IASSIST gone glocal

IASSIST quarterly Pub Date : 2021-12-26 DOI:10.29173/iq1025

K. Rasmussen

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Welcome to the special double issue of IASSIST Quarterly 2021 (IQ vol. 45(3-4) 2021). IASSIST is an acronym. You may think that the word is the contraction of the two words 'I assist'. In my mind, you are right! Whether the word IASSIST or the long explanation of seven words came first is the problem of the chicken and the egg. However, it is undisputed that when it is spelled out, the first I in IASSIST is for International. That has been so from its founding in 1974. Having IASSIST members in USA, Canada, and some (west) European countries was for a long time what we myopic westerners considered to be international. It is with great pleasure that IASSIST Quarterly now presents a double issue from a regional workshop in Africa. Even in 2021, it is only a small number of IASSIST's members who are from regions not part of the western world. However, having a special issue from the African region is an important contribution to making IASSIST truly international. The phrase 'think globally, act locally' is a good framing of the compressed word 'glocal'. This special issue was compiled by guest editors Winny Nekesa Akullo and Robert Stalone Buwule, and they were also behind the Africa Regional Workshop that took place at Makerere University (Kampala, Uganda) on January 11 to 13, 2021. Winny Nekesa Akullo works as Head, Library and Documentation Centre at Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority in Uganda, and is the IASSIST Africa Regional Secretary. Robert Stalone Buwule is Senior Assistant Librarian at Kyambogo University, also in Uganda. The themes of the workshop addressed a world issue: 'Data Literacy as a catalyst for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)'. Thus, global problems were addressed from a local viewpoint. Great thanks to Winny and Robert for their lead in the arrangement of the workshop and extra thanks to them for collecting, editing, and making the papers of the regional workshop available to us all, and for making the regional international and the local global. Enjoy the reading! Karsten Boye Rasmussen - December 2021

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IASIST变得悲观

欢迎收看2021年IASIST季刊特刊（IQ vol.45（3-4）2021）。IASIST是一个缩写。你可能会认为这个词是“我协助”这两个词的缩写。在我看来，你是对的！无论是IASIST这个词，还是对七个词的长篇解释，都是鸡和蛋的问题。然而，无可争议的是，当它被拼写出来时，IASIST中的第一个I是国际的。自1974年成立以来，情况一直如此。在很长一段时间里，在美国、加拿大和一些（西欧）国家拥有IASIST成员是我们这些目光短浅的西方人所认为的国际化。非常高兴的是，IASIST季刊现在推出了一期在非洲举行的区域研讨会的双刊。即使在2021年，来自非西方地区的IASIST成员也只是一小部分。然而，有一本来自非洲地区的特刊是对使IASIST真正国际化的重要贡献。短语“全球思考，本地行动”是压缩词“glocal”的一个很好的框架。本期特刊由客座编辑Winny Nekesa Akullo和Robert Stalone Buwule编写，他们也是2021年1月11日至13日在Makerere大学（乌干达坎帕拉）举行的非洲区域研讨会的幕后主使。Winny Nekesa Akullo是乌干达公共资产采购和处置管理局图书馆和文献中心主任，也是IASIST非洲区域秘书。Robert Stalone Buwule是乌干达Kyambogo大学的高级助理图书馆员。研讨会的主题涉及一个世界问题：“数据扫盲是实现可持续发展目标的催化剂”。因此，从地方角度解决了全球性问题。非常感谢Winny和Robert在研讨会安排中发挥的领导作用，特别感谢他们收集、编辑并向我们所有人提供区域研讨会的论文，并使区域研讨会具有国际性和全球性。享受阅读吧！Karsten Boye Rasmussen-2021年12月

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