dc.description.abstract | For the past four years IFLA, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, has been deeply involved in the preparations for, and now the implementation phase of, the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), from Geneva 2003 to Tunis 2005 and beyond. Why has IFLA, a federation of librarians, committed itself so heavily to the WSIS process? What a position has it taken, what a document has it produced, and what outcomes has it influenced? The common threads and goals that inform IFLA's social pillar and the ongoing WSIS process are identified, and the prospects for building a new kind of information society in Africa are briefly explored. | en |
dc.title | IFLA and WSIS : a common tapestry | en |
dc.title.alternative | WSIS follow-up conference on access to information and knowledge for development | en |
ags.descriptionNotes | Presented at workshop on building African capacity to implement the outcomes of the World Summit on the information Society (WSIS) in the sphere of libraries and access to information and knowledge. Monday, 27 March 2006 | en |
ags.publisherPlace | Addis Ababa : | en |
ags.publisherName | UN. ECA, | en |
dc.coverage.spatial | AFR | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-22T16:45:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-03-22T16:45:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-03 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/2630 | |
dc.format.extent | vp. | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.type | Working paper | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURE::DOCUMENTATION, LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND REFERENCE WORKS::INFORMATION NETWORKS | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURE::DOCUMENTATION, LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND REFERENCE WORKS::DIGITAL LIBRARIES | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURE::DOCUMENTATION, LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND REFERENCE WORKS::INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURE::DOCUMENTATION, LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND REFERENCE WORKS::ACCESS TO INFORMATION | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURE::DOCUMENTATION, BIBLIOTECHONOMIE, SCIENCES DE L'INFORMATION, OUVRAGES DE REFERENCE::RESEAUX D'INFORMATION | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURA::DOCUMENTACION, BIBLIOTECOLOGIA, CIENCIA DE LA INFORMACION, MATERIAL DE REFERENCIA::REDES DE INFORMACION | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURE::DOCUMENTATION, BIBLIOTECHONOMIE, SCIENCES DE L'INFORMATION, OUVRAGES DE REFERENCE::BIBLIOTHEQUES NUMERIQUES | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURA::DOCUMENTACION, BIBLIOTECOLOGIA, CIENCIA DE LA INFORMACION, MATERIAL DE REFERENCIA::BIBLIOTECAS DIGITALES | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURE::DOCUMENTATION, BIBLIOTECHONOMIE, SCIENCES DE L'INFORMATION, OUVRAGES DE REFERENCE::GESTION DE L'INFORMATION | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURA::DOCUMENTACION, BIBLIOTECOLOGIA, CIENCIA DE LA INFORMACION, MATERIAL DE REFERENCIA::ADMINISTRACION DE LA INFORMACION | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURE::DOCUMENTATION, BIBLIOTECHONOMIE, SCIENCES DE L'INFORMATION, OUVRAGES DE REFERENCE::ACCES A L'INFORMATION | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURA::DOCUMENTACION, BIBLIOTECOLOGIA, CIENCIA DE LA INFORMACION, MATERIAL DE REFERENCIA::ACCESO A LA INFORMACION | |
uneca.workflow.processed | true | |
ags.creatorPersonal | Kirkwood, Francis T. | |
ags.creatorCorporate | United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa | |
ags.creatorCorporate | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit | |
ags.creatorCorporate | International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | INFORMATION NETWORKS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | DIGITAL LIBRARIES | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ACCESS TO INFORMATION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | RESEAUX D'INFORMATION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | REDES DE INFORMACION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | BIBLIOTHEQUES NUMERIQUES | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | BIBLIOTECAS DIGITALES | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | GESTION DE L'INFORMATION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ADMINISTRACION DE LA INFORMACION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ACCES A L'INFORMATION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ACCESO A LA INFORMACION | |
ags.subjectClassification | 15.02.05 Information Technology, Processing and Management | |
ags.availabilityNumber | 21519 | |
ags.availabilityNumber | 2006 | |
ags.availabilityLocation | ECA-HQ | |
ags.rights.termsofuse | public | |
ags.JN | 21519 | |
uneca.language.supported | en | |