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oapen-20.500.12657-539082022-06-21T11:04:28Z Information knowledge and technology for Development in Africa Kalusopa, Trywell Bwalya, Kelvin J. Kwanya, Tom Britz, Johannes Ngoepe, Mpho Ocholla, Dennis N. Onyancha, Omwoyo B. Too, Jackson Shongwe, Mzwandile M. Ocholla, Dennis N. Evans, Neil D. Britz, Johannes 4IR ethics bibliometrics informatics development industrial revolution knowledge bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology::UB Information technology: general issues Information, knowledge, and technology occupy significant space in the information and knowledge society and ongoing debates on development such as sustainable development goals (SDGs) agenda 2030 and the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). Disruptive technologies and cyber-physical systems, obscuring the lines between the physical, digital and biological, escalated by the COVID-19 pandemic, present a ‘new normal’ that profoundly affects the nature and magnitude of responses required to sustain and benefit from the new developments. Africa, known for late adoption of new technologies and innovations, is leapfrogging development stages in several enviable ways. This book, Information knowledge and technology for development in Africa’, written by eminent African scholars, comprises chapters that satisfactorily address information access, artificial intelligence, information ethics, e-learning, library and information science education (LISE) in the 4IR, data literacy and e-scholarship, and knowledge management, which are increasingly essential for information access, services, and LISE in Africa. We expect the book to support research, teaching and learning in African higher education and worldwide for comparative scholarship. 2022-04-08T09:44:41Z 2022-04-08T09:44:41Z 2021 book ONIX_20220408_9781776341849_15 9781776341849 9781776341825 9781776341832 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/53908 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 9781776341849.pdf https://aosis.myshopify.com/products/information-knowledge-and-technology-for-development-in-africa-print-copy AOSIS 10.4102/aosis.2021.BK262 10.4102/aosis.2021.BK262 d7387d49-5f5c-4cd8-8640-ed0a752627b7 9781776341849 9781776341825 9781776341832 238 Durbanville open access
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Information, knowledge, and technology occupy significant space in the information and knowledge society and ongoing debates on development such as sustainable development goals (SDGs) agenda 2030 and the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). Disruptive technologies and cyber-physical systems, obscuring the lines between the physical, digital and biological, escalated by the COVID-19 pandemic, present a ‘new normal’ that profoundly affects the nature and magnitude of responses required to sustain and benefit from the new developments. Africa, known for late adoption of new technologies and innovations, is leapfrogging development stages in several enviable ways. This book, Information knowledge and technology for development in Africa’, written by eminent African scholars, comprises chapters that satisfactorily address information access, artificial intelligence, information ethics, e-learning, library and information science education (LISE) in the 4IR, data literacy and e-scholarship, and knowledge management, which are increasingly essential for information access, services, and LISE in Africa. We expect the book to support research, teaching and learning in African higher education and worldwide for comparative scholarship.
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