Aslib Proceedings: Volume 64 Issue 5

Social justice and the international flow of knowledge with specific reference to African scholars

Johannes J. Britz, Shana Ponelis

In the globalized world the movement of scholars facilitates the global flow of knowledge and supports the pillars of the knowledge economy as defined by the World Bank. But not…

Research visibility, publication patterns and output of academic librarians in sub‐Saharan Africa: The case of Eastern Africa

Dennis Ocholla, Lyudmila Ocholla, Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha

This study seeks to establish and compare the research and publication patterns and output of academic librarians in Eastern Africa from 2000 to 2009 using informetric techniques.

Use of community radio to communicate agricultural information to Zimbabwe's peasant farmers

Sailas Nyareza, Archie L. Dick

This paper aims to report an investigation into the benefits and limitations of radio to communicate agricultural information to peasant farmers, and how it can be successfully…

HIV/AIDS information and changing sexual behaviour among undergraduate students in Tanzania

Neema Florence Mosha, Paul Manda

This paper aims to investigate the level of HIV/AIDS information among undergraduate students at two university colleges in Tanzania, and its role in changing risky sexual…

Researching the adoption of ICT in Ethiopia: a case study of small hotels in Addis Ababa

Wegene Demeke, Anthony Olden

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the difficulties encountered when researching the adoption of information and communications technology (ICT) by small hotels in Addis…

The Arab uprising 2011: new media in the hands of a new generation in North Africa

Nawaf Abdelhay

This aim of this paper is to relate the spread of new information and communications technology in Arab countries to the mobilization of young Tunisians and Egyptians in the…

Promoting African indigenous knowledge in the knowledge economy: Exploring the role of higher education and libraries

Kgomotso H. Moahi

The purpose of this paper is to explore why Africa's indigenous knowledge is not playing a more active and visible role in the knowledge economy and to the roles that academia and…

Guest editorial

Anthony Olden