Librarianship as a bridge to an information and knowledge society in Africa

Harnessing knowledge management for Africa's transition to the 21st century / Kingo J Mchombu (p. 15-46).

Politics of information and knowledge in Africa : the struggle for an information inclusive society in a globalised world / Shiraz Durrani (p. 47-70).

Libraries and democracy / Mohammed M Aman (p. 71-82).

Management of agricultural research information and knowledge : a case for the SCECSAL region [Standing Conferrence of Eastern, Central and South African Librarians and information science] / Justin Chisenga (p. 83-96).

The digital library in a rural malaria research centre in Africa : the Kenyan experience / J Kaduda (p. 97-110).

The management and administration of manuscript collectyions within library environments in eastern and southern African region / Nathan Mnjama (p. 111-121).

Making a contribution to the civil society : knowledge management and the information professional / Stephen A Roberts (p. 121-154).

Information vaccine : information and Uganda's reduction of HIV / AIDS / Kendra S Albright (p. 155-166).

Socio-cultural determinants of HIV / AIDS information impact : experiences from Babai district in Tanzania / Paul Akonaay Manda (p. 167-182).

Maasae Resource Centre for indigenous knowledge in Tanzania / Nathan Ole Lengisugi (p. 183-190).

What can be the role of African libraries in counterbalancing the "knowledge power" of the West ? can we create new knowledge together ? / Thore Hem (p. 191-196).

Working in partnership to build knowledge societies / Sara Harrity (p. 197-211).

Knowledge management and indigenous knowledge for development of Africa's information systems and services : some legal issues for information system experts / Paul Faustin Kihwelo (p. 211-224).

Cross-cltural information retrieval : searching for English documents using Zulu queries / Erica Cosijn (p. 225-238).

Knowledge management : issues for Africa's library and information professionals / Alli A. S Mcharazo (p. 239-248).