Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21771
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Pages 3-36 in Sandra Braman (ed), Biotechnology and communication: the meta-technologies of information. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, New Jersey. 287 pages.
Abstract and citation available by open access via Ebscohost.com., Article focuses on the role of university libraries in serving rural communities in China.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21519
Notes:
Pages 33-53 in Mehdi Semati (ed.), New Frontiers in International Communication Theory. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, Maryland. 306 pages.
Abstract and citation available online via EbscoHost.com. 1 page., Introduces the UNESCO Public Library Manifesto, serving as the gateway to equitable information services to all.
Argues that the knowledge and ability to build and describe collections needs to be spread among a larger distributed group of participants in the face of two trends: (1) Traditional methods of organizing,k describing and providing access to documents are being overwhelmed by the ever-increasing number of digitized materials. (2) Cultural and indigenous knowledge is disappearing as environments and people cease to exist. Suggests three mechanisms.
