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Avradeep BoseTanmoy Mukherjee

Somesh Madhu

Department of Library And Information Science2nd sem,MLIS-Five years Integrated Course

Contents

Indigenous Knowledge

LIS Education in some University

Earlier & new concept of programms in LIS School

LIS Education in two part of the Continent

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Obstacles and Conclusion

There are two dominant learning for

librarianship qualification in Africa The undergraduate course and

Post–Graduate Course mainly observe in Eastern and Southeastern countries.

The Diploma course mainly observe in central and Western Countries.

LIS Education in two part of the Continent

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Undergraduate &

Post-Graduate

Types of Course

Diploma Course

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Types of Course

Eastern & Southeastern

Africa

Western

Africa

Meaning The own cultural facts of a country are recorded

and preserved in Library. The Management of own culture in systematic ways is known to be indigenous knowledge of a place.

Indigenous Knowledge

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Indigenous knowledge in developed countries

Changing demographics in First World Countries have resulted in rethinking how LIS services will be.

Librarians posses a level of cultural competency that enables them to function successfully and to provide effective Information services.

Indigenous Knowledge

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Indigenous knowledge in developing countries There has been a significant growth of LIS school

in Africa notably in Egypt, Nigeria, Uganda, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

The Library intermediates between the users and the information resource which are potentially available in order to help the user to make sense of gaining access to information sources.

The indigenous knowledge of Africa is not so higher to visualize all the characteristic of intermediate Library Uses .

Indigenous Knowledge

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In earlier days the study of Library in LIS School was done in Department

of Library and Information Science . But recently the concept change to

Department of Information Studies. Digitalization of Library change the concept.

But the concept of modernization has not come to every part of Africa. Even more, many parts of Africa can not visualize any concept of Library.

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Universities like University of Johannesburg, University of Cape Town, Makerere University changed their department’s name to Information and Knowledge Management.

Disclosure →In Eastern Africa, the number of LIS Schools are

Increasing in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria And Egypt.

→In Western Africa, the Countries like Mozambique, Lesotho and Swaziland are slowly changing the concept of LIS education.

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→But In South Africa the scenario of LIS Education Is drastically decreased.

→ The number of LIS School in francophone, Lucophone and Arabic speaking parts of Africa are not changing .

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1) Alexandria University

2) Eastern African School of Library and Information Science (EASLIS)

3) Cairo University

4) Assiut University

5) University of Ghana

6) Makerere University

7) University of pretoria

8) Zagazig University

9) Moi University

Governmental Universities Have LIS Education

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The challenge of LIS Education are particularly acute in Africa. Most of the LIS School especially those funded by the government are faced with the problem of funding which makes difficult for them to meet their need of infrastructural facilities.

Lack of funding is a big obstacle in Africa.

The fundamental growth and sustainability LIS School is becoming highly dependent on modern computer hardware and software and efficient of Internet access. Unfortunately, the highly skills IT Staff and well equipped computer Laboratories do not meet the requirements.

Some of the Library School of Africa do not have complement of training staff.

Obstacles

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There is a need of higher conceptual based of ICT application .

Inadequate human resources is also great obstacles.

The library profession suffers from low pay, and lack of interest by young people in attaining a LIS degree.

Lack of enthusiasm of students in some Universities, especially in non governmental organizations.

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LIS educational material should be update.

Skill and indigenous knowledge for conducting search have to be improved.

To expose dissertations & theses for others to get access

Coordination between academics among each other and academics with practitioners to do research is to be highly recommended.

A total coverage of LIS education in Africa that includes developments are essential.

Integration of ICTs in LIS curricula is still problematic should be solved and should implemented in training, learning and research work.

Conclusion

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What is the perceive of the potential of LIS Education in Africa ?

To show the indigenous knowledge comparing between developed and developing countries.

Challenge of LIS Education of Africa ?

Objectives

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