Managing technologies and automated library systems in developing countries : open source vs commercial options : proceedings of the IFLA Pre-Conference Satellite Meeting / edited by Bernard Dione and Rejean Savard = Le management des technologies et des syst�emes automatis�es de biblioth�eques dans les pays en d�eveloppement : logiciels libres vs options commerciales : actes du colloque satellite FIAB pr�e-congr�es / edit�e par Bernard Dione et Rejean Savard.

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IFLA Pre-Conference Satellite Meeting (2007 : Dakar, Senegal)

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TextLanguage: English, French Series: IFLA publications ; 132.Publication details: M�unchen : K.G. Saur, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:

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9783598440953
3598440952

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Management des technologies et des syst�emes automatis�es de biblioth�eques dans les pays en d�eveloppement : logiciels libres vs options commerciales : actes du colloque satellite FIAB pr�e-congr�es

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Managing technologies and automated library systems in developing countries.DDC classification:

025.00285 22

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Z678.9.A1 I34 2007eb

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Can librarians manage technology in developing nations? : a library administrator's view / R.N. Sharma -- La puissance du d�eveloppement collaboratif des logiciels libres au service du d�eveloppement durable : l'exemple du SIGB Koha / Henri-Damien Laurent et Paul Poulain -- Implantation de Koha �a la Biblioth�eque universitaire de Kinshasa / Filip Kabeya -- Sustainable library services built on open source software : a case story from Kenya / Unni Knutsen and Tor Arne Dahl -- Koha ou le choix du "libre" pour le r�eseau des m�ediath�eques Ouest Provence / J�er�ome Pouchol -- A long walk to automation : experiences and challenges of the University of Malawi Libraries / Dorothy Doreen Eneya -- Contexte et tendances des progiciels documentaires dans les pays du Sud / Ahmed Ksibi -- Emerging technologies : a paradigm shift for libraries in developing countries / Stephen M. Mutula -- Les biblioth�eques africaines en mutation : nouvelles approches de gestion / Jean Pierre Diouf -- �Etude comparative entre KOHA et CDS-ISIS / Tristan Muller -- Web 2.0 et pays en d�eveloppement / V�eronique Mesguich -- PMB : le juste �equilibre entre l'entreprise et le mod�ele communautaire / �Eric Robert -- A open source, open access journal database appliance : a proposal / Edward M. Corrado -- A pilot project on digital library support and development in Africa / John Rose -- Le Syst�eme Normalis�e de Gestion de Biblioth�eque (SYNGEB) et le R�eseau r�egional Biblioth�eques Universitaires (RIBU) en Alg�erie : une nouvelle exp�erience vers l'�ere num�erique / Radia Bernaoui.

Summary: Explores the management of technologies and library automated systems in the context of developing countries, and in the light of recent developments concerning open source software and applications. Discusses the importance of changing the rules concerning library management systems, as well as related implications. Results show that open source software might be a solution, although some conditions apply.

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Explores the management of technologies and library automated systems in the context of developing countries, and in the light of recent developments concerning open source software and applications. Discusses the importance of changing the rules concerning library management systems, as well as related implications. Results show that open source software might be a solution, although some conditions apply.

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