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Electronic Publishing. Impact on Developing Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Lesley Onuora
Lesley Onuora*
Affiliation:
The Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN19QL (formerly of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria)

Abstract

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The developing countries at the low end of the scale face almost insurmountable problems in accessing electronic information. In Nigeria, only two of 40 universities have e-mail. Although electronic access to current information could revoutionize the educational situation at these places, the communication infrastructure does not exist, nor does the necessary funding.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 1: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part A), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 526 - 527
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998