in reference services for a maximum of five years, linked to some central library or library system and that seek continuous training in courses, training and events in the area in which it operates, in short periods. The reference services occur in digital and face-to-face, the main information sources are the periodicals, theses and dissertations, made available and accessed through the portal informational resources of electronic journals and databases, mainly in the health and biological areas. The communication process for the reference transaction occurs predominantly with the use e-mail and landline telephones, social networks are used by most libraries, with Facebook and Twitter being the most used, mainly in the dissemination of products and services. The communication is carried out by librarians, prevailing in the Portuguese language.

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