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Informatizing the Universities: Reflections on One Cuban Experience

Jhones, Alina Ruiz; Larramendi, Julio Vidal

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Title
Informatizing the Universities: Reflections on One Cuban Experience
Author(s)
  • Jhones, Alina Ruiz
  • Larramendi, Julio Vidal
Issue Date
2019
Keyword(s)
  • Cuba
  • Universities
  • Cuban universities
  • Informatization of society
Geographic Coverage
Cuba
Abstract
This article explores the current situation of Cuban universities as they face the challenges caused by the informatization of society. The discussion begins with the Cuban context and the primary obstacles to this transformation that exist in Cuban society. Although Cuban universities began to join the digital world from a relatively early date for a country from the Global South, many obstacles, both objective and subjective, have slowed progress in this race. At this time the penetration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in higher education is insufficient. The article discusses the experience at the University of Havana and asks, What are the primary obstacles that block informatization in Cuban society, and what can universities do to overcome them and make progress toward digital transformation?
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Illinois School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
Library Trends 67 (4). Spring 2019
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105980
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2019.0016
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105981
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Copyright 2019 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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Library Trends 67 (4) Spring 2019: Communities and Technologies: Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities for Librarians in Cuba PRIMARY
Library Trends 67 (4) Spring 2019: Communities and Technologies: Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities for Librarians in Cuba. Edited by Kate Williams-McWorter, Yohannis Martí-Lahera, and Pedro Urra González.