Information professional — demands for new policies and new structures in the profession. Experiences and programs in eastern and central Europe and the developing countries

Abstract

The gap between the information poor and the information rich is widening in the modern societies of western countries and continues to divide East and West, the developed and the developing countries. The transformation from collection‐oriented to access‐oriented libraries and information centers too often neglects the cultural precondition of differing societies, but must be taken into account in organising training and other forms of continuing education. In this context, workshops and training seminars are being organised by the Foreign Relations Office at the German Library Institute in Berlin and are described in brief here.

Citation

Simon, E. (1998), "Information professional — demands for new policies and new structures in the profession. Experiences and programs in eastern and central Europe and the developing countries", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 50 No. 3, pp. 51-56. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051483