Information and communication technologies have brought considerable changes and innovations in the creation, management, publishing and dissemination of knowledge.

Aware of the importance of these technologies and their effects on the production and dissemination of knowledge, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is organising a conference on the impact of information and communication technologies on documentation, research, electronic publishing and dissemination.

Objectives

The main objective of the conference is to enable :

 a reflection and a better awareness of challenges and stakes posed by information and communication technologies
 a better use of these technologies in documentation centres, libraries, archives and in the field of research.
 an exchange of experiences between participants in the field of digitization and electronic publishing of scientific documents (journals, theses and dissertations among others);

The specific objectives are :

To look into ways of bringing documentation centres, libraries, archives and research institutions up to date in the use of :

 on-line catalogues
 digital collections
 electronic publishing of documentary products
 digitization of scientific documents
 electronic dissemination of scientific documents