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Access regional knowledge online through a Virtual Library

KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF SARDC’S VIRTUAL LIBRARY FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA

Power of in Between 1-2 July 2008 Research Brokers and Intermediaries in Different

Sectors and Contexts

By Tiwonge R. Machiwenyika

About SARDC 

• Independent regional resource centre that specialises in knowledge management.

• Involved in collection, production, analysis, dissemination of research that informs development.

• Specializes in regional economic development, environment and water management, gender awareness, sustainable democracy, and human development.

• Target users are policy planners, governments, researchers, private sector, universities, regional and international organizations, development agencies, parliaments, media and whoever is looking for information about the Southern African region.

Why the Virtual Library  • The inaccessibility of information on, about and from the South.

• Increasingly high costs of publishing and distribution.

• Information crossing borders within the SADC region and globally.

• Out of print publications.

Implemented activities• Online Publications - Regional

Projects

• Centralisation of regional experts. - Organisations

Individuals

Impact• Break down of boundaries and borders • Track and strengthens of development projects. • Researchers.

• Improved book sales.

• Policy awareness.

Conclusion

• Work in progress. • Improve delivery methods. • Marketing and awareness.

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Access regional knowledge online through a Virtual Library