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Volume 42, Issue 5
1 May 1993
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Research Article| May 01 1993

Managing Automation in Developing Countries: A Current View

Henry L. Mambo
Henry L. Mambo
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-793X
Print ISSN: 0024-2535
© MCB UP Limited
1993
Library Review (1993) 42 (5)
https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539310043563

Outlines the advantages of automating libraries in developing countries and considers the problems relating specifically to finance,technology and management. Notes reliance on overseas aid and donations and points to local problems relating to maintenance and technology. Discusses availability of funds for maintenance, and of skilled staff to operate systems, and also organizational changes following automation.

Keywords: Automation, Developing countries, Libraries, Management, Organizational change
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