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Introduction
often said that we live in an “information age”. The leaders of the US talk of an information superhighway; The EU Information Society; Scientists talk about the network society and knowledge-based economy. “Leading business strategists argue that the exchange of knowledge of financial capital as the main source of the company. The current implementation is that any society that seeks to develop, becoming more info and knowledge activities, since they facilitate the measurement to the change in all societies. What is meant by the terms information and knowledge?
information and knowledge
two schools of thought exist. we tend to think that the information and changeably. between knowledge of synonyms, and so is used, however, one difference. The information is usually a document and / or idea of a particular subject or range of subjects that might not have been digested absolutely. that is why we have knowledge. knowledge, on the other hand, It can be of two types: implicit and explicit, after the last show information more similar, but not only is the collection of books, for example, can be described as a knowledge and representatives of each document informed ideas that are likely to influence others when they digest.. This knowledge, acquired, used, inter alia, in the form of experiences, ideas and skills of hidden knowledge.
Information is one of the principle sources of knowledge. It’s common knowledge, once said, and in general has been the study and investigation. Abate (1988), the information referred to whatever is written (for example, text data) in the form of intelligence and knowledge, which contributes to the social, economic, cultural and political well-being of society; stored medium (such as paper, magnetic tapes); modes of dissemination (eg, verbal, written); social activity that causes it (such as research, census); and the organization and dissemination of the institutions (such as library and information center).
knowledge, on the other hand, what one knows. Davenport and Prusak (1998) defined as a fluid mix of framed experience, values, contextual information and expert insight to assess and provide a framework for new experiences and information. This means that knowledge includes the human response to the information. For example, if someone is able to understand a simple text description to a disease that information. However, when we think of someone suffering from the disease, most of them suggest that the person went to see a doctor. The reason for the doctor’s knowledge, which is a combination of information on the disease, information about the human body, other illnesses and experience with similar cases and training.
information and knowledge is one of the most important resources needed to solve the world’s problems and daily decisions influence the future. According Mchombu (1995), in each community to work effectively and productively, the basic information used to set a minimum is essential. Aboyade (1987) argued that the relationship between the right information is essential to strengthen the hands of the beneficiaries and development efforts, as well as the rural people understand and appreciate the benefits of development programs of their lives. What people in organizations to achieve, he added, they are very dependent on the information and knowledge they possess. enjoyed by more and more organizations and the success rate of people who are dependent on how well you manage the information and knowledge. These strategic assets of the company.
The Civil War
The decade-long civil war (1991-2001), which caused immense suffering to the people of Sierra Leone was rooted in many years of injustice, bad governance, corruption and mismanagement. Currently, the country the excitement of post-war reconstruction, the government most of the development challenges that democracy and good governance, better economy, health, education, mining, human rights and food security, rural development, anti-corruption and improved road infrastructure. These challenges require
o Development of an efficient public administration and economic management a viable manufacturing, services and trade
o Science and Technology, including utilizing indigenous knowledge.
They form the basis of the country’s Vision 2025
to facilitate access to the information mentioned above access and knowledge assumes a central role play. A cursory historical reference is enough to substantiate this view. When the Civil War broke out in 1991, the official explanation was divided in Sierra Leone that this skirmish between Charles Taylor’s NPFL fighters and Sierra Leone soldiers in a business transaction. There was hardly any information about the true identity of the RUF ideology, the ultimate objectives and operational strategy and international dimension of their activities. Consequently, the war did not give it the attention deserved. Lack of knowledge or enough information was reflected in some of the terms used to refer to RUF even when war engulfed the country. In fact, unfortunately, even the root of the conflict is not understood or analyzed form the basis of the peace initiative. Thus, the country destroyed by the reckless abandon.
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access to information and knowledge essential to the progress of individual and national growth. The right information when we need it, where you need it and the form in which it is needed to improve the ability of the individual and the business, government agency or an organization to make informed decisions and achieve certain goals. The added value that is derived from access to information and knowledge to the benefit of the nation and it should be reflected in the output of individuals and institutions within a country less time, and the nation as a whole. What we produce, consume and exchange as a nation is determined by the status in relation to others around the world. This is the extent to which we are able to be creative in our scope of activities that determines how well or badly we perform against others. The UNDP says it all.
The concept of access to information and knowledge Sierra Leone has limited application and interpretation. It aims to promote the machine journalists and other media agencies access to those components of news production and delivery. Just mentioned and access outside the knowledge of these parameters to information. Unfortunately, it’s talked a lot about access severely limited by a number of factors that include poor communication systems, low literacy, poverty, passive and stereotyped services directories center of the donated book collection, language barriers and, above all, lack of political will to certain types of information in the public consciousness .
The library scene in Sierra Leone
Libraries command respect in the society of knowledge repositories. Their value is recognized without reservation to spend huge sums of money to them, especially in the developed countries of timely and accurate information. Sierra Leone library scene is made up of state / national schools, higher education, teacher training colleges, colleges and special libraries, documentation, information and resource centers. These institutions vary in size and complexity, and collectively they are the foundation on which to build a national information network, if they are to effectively access information and knowledge era in the country’s post-war reconstruction. However, it is unfortunate to say that these institutions is not developing according to the national plan, and as a result, growth remains uneven and lacks cohesion. Also, the financial support is not keeping pace with rising costs; Libraries are under increased pressure to service more clients a wide breath and depth to the changing age, education and interests.
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Role of Librarians in promoting access to information and knowledge
Not withstanding these problems librarians also has a role to ensure that the country’s sound development funds, in particular access to and knowledge of the available information. Librarians themselves with an integral consideration in national development partners. They keep themselves in the knowledge-oriented professionals trained not only in the process, often referred to as explicit knowledge, ie the printed and audiovisual materials, but also take an active interest in the extent of their clients providing services that may be of interest to them. Over and above all, they are adept at providing easily accessible to the otherwise outstanding collection of their jobs.
