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National information networks for the advanced developing countries: a study on their functional organisation
thesis
posted on 2011-02-03, 10:11 authored by Sung Jin ChoiIncreasing demand in the advanced developing countries for more
information more quickly has called into serious question the traditionally
fragmented nature of information services by creating a need for greater
inter-institutional cooperation. Libraries and information centres have
responded to this need by the formation of networks serving limited
geographical areas or various special interests. Unless an inclusive
network is established on a national scale, expendi tures, facilities and efforts will be unnecessarily duplicated and interconnection will become increasingly difficult as regional and specialised networks develop without a common approach. The time has come in every advanced developing country to create a national information network which would weld together its separate insulated information resources into a nationwide network. The purpose of this study is to identify common information needs and desires responsible for the present information services in the advanced developing countries, and to design a generalised structure of national
information networks based on the common factors identified. This study
was carried out by postal questionnaire, personal interview and literature
review. The countries investigated are: Brazil, Colombia, Hong Kong, Iran,
Iraq, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Taiwan, Turkey, Venezuela and Yugoslavia. The data gathered by questionnaire and interview
have been arranged in fifteen country reports to be summarised later by
crocos-section characteristics, requirements and constraints. By choosing between the alternative network models and configurations, a generalised
structure of national information networks based on the common characteristics
of the information needs and desires existing in the advanced
developing countries has been presented.
The investigator has attempted in this study to view a network as an arrangement of different functional units working together to accomplish the purpose of the whole rather than an integrated set of different specialised networks such as those in agriculture, chemistry, economics,
education, etc.
History
School
- Science
Department
- Information Science
Publisher
© Sung Jin ChoiPublication date
1979Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.EThOS Persistent ID
uk.bl.ethos.451408Language
- en