Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24342
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Presentation at 1st Sudan Agricultural Information Network (SNAIN) sponsored by RAIN of ASARECA and SNAIN of Agricultural Research and Technology Corporation, August 30-31, 2004, at Khartoum, Sudan. 38 pages.
Garrucio, Maria (author / Bioversity International) and International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2009-02-19
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28920
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3 pages., Summary of discussion during a session about this subject at ShareFair held at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, January 20-22, 2009.
Mitchell, David (author), Bakardjieva, Maria (author), Adria, Marco (author), Pratt, Yvonne Poitras (author), and Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2006-10-09
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35670
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Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Conference, "Constructing and Sharing Memory," Prato, Italy, October 9-11, 2006. 32 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: C36719
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Pages 76-124 in Tim Unwin (ed.), ICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. 386 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.
