2. Importance of Information
Definition of Information
Types of Information
Properties of Information
Barriers to Information
Information
Why is Information So Important?
3.
4.
5. Factors attributed to the
current value of information
Research and Development (R&D)
Fusion of Science and Technology (S&T)
Science and Technology and Societal Information
(STSI) Information
Technology Information Demand
Power Shift
8. Graphic of various kinds, e.g., Photographs,
Pictures, Graphs, etc.
Text Matter, carrying larger amount of message or
information, e.g., News, Research papers, Reports,
etc.
Signals, Message in the form of Signs, Symbols,
Words and Numbers, e.g., Mathematical
formulae, Statistical and Factual data, etc.
Based on Mode of Communication
9. Distribution Agencies: Booksellers, Subscription
Agents, Clearing Houses, Information Brokers and
such others. These agencies are largely
agencies, selling information.
Information Institutions: Libraries, Documentation
and Information Centers, Information Analysis
Centers, and such others. These institutions
collect, process, analyze, disseminate and
distribute all the three types of literature
mentioned above.
Literature: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary
channels
Based on the Channel of Information
10. Tertiary Sources Year Books & Directories,
Bibliographies, Guide to Literature, etc...
Secondary Sources Indexing and Abstracting
Periodicals, Reviews of Progress, Reference
Books(Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries), Handbooks,
Tables Formularies, Treaties, Monographs, Text
Books, etc...
Primary Sources Periodicals, Research Reports,
Conference Proceedings, Patents, Standards, Trade
Literature, Thesis, etc...
Literary Sources of Information
11. Individual
Recorded – Paper-print Microforms Audio-visuals
Electronic
Oral – Person to person, one to one, one to many
Based on Media
Based on Recipient
Groups
Organisatio
ns Institutions.
12. By Standard
i. Popular
ii. Scientific
iii. Technical
Based on Information Needs
By Type
i. Know-Why
ii. Know-How
iii. Show-How
13. Procedural Information
Empirical
Information
Conceptual Information
Other Types of Information
Stimulatory
Information Policy Information
Directive Information
14. Information in General
Scientific and Technical Information
Information pertaining to Technology
and Economics.
Properties with reference to
Properties of Information
15. It can be shared by many and can be used
simultaneously without any loss to anyone.
Information is not consumed in its use.
Information in General
It is the most democratic resource in that it can be
consumed by poor and rich alike depending upon
the intake capability.
Knowledge is dynamic, ever growing and continuing
and no final word is said or will ever be said on any
aspect of it.
16. Open and available to all.
Universal
Scientific and Technical Information
A system of peer review and mode of
communication operates in its dissemination.
Peer group review ensures quality to a large
measures.
Healthy competition results on account of
peer review and speedy communication.
Becomes obsolete in fast developing disciplines and
obsolescence factor is quite in some of them.
Exponential growth in scientific publications has been
causing concern in accessibility and availability.
17. Competitive because of business interests,
sometimes for reasons of security of nations.
Restricted because of time and geographical space
bound.
Technological and Economic Information
Secretive because of competition and
reasons of security.
19. Language
Presentation
Media Problem
Socio Economic Problem
Over Population
Delays in Handling
Political
Regulatory
Barriers of Information
Barriers of Information
21. References
Information: Nature, Property and Scope.
Information Communication and Society.
IGNOU(MLIS-01) DEC 1997.P.9
Bikika Tariang Laloo(2002) Information
Needs, Information Seeking Behaviour and
Users.
E-Gyankosh
E-Shodhganga
India Times