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dc.contributor.authorMagara, Elisam
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-05T13:24:07Z
dc.date.available2019-09-05T13:24:07Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationMagara, E. (2010). Politics in the indigenization of library and information services : The way forward for East Africa. Information Development, 26(1), 47-56.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/7372
dc.descriptionThis item can be accessed directly from the publisher's site using the DOI: 10.1177/0266666909358302en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper puts forward a case for the indigenization of LIS in the East African region. The paper recognizes that the politics of LIS in East African Region is influenced by both the global developments, agendas and goals in LIS (including World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and IFLA), and the political and socioeconomic environment of the indigenous society. This article emphasizes the need for the LIS profession to redefine itself in addressing the global needs in a knowledge society. This requires international cooperation and networking and a well-defined educational, research and development programme. For this to work within the East African economic and political blocks requires that a supportive environment is nurtured by the East African Community and the member countries.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSAGEen_US
dc.subjectLibrary and Information Servicesen_US
dc.subjectIndigenizationen_US
dc.subjectContextualizationen_US
dc.subjectPoliticsen_US
dc.subjectProfessional associationsen_US
dc.subjectCooperationen_US
dc.subjectEast Africaen_US
dc.titlePolitics in the indigenization of library and information services : The way forward for East Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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