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NetDiploma: Network for Digital Public Library of Modern Africa

NetDiploma：现代非洲数字公共图书馆网络

基本信息

批准号：
AH/R004277/1
负责人：
Gobinda Gopal Chowdhury
金额：
$ 6.78万
依托单位：
Northumbria University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2017 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FR004277%2F1
关键词：
NetDiploma Network Digital Public Library

项目摘要

The rapidly growing population of Africa calls for:1. Education and training vis-à-vis employment of an exploding African youth population; and 2. Sustainable management of human (cultural integration and peaceful coexistence) and natural resources.UNESCO's actions for Flagship programmes 5 and 6 (http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002244/224489e.pdf) propose:- "Improve universal access to information and knowledge as well as build capacity in the field of ICT use in Africa" (p.11)- "Promoting universal access and preservation of information and knowledge" (p.13)- "Culture (heritage in all its forms and contemporary creativity) is mainstreamed into public development policies" (p.13)- "Young people made aware of the values of the heritage and mobilized to protect and safeguard it." (p.13)Analysis of the key UN resolutions and policy documents shows the importance of access and sharing of information for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Chowdhury & Koya, In Press). However, information services in Africa face a number of challenges:- common information delivery channels, viz. mass media; information services (libraries); education and training programmes including conferences, workshops etc., benefit only a small section of society (educated and city/urban dwellers) while the majority of the population who live in rural areas cannot reach or use these information services (Uzuegbu, 2016)- libraries in Africa suffer from lack of funds to build an ICT infrastructure, to subscribe to online information resources, and to train personnel (Chisenga, 2015)- management of digital content remains a huge challenge in the public sector as there is no technological infrastructure to manage and provide access to digital information properly; hence millions of digitised archival documents remain inaccessible.Research also shows that mobile access to cultural heritage information services is rapidly increasing in Europe (Nicholas et al, 2013; Liew, 2014). Use of mobile phones is contributing to development in Africa, especially in the rural areas, through internet banking, micro-loans, micro-enterprises, market integration, social mobility, health etc (Cibangu, 2016). Indeed mobile banking has brought a revolution in Africa, and an IMF report (https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/2016/afr/eng/sreo0416.htm) recommends that "there is significant potential to replicate the Kenyan experience in the rest of sub-Saharan Africa" [p. 74]. We intend to explore whether this approach can be applied to the delivery of digital information, including cultural heritage information.Bringing together a consortium of academics, researchers and professionals, key local partners such as the national libraries, national archives and universities in three African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi), and international organizations including IFLA, UNESCO, UNECA and the African Union, we will seek to understand the historical, cultural, linguistic, technological and transregional challenges to inform the research and development agenda for building a Digital Public Library of Africa (DPLAf). A bottom-up approach will be taken to explore and prioritise various user needs to complement the ongoing activities in Africa, like the Access to Scientific and Socioeconomic Knowledge in Africa project (http://askia.uneca.org), in order to match the demand and supply of information while preparing a blueprint for the DPLAf for achieveing SDGs in Africa.The network will provide a collaborative vehicle to communicate development needs to the multiple disciplines required to undertake the research and design. It will inform policy and strategy development for providing digital, and wherever possible mobile, access to information for African populations to facilitate education and sustainable development in any sector. Hence it will facilitate the achievement of UN SDG 16.10 (public access to information).

非洲人口的迅速增长要求：1.针对激增的非洲青年人口的就业问题进行教育和培训；2.人(文化融合与和平共处)和自然资源的可持续管理。教科文组织针对旗舰计划5和6(http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002244/224489e.pdf)采取的行动建议：--“在非洲促进普遍获取信息和知识，并在信息和通信技术使用领域建设能力”(p.11)--“促进普遍获取和保存信息和知识”(p.13)--“将文化(各种形式的遗产和当代创造力)纳入公共发展政策的主流(第13页)--“年轻人意识到遗产的价值，并动员起来保护和捍卫它。”(p.13)对联合国主要决议和政策文件的分析表明，获取和分享信息对于实现可持续发展目标十分重要(Chowdhury和Koya，印刷中)。然而，非洲的信息服务面临着一些挑战：-共同的信息传递渠道，即。大众媒体；信息服务(图书馆)；包括会议、讲习班等在内的教育和培训方案只惠及社会的一小部分人(受过教育的和城市/城市居民)，而生活在农村地区的大多数人无法获得或使用这些信息服务(Uzuegbu，2016)--非洲的图书馆缺乏资金来建设信通技术基础设施、订阅在线信息资源和培训人员(Chisenga，2015)--数字内容管理在公共部门仍然是一个巨大的挑战，因为没有适当管理和提供获取数字信息的技术基础设施；研究还表明，欧洲移动获取文化遗产信息服务的情况正在迅速增加(Nicholas等人，2013年；Liew，2014年)。移动电话的使用正在通过网上银行、小额贷款、微型企业、市场一体化、社会流动性、健康等促进非洲的发展，特别是在农村地区(Cibangu，2016)。事实上，移动银行在非洲带来了一场革命，国际货币基金组织的一份报告(https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/2016/afr/eng/sreo0416.htm)建议，“肯尼亚的经验在撒哈拉以南非洲其他地区复制的潜力很大”[p.74]。我们打算探索这种方法是否可以应用于包括文化遗产信息在内的数字信息的提供。我们将把一个由学者、研究人员和专业人员组成的财团、三个非洲国家(埃塞俄比亚、肯尼亚、马拉维)的国家图书馆、国家档案馆和大学等主要当地合作伙伴以及包括IFLA、教科文组织、联合国教科文组织、联合国教科文组织和非洲联盟在内的国际组织聚集在一起，努力了解历史、文化、语言、技术和跨地区挑战，为建设非洲数字公共图书馆(DPLAf)的研究和发展议程提供信息。将采取自下而上的方法来探索各种用户需求并确定其优先次序，以补充非洲正在进行的活动，如获取非洲科学和社会经济知识项目(http://askia.uneca.org)，)，以便在为非洲实现可持续发展目标的发展规划编制蓝图的同时，满足信息的需求。该网络将提供一个协作工具，将发展需求与开展研究和设计所需的多学科联系起来。它将为政策和战略的制定提供信息，为非洲人民提供数字和尽可能移动的获取信息的机会，以促进任何部门的教育和可持续发展。因此，它将促进实现联合国可持续发展目标16.10(公众获取信息)。