Towards the Digital Library in Africa
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Towards the Digital Library in Africa
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The term digital library is used to refer to a library where some or all of the holdings are available in
electronic form, and the services of the library are also made available electronically – frequently over the
Internet so that users can access them remotely. Over the past fifteen years libraries worldwide have
increased their holdings of electronic information and automated their operations, but within Africa digital
development has been uneven. The philosophy of the academic library as a passive repository has taken
longer to change, and librarians have not had the opportunities to critically reflect on what has been
developed, and what their priorities are for the future. In 2004 INASP commissioned a survey of the
current status of library digitisation in sub-Saharan Anglophone Africa, so as to draw conclusions on
where future developments and investments might be made, and what can be learnt from the
implementation of digitisation within the continent.
electronic form, and the services of the library are also made available electronically – frequently over the
Internet so that users can access them remotely. Over the past fifteen years libraries worldwide have
increased their holdings of electronic information and automated their operations, but within Africa digital
development has been uneven. The philosophy of the academic library as a passive repository has taken
longer to change, and librarians have not had the opportunities to critically reflect on what has been
developed, and what their priorities are for the future. In 2004 INASP commissioned a survey of the
current status of library digitisation in sub-Saharan Anglophone Africa, so as to draw conclusions on
where future developments and investments might be made, and what can be learnt from the
implementation of digitisation within the continent.
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INASP infobrief 5: March 2005
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