Librarianship in the South

This webpublication is a spin-off from the Portal Librarianship in the South, which is managed and developed by KIT Information & Library Services (ILS) with support and contributions from its project partners.

The focus of this webpublication is on:

- information on library operations and systems;

- information and knowledge management;

- open access databases;

- open source cataloguing systems,

- institutional repositories; and

- digital libraries in low-resource environments.

The target audience of this portal is formed by the global community of information professionals, librarians, ICT personnel as well as (university) library users: researchers, students, and lecturers. This Dossier focuses on providing relevant information to information professionals in the South.

Sections in this dossier:

• In-depth: background information on the issue;
• KIT's involvement: further information on the programme by the Royal Tropical Institute;
• Resources: a selection of relevant resources