@incollection{fdi:41308, title = {{S}ervers and online bibliographic databases in developing countries : the {A}frican reality}, author = {{R}ossi, {P}ier {L}uigi}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{S}ignificant knowledge has been acquired by {ORSTOM} documentalists in the field of documentation engineering. {T}his expertise has particularly increased with the development of the online {HORIZON} database, to which an {ORSTOM} server gives online access. {A} transfer of documentation engineering know-how has taken place in partnership with developing countries. {A}t the {ORSTOM} centre located in {L}ome, {T}ogo, an online bibliographic database server has been implemented on a workstation that can be accessed through the {TOGOPAC} network. {A}vailable databases are {POPTOGO}, developed by documentalists at the {D}emographic {R}esearch {U}nit at the {U}niversity of {B}enin, and {HORITOGO}, developed by documentalists at the {ORSTOM} centre in {L}ome. {R}esources used show that low-cost documentation engineering partnerships are possible and that online access and data acquisition from producing countries is a reality in {A}frica. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)}, keywords = {{INFORMATION} {SCIENTIFIQUE} {ET} {TECHNIQUE} ; {BASE} {DE} {DONNEES} ; {SERVEUR} ; {COOPERATION} {TECHNIQUE} ; {AFRIQUE} {SUBSAHARIENNE} ; {TOGO}}, booktitle = {{O}nline information 92}, numero = {}, pages = {431--435}, address = {{O}xford}, publisher = {{L}earned {I}nformation}, series = {}, year = {1992}, ISBN = {0-904933-83-0}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:41308}, }