Indicators of Information Development at Crossnational Level: A Proposed Methodology
| Main Author: | Lau, Jesús |
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| Format: | Preprint PeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 1995
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/19716/1/26.%20ponitd95_.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/19716/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Information development determines the type of information needs of a nation. In this paper, it was assessed using library and publishing indicators of 31 countries over an 18 year period. Some of the conclusions reached in the study were that less developed countries (LDCs) seem to be one cluster of nations when their information development is compared with highly developed countries (HDCs). Information development seems to speed up, until countries have met the satisfaction of basic human needs of the population. Libraries were, on the other hand, declining in HDCs during the period under study.