... followed suit to proclaim the developmental effects of mobile phones in developing countries (Duncombe, 2012). To a great extent, two global institutions have set the stage for a discourse on mobile phone-linked development. On the one hand, two world-wide symposiums (World Summit on the Information...

...Lyn Robinson; David Bawden The nature of distance learning in general, and for the specific case of LIS professional development, is reviewed in the context of wider changes in the learning environment. This leads to an analysis of the kind of materials and activities which may be required...