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  • Information intermediaries in the next millennium an agenda for action for the development of Information Consultancy and brokerage in africa
    Library Management, 1999
    Co-Authors: Dennis N. Ocholla
    Abstract:

    Explores and presents an agenda for action in introducing and developing Information Consultancy and brokerage as an alternative Information service in Africa. The agenda focuses on co‐ordination and publicity of the services, research, LIS education, market, trends and problems. The author explores the results of a study he conducted in Botswana in order to compile the agenda and concludes that as long as the African communities increasingly consume post‐industrial and Information society or western products and services, “ruralness”, poverty, illiteracy and underdeveloped Information infrastructure, alone, cannot alienate the Information consumers from exploiting and using Information Consultancy and brokerage services. This article, based on a paper presented by the author at the 13‐SCECSAL conference in Nairobi in July 1998, suggests a need for a conference or pre‐SCECSAL seminar, on the subject in the near future, for Information specialists in Africa. A draft directory of Information consultants and brokers in Botswana is appended to the paper.

  • Information Consultancy and brokerage in Botswana
    Journal of Information Science, 1998
    Co-Authors: Dennis N. Ocholla
    Abstract:

    Limited empirical research on Information Consultancy and brokerage is documented and almost nothing originates from authors in the developing countries despite the upsurge of reasons for involvement in the services provided in the region. However, in considering investment in Consultancy and brokerage services in a unique and unknown consumer environment such as Africa, it would be fool-hardy to ignore the complexities posed by the coexistence of an Information-conscious population on the one hand and a semi-literate population on the other. This study investigates the need for Information Consultancy and brokerage services in Botswana for the advice, creation and development of Information Consultancy and brokerage services in the country. The study was conducted in Botswana and data was collected in Gaborone, which has 34.3% of the urban population, including 10% of the national population, and is also the capital city and seat for government and private agencies in the country. Data was collected by m...

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  • Information Consultancy in action a case study in establishing a library and Information unit
    Library Management, 1991
    Co-Authors: Margaret Brittin, Fiona Henderson
    Abstract:

    The article reviews and describes the stages of an Information Consultancy project, using the example of the establishment of a library and Information unit in the management training centre of a large financial institution. The stages dealt with are: initiation; data collection; data analysis; presentation of results and implementation. The article concludes with some general reflections drawn from the case study on important factors in successful Information Consultancy and on the qualities needed by a successful Information consultant.