The Quiet Struggle
Information and Libraries for the People of Africa
2nd Edition
Published on 7. May 1998
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-7201-2293-0 (ISBN)
Description
Revised and including two new chapters, this text deals with the problems and issues surrounding information and libraries for the people of Africa. The new chapters are on: information needs and existing responses in African communities; and ideas and experiments for new information services.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
449 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7201-2293-0 (9780720122930)
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Previous edition
Book
01/1990
Mansell
€50.04
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Content
Africa's information environment; information needs and responses; an alien implant; the search for relevance; a foundation for the future; new information services for the whole community.