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Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.
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Van der Westhuizen, Erica E. |
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Conference of African Animal Health Workers (1st : 1995 : Onderstepoort, South Africa) |
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2010-05-27T10:41:26Z |
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2010-05-27T10:41:26Z |
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1995 |
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dc.date.issued |
1997 |
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Article was scanned with HP Scanjet 5590, 24-bit true colour, 300 dpi, saved in TIFF-format.
Adobe Acrobat v.9 was used for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. |
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There are few veterinary libraries or information centres in sub-Saharan Africa, on average one or two per country. This scarcity makes co-operation all the more vital. For successful co-operation, effective communication structures are essential. Steps that libraries can take to promote electronic communication in order to render a more effective information service to their clients are described, namely.
• The use of the Internet listservs such as VET-LIB-L for communication of information between libraries;
• The use of non-university networks such as SANGONET and HealthLink;
• Making university networks such as the University of Pretoria's ROMINFO available far non-university persons, via dial-in facilities;
• The creation of electronic forum facilities; and
• The roles of UNINET, SUNSITE and MISANET in Africa.
A starter list of contact details of currently available online veterinary faculties, libraries and institutions at Southern Africa is provided. |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Van der Westhuizen, EE 1995, 'Electronic communication : possibilities for Africa' in Van der Westhuizen, EE 1997, ‘Animal health information for Africa: 1st Conference of African Animal Health Information Workers, 3-6 July 1995, Onderstepoort, South Africa’, University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, Pretoria, South Africa, pp.69-73. |
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1868541436 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/14131 |
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University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library |
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Adobe Acrobat Reader, version 6.0 or higher |
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©University of Pretoria, Jotello F. Soga Library |
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Original conference proceedings: Van der Westhuizen, EE 1997, ‘Animal health information for Africa: 1st Conference of African Animal Health Information Workers, 3-6 July 1995, Onderstepoort, South Africa’, University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, Pretoria, South Africa, 93 p. |
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dc.subject |
African animal health information workers |
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dc.subject |
ICAHIS proceedings |
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dc.subject |
Animal health information |
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dc.subject |
ICT |
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Information Communication and Technology |
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dc.subject |
Veterinary libraries |
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Animal health -- Information services |
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Internet |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Libraries and the Internet |
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Veterinary libraries -- Electronic discussion groups |
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dc.title |
Electronic communication : possibilities for Africa |
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dc.title.alternative |
1st Conference of African Animal Health Information Workers, 3-5 July 1995, Onderstepoort, South Africa |
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Text |
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