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Title:Re-Appraisal of the Culture of Indigenous Information in South Africa
Author:Mncube, Stephen
Year:1996
Periodical:Africanus
Volume:26
Issue:2
Pages:51-59
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:information
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Development and Technology
Abstract:In southern Africa there are numerous information sources, such as libraries and data banks, whose missions end at the point where publications are catalogued and/or information is entered into a computer data base. In other words, there is a major problem with information transfer and utilization. This article aims at contextualizing the importance of information to the policy management arena. The author first discusses the significance of information, guiding principles, methodological concerns and cultural diffusion. He then deals with South Africa's national information policy (NIP), an initiative developed under the aegis of the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP), and with the role of information networks in the SADC countries. Bibliogr.
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