| dc.description.abstract | The scope of this conference covers two major perspectives. First is the situational
positioning, which is pointedly identified as the digital divide, and the second is the process
that addresses the first. The term digital divide as a concept suggests the existence of
differences that set countries and regions apart in the application and use of Information
Computer Technologies (lCTs). As a consequence, there will also be differences in the
accruing benefits. These differences will be in the areas of infrastructural settings, levels of
available human resource and capacity, skills, financial resources and support allocated to
the development and application of ICTs. The second perspective refers to the efforts and
measures put in place by different institutions to address the issues raised by the first. The
following presentation looks specifically at the latter perspective as it applies to the
University of Nairobi (UoNBI) Library, against the background of the digital divide.
A significant feature of the UoNBI Library's automation project is the context within which
it has taken place. This aspect becomes important in that it formed the environmental
embodiment of the principles and concepts that triggered and guided the automation
process.
For the UoNBI Library, the automation process was triggered and has been largely
influenced by the following main factors: | en_US |
