UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS
While I can recall the establishment by the British Government of the first series of "overseas" universities in dependent territories I have close knowledge only of those to which I have been attached and then only for the periods of attachment. Others I have seen, briefly; I have assumed...
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| Published in: | Library review (Glasgow) 1979-04, Vol.28 (4), p.232-238 |
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| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | While I can recall the establishment by the British Government of the first series of "overseas" universities in dependent territories I have close knowledge only of those to which I have been attached and then only for the periods of attachment. Others I have seen, briefly; I have assumed that they have resembled each other sufficiently for one to make certain generalisations. Three factors have to a great extent determined the kind and pace of their development - the intrinsic wealth of a country; the stage of its development; and the amount of foreign aid at its disposal. Some have developed more rapidly than others; some are physically grander than others. All began with a very high complement of expatriate staff, but all aimed at becoming local institutions in every sense as soon as possible. What I have to say concerns the broad terms of development as I see them. |
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| ISSN: | 0024-2535 1758-793X |