Knowledge, information and communication

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This is the page for Social Forum activities on knowledge, information, and communication issues.

Below are links to items on this topic

The purpose if this paper is to outline various preservation measures taken by librarians in preserving both physical and digital information, failures they have encountered and the fears they have of adopting the new technologies for preservation. It also set out possible future approaches to the question of preservation.

This session brought together communication specialists in media, electronic environments, and public libraries to address issues of privacy and copyright issues in the information industry.

This paper describes the importance of information in development. It explains the detriments of having information as a commodity of trade and examines copyright and how it has made information a commodity. Finally it shows how decommodification of information is the solution for development in the Global South.

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 This is the page for Social Forum activities on '''knowledge, information, and communication''' issues.
-Below are links to this to items on this topic
+Below are links to items on this topic
-'''Librarianship'''
+[[Librarianship]]
-[[http://www.wsflibrary.org/index.php/Librarianship]]
+*The purpose if this paper is to outline various preservation measures taken by librarians in preserving both physical and digital information, failures they have encountered and the fears they have of adopting the new technologies for preservation. It also set out possible future approaches to the question of preservation.
-'''Campaign for Right of Information'''
-[[http://www.wsflibrary.org/index.php/Compaign_right_for_Information]]
+[[Campaign for the right to information]]
+*This session brought together communication specialists in media, electronic environments, and public libraries to address issues of privacy and copyright issues in the information industry.
+[[Unlocking the Global Information Fortress]]
+[[Information for Development in The Global South]]
+*This paper describes the importance of information in development. It explains the detriments of having information as a commodity of trade and examines copyright and how it has made information a commodity. Finally it shows how decommodification of information is the solution for development in the Global South.
+[[Category:Actionable themes]]
+[[Category:Knowledge, information and communication]]