Libraries and peace: a critical reflection on the role of libraries in promoting peace From the mid-19th century national and international library associations and professional librarianship developed in close association ...

The term ‘information ethics’ (IE) is rapidly diversifying as new technologies enter the milieu and add to already existing ‘entanglements’. Unsurprisingly, the term lacks a universally accepted definition, although there ...

Information policy formulation is not only a matter of politics and policies. In this article it is argued that national information policies are also about ethics and that the moral complexities and challenges associated ...

Information poverty does not only pertain to the lack of essential information, but can also be defined as a condition of life where the majority of people within a specific context do not have the means nor the skills ...

The first section of the article focuses on the need for development in Africa and the specific challenges of development operations. It describes the need for a holistic and integrated information management model as ...

This paper addresses the changes in the role of librarians as information intermediaries due to the introduction of new forms of digital content brought about by modem information and communication technologies. The main ...

Many developed countries claim today the status of knowledge societies, since they have invested heavily in human capacity building as well as in the development of an efficient information infrastructure that is supported ...

Information economics forms part of the discipline of Economics. Often information science curricula also include Information Economics as a separate course or as a component of an Information Science course. Although ...

There is a worldwide concern growing regarding the increasing potential threats to the personal privacy of individuals caused by technologies and governments. The international response of governments has been to draught ...