Information Importance of Information Definition of Information Types of Information Properties of Information Barriers to Information

1. Information

2.  Importance of Information
 Definition of Information
 Types of Information
 Properties of Information
 Barriers to Information
Information
Why is Information So Important?

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

6. What is Information?
Definition
 Information is Data with
Context/Meaning.
Example
• 5kg, 10cm,...

7. Types of Information
Classification of Information
 Mode of Communication
 Channel
 Media
 Recipient
 Information Need

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.

18.  Accessibility
 Comprehensiveness
 Precision
 Compatibility
 Timelessness
 Clarity
 Flexibility
 Verifiability
 Unbiasness
 Quantifiability
Qualities of Information
Relevance

19.  Language
 Presentation
 Media Problem
 Socio Economic Problem
 Over Population
 Delays in Handling
 Political
 Regulatory
Barriers of Information
Barriers of Information

20. Data
Context
/
Meaning
Information
Organized
Informatio
n
Knowledge
Applied
Knowledge

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

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