ICT Professionals
ICT (Information and Communications Technology) professionals throughout the world play a vital role in connecting and enabling end user ICT mediated access to and dissemination of information. ICT professionals are central to ensuring that the computers, applications, technologies and networks exist and function to support end users and their successful use of ICTs.
INASP collaborates with and supports ICT professionals, their networks and associations through enabling skills training workshops, provide online and print resource guides, and informal advice. In particular INASP concentrate these efforts on working with RENs (research and education networks) and focus on Internet connectivity and bandwidth management and optimisation. INASP also encourage and support REN networking and the development of collaborative models to promote efficiencies and cost-sharing.
Activities and publications of particular relevance to ICT Professionals are included below.
Projects & activities
- Bandwidth Management and Optimisation
- Electronic Library Information Navigator (ELIN@)
- INASP Training Activities and Materials
Publications
- Accessing Electronic Information: A Study of Pakistan's Digital Library
- Building a Digital Library at the University of Zimbabwe: a Celebration of Teamwork and Collaboratio
- ELIN@PERI Review: Summary
- How to Accelerate your Internet: A Practical Guide to Bandwidth Management and Optimization using Op
- INASP Annual Reports and Highlights
- Infobrief 1: Optimising Internet Bandwidth in Developing Country Higher Education
- Infobrief 2: Empowering Youth and Connecting Schools: Lessons from the SchoolNet Namibia Approach
- Infobrief 3: The Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in African Public Library
- Infobrief 4: PERI Review 2001-2004: Executive Summary
- Infobrief 5: Towards the Digital Library in Africa
- Infobrief 7: Open Access survey of Africa-published journals
- Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: A Review and Selective Annotated Bibliography
- Into the Information Age
- Optimising Internet Bandwidth in Developing Country Higher Education
- PERI Review 2001-2004 : Enhancing Access to Research Information in Developing Countries
- The Use of ICTs in African Public Library Services
- Towards the Digital Library