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Current Status Of The Collection And Use Of Statistics In Academic And Public Libraries In Africa, Elisha Chiware, Buhle Mbambo-Thata Jul 2008

Current Status Of The Collection And Use Of Statistics In Academic And Public Libraries In Africa, Elisha Chiware, Buhle Mbambo-Thata

Elisha Chiware

Proceedings of the conference held in Montreal on 18-19 August 2008 reporting on the on Global Library Statistics Project. Michael Heaney (ed.). Munchen: K.G. Saur


Information Needs, Seeking Patterns Of Small, Medium And Micro Enterprises (Smmes) In Namibia, Elisha Chiware, Archie Dick Jan 2008

Information Needs, Seeking Patterns Of Small, Medium And Micro Enterprises (Smmes) In Namibia, Elisha Chiware, Archie Dick

Elisha Chiware

Reports on an investigation of the business information needs, information seeking patterns and business information services for small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in Namibia. The study ranks business information needs of SMMEs as: finance, marketing, production, and training, policies on SMME development, sources of raw materials, regulations, technical information and other types of information. The study reveals that SMMEs largely depend on informal information sources despite the existence of a wide range of business information services in Namibia. Recommendations are made on how business information delivery services can be improved in the SMME sector in Namibia by both government …


The Business Information Needs, Seeking Patterns And Information Services In The Small Medium And Micro Enterprises (Smme) Sector In Namibia, Elisha Chiware Dec 2007

The Business Information Needs, Seeking Patterns And Information Services In The Small Medium And Micro Enterprises (Smme) Sector In Namibia, Elisha Chiware

Elisha Chiware

No abstract provided.


The Use Of Icts In Namibia’S Sme Sector To Access Business Information Services, Elisha Chiware, Archie Dick Dec 2007

The Use Of Icts In Namibia’S Sme Sector To Access Business Information Services, Elisha Chiware, Archie Dick

Elisha Chiware

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to present current state of the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in Namibia’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) sector to access business information services. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a doctoral research project on business information needs, seeking patterns and utilisation of ICTs in the SME sector in Namibia that was carried out at the University of Pretoria from 2005 to 2007. The survey methodology using both qualitative and quantitative approaches was employed to collect data. Findings – The findings revealed that there is a very low level …


Harnessing Icts For The Use And Preservation Of Indigenous Knowledge Systems: A Case Study Of Informal Traders In Namibia, Elisha Chiware Dec 2007

Harnessing Icts For The Use And Preservation Of Indigenous Knowledge Systems: A Case Study Of Informal Traders In Namibia, Elisha Chiware

Elisha Chiware

Paper presented at the 74th IFLA General Conference, 10-14 August 2008, Quebec Canada.