Addo D
University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, West Africa.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1996 Jan;84(1):100-4.
Developments in computer and communication technologies over the past ten years aptly support the use of the term global village to describe the present worldwide provision and distribution of information. These technologies are increasingly being employed in Africa, but their presence is not widespread and evenly distributed. Librarians in Africa are establishing the basic tools and organizational structures to enable them to work together; however, a fundamental issue of attaching sufficient importance to the provision of information in the institutional and national priorities remains to be solved.
过去十年间，计算机与通信技术的发展充分印证了用“地球村”这一术语来描述当前全球信息的提供与传播状况是恰当的。这些技术在非洲的应用日益广泛，但分布并不普遍且不均衡。非洲的图书馆员们正在建立基本工具和组织结构，以便能够协同工作；然而，在机构和国家优先事项中充分重视信息提供这一根本问题仍有待解决。
