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

INT-0073906这是Wesley M. Shrum，路易斯安那州立大学社会学系，前往加纳，肯尼亚和印度，与他的同行会面，以最后确定一个合作项目的计划，该项目旨在发展和评估这些国家基于网络的研究能力。 Shrum教授将与加纳海岸角大学的J. Opare教授、肯尼亚无国界医生组织西班牙分部（一个非政府组织）的J.de Smedt先生和R.印度洛约拉社会科学学院的Sooryamoorthy说。 许多发展中国家，包括加纳、肯尼亚和印度，正在引进或扩大网络通信。 将收集和分析选定的政府和学术研究机构的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目前和今后对发展中国家科学技术能力的影响

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