%0 Journal Article %1 RefWorks:300 %A Snyman, Maritha %A Snyman, Retha %D 2003 %J South African Journal of Library & Information Science %K & Africa; Centres; Citizen's Communications Community EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION Information KNOWLEDGE Multi-Purpose SOUTH Technology; Telecentres management; policy; science; technology; %N 2 %P 95-107 %T Getting information to disadvantaged rural communities: the centre approach %U http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=12662398&site=ehost-live %V 69 %X The South African Constitution entrenches the right of every citizen to receive or impart information or ideas. Information and communications technology (ICT) can play an important role in facilitating the upgrading of education, health care, recreation and other services, by improving the quality of information available and by providing communities throughout the country with access to expertise and usable information. One of the objectives of the article is to indicate how the government envisaged and implemented its resolve to improve the communications technology infrastructure for the dissemination of usable information to rural disadvantaged communities by focusing on the centre approach. A second objective is to report on the present status--successes and failures--of the most important of these initiatives. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR; Copyright of South African Journal of Library & Information Science is the property of Forum Press International and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts) %@ 02568861

@article{RefWorks:300, abstract = {The South African Constitution entrenches the right of every citizen to receive or impart information or ideas. Information and communications technology (ICT) can play an important role in facilitating the upgrading of education, health care, recreation and other services, by improving the quality of information available and by providing communities throughout the country with access to expertise and usable information. One of the objectives of the article is to indicate how the government envisaged and implemented its resolve to improve the communications technology infrastructure for the dissemination of usable information to rural disadvantaged communities by focusing on the centre approach. A second objective is to report on the present status--successes and failures--of the most important of these initiatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of South African Journal of Library & Information Science is the property of Forum Press International and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts)}, added-at = {2008-12-27T17:34:46.000+0100}, author = {Snyman, Maritha and Snyman, Retha}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/236068c2dd6ab21cda6537f6262240516/critzo}, description = {test export from refworks}, interhash = {57c68e10410d867681505b96b8910a69}, intrahash = {36068c2dd6ab21cda6537f6262240516}, isbn = {02568861}, journal = {South African Journal of Library & Information Science}, keywords = {& Africa; Centres; Citizen's Communications Community EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION Information KNOWLEDGE Multi-Purpose SOUTH Technology; Telecentres management; policy; science; technology;}, month = {11}, note = {M3: Article; Accession Number: 12662398; Snyman, Maritha 1; Email Address: mesnyman@postino.up.ac.za Snyman, Retha 1; Email Address: msnyman@postino.up.ac.za; Affiliation: 1: Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Source Info: 2003, Vol. 69 Issue 2, p95; Subject Term: INFORMATION policy; Subject Term: INFORMATION science; Subject Term: EDUCATIONAL technology; Subject Term: KNOWLEDGE management; Subject Term: INFORMATION technology; Subject Term: SOUTH Africa; Author-Supplied Keyword: Citizen's Community Centres; Author-Supplied Keyword: Information & Communications Technology; Author-Supplied Keyword: Multi-Purpose Community Centres; Author-Supplied Keyword: Telecentres; Number of Pages: 13p; Illustrations: 4 charts; Document Type: Article}, number = 2, pages = {95-107}, timestamp = {2008-12-27T17:35:01.000+0100}, title = {Getting information to disadvantaged rural communities: the centre approach}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=12662398&site=ehost-live}, volume = 69, year = 2003 }