K. Polman

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Library and Documentation staff member

Telephone:		+31 (0)71 527 3356
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Katrien Polman's work as information specialist focuses on facilitating access to African Studies resources and meeting the information needs of ASC library users. She selects, catalogues, indexes, and abstracts publications, including articles from periodicals, for the library's online catalogue and the abstracts journal, African Studies Abstracts Online.

Her specific tasks include the evaluation and selection of digital resources for the web service Connecting Africa and the development and maintenance of the African Studies Thesaurus. She is also the editor of the library's Web Dossiers.

& List of publications

Key publications

K. Polman
'Review of G. Nulens, N. Hafkin, L. van Audenhove & B. Cammaerts (eds.), The digital divide in developing countries: towards an information society in Africa, Brussel: VUB Press, 2001'
In: Internationale spectator, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 105-106, 2003.
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K. Polman
'Evaluation of Africa-related Internet resources'
In: African affairs, vol. 97, no. 388, pp. 401-408, 1998.
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