The academic computer specialist in Mexico: a preliminary investigation
Scott Van Jacob
(Librarian at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA. He is currently the chair of the Serials Subcommittee of the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials. He is also the compiler of the annual Latin American Periodical Price Index, published in the Bowker Annual of Library and Book Trade Information.)
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Abstract
Many Mexican universities are now offering Internet access to their faculty and users. This access is provided by computer services staff who traditionally have been responsible only for the technical aspects of establishing, maintaining, and updating the university computer systems. The computer specialists are finding themselves largely unprepared to assume this new role as information specialists. Examines the newly emerging and evolving roles of these computer specialists.
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Citation
Van Jacob, S. (1995), "The academic computer specialist in Mexico: a preliminary investigation", Internet Research, Vol. 5 No. 2, pp. 74-80. https://doi.org/10.1108/10662249510094795
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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