Information And Libraries In The Arab World

Download or read book Information and Libraries in the Arab World written by Michael Wise and published by Library Association Publishing (UK). This book was released on 1994 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third volume in a continuing series of reviews of international comparative librarianship. It contains contributions from the varying economies that comprise the countries of the Arab World. Its spectrum ranges from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, whose national incomes support advanced technological systems, to the Sudan whose low rate of economic production has brought about a situation where trained personnel tend to expatriate themselves in search of an acceptable standard of living and of resourcing their professional activities.