Sierra Leone is facing a range of issues such as environmental hygiene, democracy and good governance, poverty alleviation, food security, health, drug abuse, unemployment, peace and reconciliation, the trauma healing and crime rates. Coupled with these are an array of discrete groups of users to veterans war amputees, women and children, farmers, carpenters, market women, the elderly, herbal and traditional birth attendants (TBA) who have all necessary information and knowledge a variety of types, how to acquire and improve their skills, information about economic transactions, marketing strategies, social and political information. Political information is paramount, as is July 28, 2007 the country will be a general election to vote for a new president and vice, members of parliament and a referendum to amend the 1991 Constitution. Among the adult population of all voters and a majority of them are not literate, and depends on the information you hear. Unless you easy access to information available to such people also depend on misinformation and treated persuaders selfish agenda. This brings the library staff to adhere to the concept of interactions.
The information offices librarians should be able to provide accurate and timely information and very abundantly, in order to reach all of the population. Information should be provided at all levels in rural areas and at the national level, if not beyond. Development can only be achieved if people have created the idea of how to develop or; and the availability of relevant information and knowledge to improve people’s quality of life. Their information and knowledge of its clientele librarians must take proactive. You must organize the scope and activities of the services of their libraries to the public sensitivity to current issues such as voter education, poverty alleviation, democracy and good governance, the IMF and the World Bank and the conditions, the structural adjustment program (SAP) and food safety. They also must give public lectures and exhibitions, development issues, mining, economic integration, adult literacy and environmental hygiene in the local language widely spoken in the community. Documentaries current issues such as economic reform programs, foreign trade, health, the Constitution and the Public Order Act, it should be done and lived to customers for use in communities, awareness raising measures. In these programs, librarians should together opinion leaders, as leaders, religious leaders, teachers, social workers and extension officers and NGOs with the basics. Since all community radios located in districts librarians must participate in radio programs (Information on the Air program) where the issues concerning the development of the community can be discussed.
As professionals, librarians should ensure that support and promote the nation-building activities, and this could facilitate the provision of resources available to policy-makers, researchers, who are at work in the grassroots, in fact interested members of the community. Care should be taken in the form of printed and non-printed materials such as books, magazines, directories, reports, guides, recorded tapes, films, video recordings, educational packages for rural communities and the database. They could even use the ICT capacity and, where possible, should be placed on a separate shelf or the stock up nearly set, which is often used in libraries. In the same way that librarians need to use libraries as a public centers where posters, notices, job offers (to cite cite just a few examples), and meetings could be displayed and held to discuss the most important community development issues. In this respect, the librarians will be masters of their holdings content. All you need to put him / herself something of professionals, at least one section of the library holdings, and in a position not only to help users, but also to advertise the potential of libraries.
a largely educated society like Sierra Leone librarian plays a role in people’s desire for access to information and knowledge is essential. In rural areas, for example, where librarians deal is not done, it needs to develop through the programs to meet the changing needs of their administration. These programs not only improve the quality of life of rural people, but we must strive to mobilize them. The programs are managed by including the rural people to opportunities in occupations, health, housing, education and employment. Libraries become information centers to lure patrons to groups for use in the plant, such as the economically and socially disadvantaged groups, such as children, women, the elderly, prisoners; people that want to improve their skills through self-education, such as industrial workers, farmers, community leaders and religious groups. Special techniques must be used to facilitate access to information and knowledge. This could be achieved through the establishment of performance Learning Centers adult literacy learners and Village Newspaper / Reading Central Services and theater groups, groin, praise singers (Yelin) and other traditional forms of entertainment. The knowledge thus obtained can help to raise their standard of living as agricultural techniques, land fertilization, better health care, better life and a better understanding of civil rights and democracy.
networking activities will be developed between the librarians appropriate, relevant and timely information and knowledge. Librarians should, for example, working together, organizing training sessions for staff, book fairs, exhibitions, producing readings of new scribes, conducting book donation campaign and encouraging professional writers and publishers to write and publish the rural poor children, women and the new literati, trying to convince the government to reduce tariffs on printed paper to reduce production costs. They can also access the library of manuals and an abridged edition of the DDC system jointly released. Librarians should also support awareness-raising activities, research and advocacy in their communities as a means of attracting support from the government and the international community. These programs are continuously reviewed in order to effectiveness.
Librarians should provide specific information on the well-designed programs to groups such as women, to discuss topics of common interest such as gardening, civil rights and issues related to health. It should also take care of young people and to work with this vulnerable social groups to discuss their problems. As these steps are centered Finance librarians should be able to market the provisions of services and the introduction of services to support PR services and garner financial support. Staff engaged to be hard-working, committed and continuously trained in the above-mentioned activities to meet the challenges that may arise. Therefore, it should be possible for staff to participate in conferences, workshops, seminars and formal training either keep them receptive to new roles. This way it will be able to turn to the librarian institutions contact points through which the government and other bodies informed of the concerns, problems and reactions they serve. This will enhance development.
CONCLUSION
Moreover, in order to access to information and knowledge after the post-war reconstruction of librarians should play a leading role. Their role should not be limited to the provision of books and non-book materials, however, should continue to help many customers to make meaningful use of such materials for self-improvement. The fact that the principal of that information and knowledge are essential components of the knowledge-based economy and society to develop it is the duty of librarians to have some knowledge of self improvement. It therefore asks that the common effort to bridge the information / knowledge gap in society.
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Source by John Abdul Kargbo