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For many libraries and archives all over the world, ICT are already having impact. In the Pacific, the situation is still unclear. There is the view that it is now only a matter of time before many Pacific libraries and archives move into the digital age. This study, commissioned by UNESCO as part of the Pacific Pathway project, seeks to establish a clearer Pacific situation. The primary focus of the Pacific Pathway project is the promotion of digital access to Pacific culture represented in the documentary holdings of libraries and archives, or the wider access to information by the community in the public domain.
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UNITAR in Malaysia, the Campus Numérique Francophone de Dakar, Senegal, the Universidad Virtual de Quilmes in Argentina and USQOnline in Australia, are but four virtual universities included in the case study entitled "The Virtual University: Models and messages" published by UNESCO's Institute for Education Planning (IIEP).
Other institutions included in the study are the Athabasca University in Canada, African Virtual University at Kenyatta University in Kenya, l'Université Virtuelle en Pays de la Loire, in France and NetVarsity, in India.
The cases selected for study represent a range of institutional models, and diverse geographic regions.
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"Integrating ICTs into Education: Lessons Learned" seeks to present the cream of countries efforts to integrate ICTs into their education systems. This practical guide synthesizes and analyzes experiences in connection with specific lessons learned and highlights best practices and the need for further improvements, based on the experiences of six Asian countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, The Republic of Korea and Thailand.
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Ethical Dimensions of the Information Society
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By Michael Kirby, Mark Turner, Tomás de la Quadra Salcedo, Dennis S. Karjala, Jaime Angeles et André Nayer. Preface by Henk A.M.J. ten Have. Éditions UNESCO / ECONOMICA. Collection Droit du cyberespace (ISBN 92-3-203979-6)
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Asia and Pacific: Sri Lanka
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The study ?Research in ICT Innovations for Poverty Reduction? (by Don Slater and Jo Tacchi, UNESCO:, New Delhi, 2004 ISBN-81-89218-01-8) presents the findings of a comparative research of local UNESO supported initiatives in the use of ICTs for poverty reduction spread across a range of communities in South Asia, including Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, and India .
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Global
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The aim of the "UNESCO World Report 'Building Knowledge Societies'" is to strengthen the intellectual, strategic and ethical watch capacities of the international community and of societies. Due to be published in 2005, its the choice of theme indicates UNESCO?s interest in the growing importance of different forms of knowledge in society, and in the emergence ? partly under the effect of the revolution brought about by new ICTs ? of a new paradigm of knowledge-based societies.
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In September 2004 UNESCO will publish the first report on "Politics of the Information Society: The Bordering and Restraining of Global Data Flows". The report is particularly aiming at informing media professionals about the developments in these complex fields.
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