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The importance of Information and Communication Technologies in
distance learning has been acknowledged as an essential component of
strengthening LIS education in the remote areas of the north eastern states
of India. (Rath). The same could be said of the use of ICT for LIS education
in remote areas of Australia and in America. The infrastructure of physical,
human and financial resources all attract students to the profession. This
reflective essay discusses Robert Stueart’s 1999 challenge to information
access in Asia: “One of the most important activities is information society
is to maintain a cadre of qualified information professionals”. (Stueart,
1999). Maintaining a cadre of information professionals is also an
appropriate challenge to India. Information professionals themselves are
the channel of globalization of education because they see the need for
standards in computerisation initiatives and promote communities of
practice worldwide. |
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