| | Packet Radio: Applications for Libraries in Developing Countries (1993) - UDT Series on Data Communication Technologies ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | The problem that is the focus of this study is the geographical isolation of developing country libraries compounded by a lack of a telecommunications infrastructure to overcome that isolation. |
 | | However, donations are not problem free: the recipient often has no say in what equipment is donated; the equipment may not be geared to local needs; limited budgets limit funds for enhancements; and minimum configurations are often given, leaving the library with an unplanned for liability (Were, 1990). |
 | | Compounding problems include lack of agencies to train in the use of equipment and software, language of documentation and software is often English, a shortage for funds to send staff overseas for training, and "the brain drain" of well-trained staff to industrialized countries (Weyers, 1990). |
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