B08 - last change: 17-01-2007
BOBCATSSS 2008
Providing Access to Information for Everyone
| Speakers | |
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Elisabeth Simon |
| Schedule | |
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| Day | 2 |
| Room | Funimation Novi Park |
| Start time | 12:00 |
| Duration | 00:30 |
| Info | |
| ID | 65 |
| Event type | Lecture |
| Track | S06 - The gender and ethnic perspective of access to information |
| Language | English |
Who is everyone
Hidden barriers for information provision for a certain clientele
Hidden Access to information caused by lacking technological skills, language barriers, insufficient information literacy and last but not least by problems of the copyright laws are known and frequently discussed by international and national professionals. Barriers for information to smaller enterprises are still a problem especially on the background of changes in the economical and social landscape. The reasons: Countries in Central and Eastern Europe have to build up a new economical structure with private smaller enterprises especially for the local and increasingly for the international market. Countries like Germany and Japan have shown during the last decades that these enterprises serve as the backbone of economical success. Women are increasingly taking part in the economy especially with new marketing ideas for smaller enterprises. Examples from Italy show the success of such enterprises. The Nobel-Price for Peace went to a banker from Bangladesh who gave smaller credits for women to build up their own little enterprises and showing a bigger success than the international aid for development. If you turn to most countries of Africa - the same picture – local trade is carried out by women. In Germany women and especially wives of owner of smaller enterprises were the main managers behind the scenes. But the situation is changing. Women are increasingly founding their own little enterprises and are trying to build up new markets as well as pursuing new business ideas on their own. These undertakings are causing a big need for information and consulting which is already met by some association in the political and economical area. But the obligation of an overall information service is still not met.