Bridge Builders: African Experiences With Information and Communication TechnologyThis volume tells 16 remarkable stories--first person accounts of how information and communication technologies have been successfully introduced into institutions for the benefit of scientists and engineers in sub-Saharan Africa. These case studies focus on the lessons learned in designing and implementing projects dealing with scientific and technological information and examine the impact. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CASE STUDIES ON THE INTRODUCTION OF CDROM | 11 |
CASE STUDIES ON DESKTOP PUBLISHING | 63 |
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abstracts academic activities Addis Ababa Addis Ababa University Africa areas benefits Botswana CD-ROM CD-ROM databases CD-ROM service centers conferences connection cost COSTECH countries Dar es Salaam desktop publishing dissemination documents donor DTP Facility electronic mail electronic networking ENVIRONET environment equipment Ethiopia Fidonet files funding graphics hardware health information HealthNet ICIPE IDRC impact implementation Information System information technologies infrastructure installed Internet journals Kampala KEMRI Kenya kilobyte Lusaka Malawi marketing Medical Library MEDLINE megabyte ment microcomputers modems MUKLA Nairobi NAPRECA natural products newsletter NGOs node operating organizations PADIS participants percent personal computers printer problems professional puter region satellite science and technology scientific server staff Tanzania technical telecommunication telephone tion Uganda UNIMA University of Zambia University of Zimbabwe UNZA users workshop ZAMNET Zimbabwe