AIDS and Culture: The Case for an African Information Identity

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  • Kendra S Albright

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.29173/irie30

Résumé

The library and information profession in Africa is not well recognized. It does not carry an identifiable set of core activities that share a common understanding across societies in Africa. The number of libraries in Africa is limited for a variety of reasons including lack of resources, populations that are not based in print literacy, and having its roots in the British model of librarianship. HIV/AIDS continues to pose severe problems for Sub-Saharan Africa. Some countries in the region have successfully reduced the number of HIV/AIDS cases, citing information as the main source of prevention, presenting library and information professionals a unique opportunity to collectively organize and establish their role in the fight against the disease. This paper will discuss the opportunity for how LIS professionals engaged in HIV/AIDS information activities can develop and strengthen a positive status for the library and information discipline in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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2007-09-01

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Albright, Kendra S. 2007. « AIDS and Culture: The Case for an African Information Identity ». The International Review of Information Ethics 7 (septembre). Edmonton, Canada:273-82. https://doi.org/10.29173/irie30.

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Vol. 7 (2007): African Information Ethics Conference

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Article

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