Abstract
«Appropriate education» is used by analogy with «appropriate technology». «Appropriate» does not necessarily mean second-rate, it may mean more complex. Libraries in Africa have tended not to apply appropriate methods and they are still being Western (or showing the sometimes remnants of being Western) rather than «appropriate». Library and information education in developing countries needs to supply a wide range of education and training from providing for illiterates to coping with satellite communication, in the process allowing for a balanced development of the profession under swiftly changing conditions. Strategic planning has not been the strong point of the profession, but it is necessary to plan and recruit bright young people to be innovators. That the profession is small is a problem since, in modern democraties, numbers count and numbers are needed to influence changes in policy and planning
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