<<Biblioteca Digital del Portal<<INTERAMER<<Serie Educativa<<Digital Libraries and Virtual Workplaces Important Initiatives for Latin America in the Information Age
Colección: INTERAMER
Número: 71
Año: 2002
Autor: Johann Van Reenen, Editor
Título: Digital Libraries and Virtual Workplaces. Important Initiatives for Latin America in the Information Age
CHAPTER 9
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION AND DIGITAL LIBRARY
INITIATIVES IN LATIN AMERICA
Johann van Reenen
University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
ABSTRACT
This chapter will focus on the work of the Ibero-American Science &
Technology Education Consortium (ISTEC) and the Organization of American States
(OAS) in developing digital library manpower and encouraging cooperative information
delivery and sharing initiatives. It also provides brief descriptions of other
projects and issues.
- Overview of the Ibero-American Science & Technology Education Consortium (ISTEC)
- Overview of the Library Linkages (LibLINK) project of ISTEC
- Case Study: The LibLINK initiative in Mexico
- Central America
- What next?
- Other Latin American projects
- Virtual museum services in Latin America
- Bandwidth and infrastructure issues
- RESOURCES
- REFERENCES