US-Africa & India Planning Visit: Automated Data Collection for Assessment of Web-Based Research Communication

美国-非洲

• 批准号: 0073906
• 负责人: Wesley Shrum
• 金额: $ 0.54万
• 依托单位: Louisiana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-03-01 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0073906&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Africa; & India; Planning

INT-0073906This is a planning visit proposal for Professor Wesley M. Shrum, of the Department of Sociology at Louisiana State University, to travel to Ghana, Kenya, and India, to meet with his counterparts for the purpose of finalizing plans for a collaborative project on the development and assessment of the Web-based research capacity in each of these countries. Professor Shrum will meet with Professor J. Opare, at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana; Mr. J. de Smedt at MSF-Spain (an NGO) in Kenya; and Professor R. Sooryamoorthy, at the Loyola College of Social Sciences in India. Web communications are being introduced or expanded in many developing countries, including Ghana, Kenya, and India. Data will be collected and analyzed on the interpersonal networking patterns and information search behaviors of soil scientists in selected governmental and academic research institutions. The results will be used to assess the current and future impact of the Web on scientific and technological capacity in developing countries

INT-0073906这是路易斯安那州立大学社会学系的 Wesley M. Shrum 教授的一项计划访问建议，他将前往加纳、肯尼亚和印度，与他的同行会面，以最终确定关于开发和评估这些国家基于网络的研究能力的合作项目的计划。 Shrum 教授将在加纳海岸角大学会见 J. Opare 教授；肯尼亚无国界医生组织西班牙分部（非政府组织）的 J. de Smedt 先生；以及印度洛约拉社会科学学院的 R. Sooryamoorthy 教授。 许多发展中国家正在引入或扩展网络通信，包括加纳、肯尼亚和印度。 将收集和分析选定的政府和学术研究机构中土壤科学家的人际网络模式和信息搜索行为的数据。 研究结果将用于评估网络当前和未来对发展中国家科技能力的影响