Contextual Analysis of eGranary Implementation in sub Saharan countries

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  • February 28, 2019
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  • Gafinowitz, Nicola
    • Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
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  • Users encounter information and communication systems (ICT) within situated, dynamic contexts with political, economic, infrastructural and socio-organizational elements. Demand for eGranary's offline library of digital content continues to grow in parts of the world that lack Internet access, particularly at schools and universities. But uptake is scattered and inconsistent, and the library's impact on localized communities and its wider effects, e.g. on pedagogy, are poorly understood. This study analyses interviews with eGranary intermediary agents active in four sub Saharan countries. These Mediators reveal some of what is known about the context of eGranary adoption, adaptation and the issues that stakeholders negotiate in the process. This provides background understanding for future contact with eGranary end-users. Contextual characteristics identified include: reliability of technology and power supply; power-saving trends using smaller hardware and content structure; institutional and user preference for pre-tailored and/or local content; and desire for improved collection searchability.
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  • Jarrahi, Mohammad
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  • Master of Science in Information Science
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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