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
- Training Activities and Materials
- PERii: Library Development
- Ongoing Programmes and Projects
- Bandwidth Management and Optimisation
- Archived Programmes and Projects
Publications
- Evaluating Electronic Resource Programmes and Provision: Case studies from Africa and Asia
- 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 Services
- The Use of ICTs in African Public Library Services
- Report - INASP Annual Reports and Highlights
- Infobrief 4 — PERI Review 2001-2004: Executive Summary
- PERI Review 2001-2004 : Enhancing Access to Research Information in Developing Countries
- Optimising Internet Bandwidth in Developing Country Higher Education
- Infobrief 5 — Towards the Digital Library in Africa
- Infobrief 7 — Open Access survey of Africa-published journals
- Towards the Digital Library
- Infobrief 1 — Optimising Internet Bandwidth in Developing Country Higher Education
- Report - ELIN@PERI Review: Summary
- Into the Information Age
- Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: A Review and Selective Annotated Bibliography 1990-2000
- How to Accelerate your Internet: A Practical Guide to Bandwidth Management and Optimization using Open Source Software
- Building a Digital Library at the University of Zimbabwe: a Celebration of Teamwork and Collaboration