Knowledge, information and communication
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- The purpose if this paper is to outline various preservation measures taken by librarians in preserving both physical and digital information, failures they have encountered and the fears they have of adopting the new technologies for preservation. It also set out possible future approaches to the question of preservation.
Campaign for the right to information
Unlocking the Global Information Fortress
Information for Development in The Global South
- This paper describes the importance of information in development. It explains the detriments of having information as a commodity of trade and examines copyright and how it has made information a commodity. Finally it shows how decommodification of information is the solution for development in the Global South.
