...David McMenemy © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Democracy Freedom of information Government information Freedom of information (FoI) is still such a new phenomenon in the United Kingdom that this text is a very welcome contribution to our understanding of its impact...

... research and publications on curriculum design and management. Findings The paper posits that the SCECSAL region is already in the Information and Knowledge Society (IKS) and that appropriate information and knowledge (IK) are pre‐requisites to the promotion and sustainability of democracy and good...

... to the leading role libraries can take in supporting a democratic society, providing access to information via information technologies. Information facilities Information services Information literacy Libraries Democracy United States of America An information infrastructure is a subsystem...

... and ultimately heartening collection on one of the key issues of our time. Edited by Bettina   Fabos . The Commercialized Web: Challenges for Libraries and Democracy . Champaign, IL : University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science   2005 . 519‐698 pp.   US$33.00...

... by such information professionals and educators is vital in delivering the democratic potential of the internet. Design/methodology/approach An opinion piece based on current and recent trends in thinking about digital citizenship, the internet and democracy. Findings Hopeful initial visions of the impact...

...Nick Joint Edited by Henry   Jenkins and David   Thorburn . Democracy and New Media . Cambridge : The MIT Press   2003 . X, 385 pp. (Media in Transition) , ISBN: 0262101017   £14.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Information society Democracy...

...John Abdul Kargbo Democracy assumes that people have access to facts and opinions from a wide range of sources. Democratic decision making, be it at a local or national level, depends on equality of access to information. Sierra Leone has only recently had her democracy restored and professional...

... to the converse – that ignorance is bliss. Rather it means that we may usefully be reminded of ancestors who, struggling to extend democracy in difficult circumstances, often did so with precious few information resources beyond elementary schooling, a few books and the odd pamphlet. When technoboosters insist...