Addis Ababa University (AAU), the leading academic and research institution in Ethiopia, produces a tremendous amount of research output. Theses and dissertations, scholarly journals, proceedings and staff/discussion papers ...
The broadest definition of grey literature covers a body of literature that cannot easily be found by means of conventional published channels, and includes government research, non-profit reports and reports from other ...
The paper discusses the situation at Burundi Archives in modern society, its role, development and future. It provides an overview of the current socio-political and economic environment after four decades of civil war ...
Sabinet Gateway, a non-profit organization that promotes and supports library and information services in Africa, has been awarded a $1,8 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation New York to create an African Online ...
The digitization of heritage and knowledge sources has been adopted relatively recently in Africa. Digitization has depended largely on external funding through grants from foreign trusts, overseas educational institutions ...
Digitization has spread world-wide like an infectious disease and no country has been spared. Guidelines, instructions and policies can be found in abundance on the Internet. Nevertheless, it seems that the same mistakes ...
Sabinet Gateway, a non-profit organization that promotes and supports library and information services in Africa, has been awarded a $1,8 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation New York to create an African Online ...
The digitization of heritage and knowledge sources has been adopted relatively recently in Africa. Digitization has depended largely on external funding through grants from foreign trusts, overseas educational institutions ...
The paper reviews the digitization project carried out at the National Archives of Zambia. The patrimony of the National Archives of Zambia is immense and of unquestionable historical relevance. However, it has suffered ...
The Kenya National Archives was established in 1965 by an Act of Parliament to provide custody, among other functions, to public and private records of enduring value. It is worth noting that some information resources at ...
Design of digital image libraries requires choices for numerous configuration aspects, such as resolution and display settings. These aspects can be categorized into different types of design criteria based on whether they ...
The project that we have been working in the last two years is the case of a dispersed collection and the attempt to virtually recreate/ reassemble it. The project was financed by the European Union (EU) with the granting ...
Design of digital image libraries requires choices for numerous configuration aspects, such as resolution and display settings. These aspects can be categorized into different types of design criteria based on whether they ...
The project that we have been working in the last two years is the case of a dispersed collection and the attempt to virtually recreate/ reassemble it. The project was financed by the European Union (EU) with the granting ...
Sigauke, Delight T.; Nengomasha, Dr C. T.(2012-06-14)
The National Archives of Zimbabwe Act (1986) has declared that historical records in particular must be protected against any destruction, defacing, alteration, mutilation or damage. Despite this, the pace at which ...
The Kenya National Archives was established in 1965 by an Act of Parliament to provide custody, among other functions, to public and private records of enduring value. It is worth noting that some information resources at ...
Why Digitization?
•Bridging the information divide
•Provision of equitable access to information
•Global economic role playing
•Marketing and popularization
•Preservation and Access
•Education
•Communication