The document discusses how information and communication technologies (ICTs) have transformed information formats, storage, and communication media, impacting library services. ICTs bring advantages like easier information manipulation and access, but also challenges like digital divides in access and skills. The conclusion calls for ICT stakeholders to improve the environment, access, use of and skills in technologies.

1. ICTs and the Library
an Overview
Hubert Shija

2. Introduction
• Library’s fundamental role
– Collect information stored in different media
– Provide user with an access to that info for
• Learning
• Research
• Business
• Entertainment

3. Introduction (cont.)
• Information and communication technologies
(ICTs)
– Transform info format and storage media
– Determine communication medium and info
services
• ICTs have impact on library and info services

4. Introduction (cont.)
• Purpose and focus
– Shedding some light on linkage between the two
– Impact of new format and storage media on
library and info services
– Digital/ computer format
– Internet and mobile telephony

5. Info and Communication Media
• ICTs have brought about
– Computer/ digital format
– Storage and communication media
• Internet including e-mail
• CD, DVD, Blue ray
– Mobile telephony
– Change of Librarian role
• Information manager, Broker, Curator, Info fluency
trainer

6. The link between ICTs and the library
ICTs Library
Information format, storage and
communication media

7. Competitive advantages of new info media
• Info storage, presentation and retrieval
– as easy manipulation of information
– better cross referencing
– access to more reference sources
– Higher speed of access or communicating
– easy multimedia approach

8. Competitive advantages of new info media
• Info storage, presentation and retrieval
(Cont.)
– concurrent accesses
– Erosion of physical and time barriers
– collaboration and cooperation in building and
sharing knowledge,
– Storage media or devices require little physical
space, minimal wear and tear
– more accuracy and security

9. Competitive advantages of new info media
– Mobile telephony
• Easy to use
• Quick communication
– Phoning
– Short text message service
• Financial transaction
– Convergence – mobile telephony and computer
technologies including internet
• Internet
• E-mail
• Storage facilities

10. ICTs Challenges
• Digital Divide/ Penetration
– Mobile telephony
• Penetration is higher
– Mobile phone subscribers
» 13 m in 2008, 17.5 m in 2009, 19.5 m in June 2010
– Mobile phone operators
» 6 in 2008, 7 in 2009
– Internet
• Internet users 850,000 in 1999; 4.8 m in 2010
– 5% of 4.8 m from cyber cafes
– 55% of 4.8 m from organizations or institutions and
– 40% of 4.8 m from households

11. ICTs Challenges
• ICTs Requisites for Full ICTs Penetration
– Enabled environment
– Access
– Use
– skills

12. Conclusion
• ICTs are important tools
– determine better information
• Format
• Storage
• retrieval media
– Facilitate
• instant communication
– ICTs stakeholders to forge links to improve
• Environment
• Access
• use and
• skills