AINA, L. O. (Ed)S. M. Mutula and M.A. Tiamiyu2024-07-282024-07-282008978-978-084-723-4https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/1567This book aims to provide a comprehensive single text on the concepts and principles of information management and knowledge management and the associated technologies, the challenges the technologies pose for African countries, the policies and programmes that African information professionals and policy makers can implement to exploit the technologies to promote the development of their countries or organisations.Information and knowledge management in the global digital society: An African perspective; Internet facilities and their Uuse in Africa; Local content and Africa's presence on the Web; Towards Developing African's Web Content: Challenges, Strategies and Tool; Digital Libraries; Transition to automated library information systems and the challenges for libraries in Africa; E-Government and E-records; Digital divide in Africa: Its causes and amelioration strategies; Bibliographic and library networks in Africa; A Framework for digital preservation in Africa; Knowledge management; Indigenous knowledge systems in Africa; Intellectual property rights in the digital age; Evolving mechanisms for the protection of copyright in the digital environment; Freedom of information; Information security management challenges and prospects in Africa; Information retrieval systems, Concepts and strategies for African researchersenBook