The Impact of Information Competencies on Socio-Economic Development in Southern Hemisphere Economies
| Main Author: | Lau, Jesús |
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| Other Authors: | Martin, A., Madigan, D. |
| Format: | BookSection PeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Facet
, 2006
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/19640/1/12.%20pon%20illinois-%20Capi%CC%81tulo%20libro%20Escocia%20Final.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/19640/ |
Daftar Isi:
- This paper discusses the North-South knowledge gap and its relationship to socio-economic and information development, education, and information literacy. Information development–the information progress of a country-is analyzed using indicators of production, storage, and demand of recorded information/knowledge. Most concepts are discussed from the point of view of developing countries, nations that basically fall within the Southern Hemisphere. The term developing economies is used to group middle-, low-, and lowest-income nations that share general characteristics but also have several differences even within their own regions/states. The analysis is simplistic and does not attempt to give a full conceptual scientific explanation of North-South knowledge gaps. The term literacy is used to denote the various competencies that citizens are required to master at a basic level. The most familiar meaning of literacy is the one related to basic reading and writing. However, literacy has become a common word to denote elementary skills that are needed by most, if not all, members of society, such as information literacy.