Tuesday, August 03, 2010

More online papers from IFLA: health, agriculture

A second batch of papers online from the World Library and Information Conference (or IFLA conference) which takes place 10-15 August..
- Shamin Renwick (University of the West Indies, Agriculture and Life Sciences Division, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago) Current trends in agricultural information services for farmers in Trinidad and Tobago/Caribbean
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla76/85-renwick-en.pdf
- Liangzhi Yu (Nankai University, Department of Information Resource Management Tianjin, China) Information worlds of Chinese farmers and their implications for agricultural information services: a fresh look at ways to deliver effective services
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla76/85-yu-en.pdf
- Lynn Woolfrey (DataFirst Resource Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa) Skills development to assist data usage for policymaking in Africa
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla76/86-woolfrey-en.pdf

There is a session on health information, including:
- Sue Thomas (Health Promotion Library, Department for Public Health and Health Professions, Welsh Assembly Government, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom) Small steps to a healthier nation: providing and delivering health information across Wales
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla76/100-thomas-en.pdf
- Jagtar Singh (Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, India) and Dilara Begum (East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh) Student awareness of health information initiatives of the Governments of India and Bangladesh: a study of Punjabi University, Patiala and East West University, Dhaka
http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla76/100-singh-en.pdf
Photo by Sheila Webber: Dahlia, Southover Gardens, July 2010

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