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FUTURE OF INFORMATION ACCESS
OVERVIEW OF OECD AND LATIN AMERICA PERSPECTIVE

Content

Some characteristics of LA
(OECD Acapulco questionaire)

Some basic context diferences between OECD and Latin American countries

Content

Some characteristics of LA
(OECD Acapulco questionaire)

Organisation of origin, information requested and usual sources consulted

Access to information highlights

Access restrictions profile

Suggestions for access improvment

Type of requested information
Sources of information and documentation

Government Agencies

Research Centers

International Agencies

Universities

Associations

Access to information

2/3 have easy access to own country information

1/3 have access to information from other countries

1/3 use a computer to access information

less than 1/5 use Internet

Access to Internet

86% have access to Internet

Only the 36% use it as main tool of search.

94% had interest in knowing a wider use of Internet to obtain information and documentation.

Paying information services
Only a couple of persons responsibles for information searches had access to Internet & other paying-services

With Internet access: 10

Corporative account for Dialogue-TRIS : 2

STN/ITRD -OCDE: 0

Silver Platter/CD TRANSPORT: 2

Access restrictions 1

Distortions in communications

Lack of dissemination

High costs of information

Old information

Confidentiality

Language (foreign)

Lack of computers or Internet access

Unknown channels for accessing

Access restrictions 2

Reduced time available for searching and reading

Bureaucratic paperwork to obtain information

Lack of budget for acquiring information and equipment

Not all sources do have website

Scarce documentation

Lack of contacts in countries with information

Improving access to information 1

Institutional agreements for information exchange

"A common place where transportation departments could publish news/papers about technological advances"
(web-based technology clearing-house?)

Disseminate innovations for information access

Improving access to information 2

Greater dissemination about companies and organisms related to the handling of information

Brochures informing the location of data sources, including websites

To implement e-mail in all government agencies levels

To facilitate Internet access to recent publications

Improving access to information 3

To improve computing equipment

Greater budgets

Some fundamental differences

OECD

More economic development

More mobility and transportation activity

Larger transportation market and more participants

More research and technological innovation

Latin America

Less economic development

Less mobility and transportation activity

Smaller market and less participants

Little research and technological innovation

Some fundamental differences

OECD

More information & documentation demand

More bussiness opportunities

More investment in information and documentation

More information & documentation offer - in quantity and quality

Latin America

Inhibited information & documentation demand

Market to develop

Less investment in information and documentation

Smaller information and documentation offer - in quantity and quality

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