International Library Development in Africa: Benefits, Challenges, and Sustainability
Through interviews with the two leaders, site visits, and analysis of documentation, this dissertation presents both the benefits and potential negative consequences of book aid, as well as issues relating to the viability of creating sustainable international library programs in Africa. This research addresses the following two research questions: How do the leaders of international library development programs balance the benefits of ILD programs with the possible negative effects of supplying foreign aid; and, is sustainability an achievable goal in international library development?
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life's work not at business school or helping lead Microsoft's charge into Asia in the 1990s but on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. He made the difficult decision to walk away from his lucrative career to create Room to Read, a non-profit organisation that promotes education across the developing world. By the end of 2007, the organisation would have established over 5,000 libraries and 400 schools, and awarded long-term scholarships to more than 3,000 girls, giving more than one million children the lifelong gift of education. If you have ever pondered abandoning your desk job for an adventure and an opportunity to give back, Wood's story will inspire you. He offers a vivid, emotional, and absorbing tale of how to take the lessons learned at a hard-charging company like Microsoft and apply them to the world's most pressing social problems.
Les acquis du réseau sahélien de documentation 1979-1992
Apres plusieurs articles sur l'IST dans le Sahel et sur l'implantation du RESADOC au Burkina Faso et au Mali, nous presentons ici un bilan global de plus d'une decennie de fonctionnement du Reseau sahelien de documentation et d'information scientifiques et techniques. Mecanisme d'integration sous-regionale, ce systeme d'information dispose d'un potentiel humain important habitue a travailler en reseau avec des methodes communes, de canaux d'echange et de diffusion, d'un potentiel scientifique compose de banques de donnees et de gisements d'informations factuelles, d'un systeme d'alerte bibliographique, et de nombreux partenaires dans le monde