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Using information literacy skills to support health care services in sub-saharan Africa
(2007-04)
Health Information Literacy must be argued for both the health worker and the consumers of health care in order for it to be meaningful to the national and regional development agenda. Information Literacy helps the health ...
Governance, citizenhsip and information literacy abilities in Africa
(2007-04)
This paper is a contribution to the ongoing debate over the role of governance and citizenship in promoting information literacy abilities. In other words, to what extent have good governance and citizenship empowered ...
ECA's activities in the area of ICTs in 2005-2007 and work programme for the biennium 2008-2009, including highlights on the implementation of the fourth meeting of the committee(CODI IV)recommendations
(2007-05)
The fourth meeting of the Committee on Development Information (CODI) was held at the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 23 - 28 April 2005, on the theme ...
Sub-Committee of geoinformation synthesis report of activities of ECA sponsored synthesis report of activities of ECA sponsored regional centres of excellence in field of geoinformation
(2007-03)
This report is a synthesis of activities-that are relevant to the work of the Subcommittee on Geo information, undertaken by regional centers of excellence in Geo information sponsored by the United Nations Economic ...
Draft Report of the fifth Session of the Committee on Development Information (CODI V)
(2007-05)
This paper focused on the draft report of the fifth session of the committee on development information (CODI V).
Promoting information literacy: lessons from education and lifelong learning
(2007-04)
Literacy in general and functional literacy in particular are at the heart of any educational empowerment. Simply defined, literacy relates to acquisition of skills to use written language. Literacy is a powerful tool that ...
Women and information communication technologies: setting the context for information literacy programme and social change in Cameroon
(2007-04)
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) define information literacy as the ability to identify, locate, access, evaluate and apply the needed information. Such a definition highlights the importance of ...
From the Vantage point of a University librarian
(2007-05)
The most important sub-theme from the point of view of a university is Enhancement of employability through access to information and knowledge through libraries and other information services
Economic information literacy and the development of Sub-Saharan Arican countries
(2007-04)
It has been proven that information availability is a key factor in the development of a society. Brooding and Mayer-Schonberger (2000) summaries this in the following words: 'indeed, accurate and reliable information is ...
Information Literacy and lifelong learning for health in the African region
(2007-04)
In 2000, Member States of the United Nations committed to the attainment of a set of quantifiable Millennium Development (MDG) goals for redressing poverty and improving lives by the year 2015. While all of the eight MDG ...