...Tochukwu Victor Nwankwo; Rosemary Anwuli Odiachi; Ifeanyi A. Anene Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore relative deprivation and implicit bias in library and information science research publications of Africa and other continents. Design/methodology/approach Research design used...

... A qualitative research project based on three case studies of universities in Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Uganda) was carried out; comprising a retrospective review of the design process of ten innovative digital libraries through 38 in‐depth interviews with key design stakeholders. The interviews were conducted...

... in terms of bandwidth given the digital divide gap that exists between and within countries and communities, especially within Africa. OPACs are now being used as gateways to information owned within the libraries and outside the libraries. The library catalog is no longer just an inventory list...

... foreign exchange earnings by 1989. Furthermore, Botswana has been able to diversify her trading partners to include South Africa, Europe, the USA, and other parts of the world. The Government of Botswana planned to rapidly develop its communications infrastructure through its national development...

...Stephen M. Mutula Libraries in the university environment in Eastern and Southern Africa are making efforts to join and participate effectively in the information revolution. However, these efforts continue to be hampered by many problems both internal and external. This paper reviews information...

... service, not its design and implementation. Other challenges were the nature of the problems of acquiring publications from Africa, and the small pool of participating librarians who were widely scattered geographically, each in quite different institutional settings. Libraries Africa Newspaper...