...Tiplut Wann; Jiarlimon Khongtim Purpose The aim of this study is to examine the availability, utilization and effectiveness of various information sources in enhancing the knowledge and practices of Lakadong turmeric farmers. Design/methodology/approach This study focuses on 125 Lakadong...

...Ike Iswary Lawanda Purpose This is a methodological proposal that describes the access to information as a starting point, and the importance of access to information as the backbone for the values of investment with the notion of culture as shared beliefs, supported by information to communicate...

...Maja Krtalić; Ivana Hebrang Grgić Purpose The purpose of this paper was to explore how small immigrant communities in host countries collect, disseminate and present information about their home country and their community, and the role of formal societies and clubs in it. Design/methodology...

...Ronald Benard; Frankwell W. Dulle; Lamtane A. Hieromin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the information needs and accessibility for fish farmers in the Southern high lands of Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Semi...

...Amanda Cossham Research is framed as something that benefits the profession, not just the individual, and the sense of a wider research community, of which each individual researcher is a part, is explicit. While I might quibble a little with the title's “information”, as opposed...

...Vivekanand Jain; Sanjiv Saraf Purpose Information is playing a vital role in modern socio‐economic developments. The poor homeless citizens of special needs are also empowered with the Right to Information Act 2005 in India. People can ask to the government policies for eradication of poverty...

...Mohamed Haneefa Purpose This study was conducted to investigate the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) in special libraries in Kerala, India. Design/methodology/approach The following methods were used to collect data for the study: questionnaire survey...

...S.P. Singh Purpose Poor infrastructure facilities, outdated mindsets and lack of exposure among professionals to the latest developments have been bottlenecks against progress in Indian libraries for a long time. Today, with the advent of both information and communication technologies and global...

... duties; and to provide reliable information to both the administration and the library of the institute, with the aim of the improvement of library services. Design/methodology/approach A census survey, using a structured questionnaire, among the faculty of the Technological Educational Institute...

... in which to disseminate the results of such initiatives, it became apparent that it would be useful to examine how the professionals and practitioners to be targeted currently accessed and used information. Design/methodology/approach The paper combined a literature review with an analysis of data from...

...Rahmatollah Fattahi; Ebrahim Afshar Purpose Information, owing to its nature, has numerous capabilities. Through utilizing these capabilities, information systems can add to the value of information. The purpose of this paper is to explain where and how added value emerges from the work processes...

...Nicholas Joint Purpose To give a comparative analysis of the validity of the concepts of eLiteracy (eL) and Information Literacy (IL). Design/methodology/approach A purely abstract, conceptual discussion. Findings That eLiteracy and Information Literacy are different but mutually...

...Edward K. Owusu‐Ansah Purpose To demonstrate existing definitional consensus on information literacy, and outline the main and unique areas of concern resulting from that consensus for libraries desiring to contribute to information literacy education. Design/methodology/approach Leading...

...Jake Wallis; James D. Hooks; Frank Corbett, Jr Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the practice of information literacy by showing the role that extensive collaboration plays in a graduate off‐campus cohort program. Design/methodology/approach A case study of an innovative...

...Jake Wallis; Nicholas Joint; Jake Wallis Purpose To investigate the role of national library associations both in promoting information literacy and in advancing the interests of the practitioner library and information worker. Design/methodology/approach An opinion piece based on information...

...Jake Wallis Jo   Webb and Chris   Powis . Teaching Information Skills: Theory and Practice . London : Facet Publishing   2004 . 240 pp. , ISBN: 1‐85604‐513‐7   £39.95 Hardback © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Information Literacy Skills...

...Louise Ellis‐Barrett Nancy   Pickering Thomas . Information Literacy and Information Skills Instruction: Applying Research to Practice in the School Library Media Center (2nd ed.) . Westport, CT : Libraries Unlimited   2004 . 226 pp. , ISBN: 1591580811   £19.99 Library...

...Jake Wallis; Rowena Cullen Purpose The purpose of the paper is to outline some new approaches to information literacy instruction for health librarians and other information professionals. Design/methodology/approach In the context of the increasing amount of health information on the internet...

...Jake Wallis; Jake Wallis Purpose To establish that, in the opinion of the author, there is a need for an information literacy skill set for citizens of the modern information society, and that the role of library and information professionals may have to evolve, from intermediaries to facilitators...

...Jake Wallis; Evelyn A. Idiodi Purpose To set out internationally accepted definitions of information literacy and examine them in the Nigerian context. Design/methodology/approach The paper takes an initially theoretical and expository approach by setting out definitions of information...