Media and Information Sources

• Indigenous Knowledge 


  Knowledge kept to a specific group.
• Indigenous Knowledge


  Knowledge used to adjust to the agricultural, ecological and socio-economic environments (Fernandez, 1994).
• Other terms for Indigenous Knowledge includes Traditional Science, Traditional Wisdom, Folk Knowledge, Local Knowledge, and People Knowledge
• Indigenous Knowledge


  Knowledge generated through local conditions, solutions, and situations (Brouwers, 1993).
• Indigenous Knowledge


  Serves as the basis for daily life.
• Indigenous Knowledge


  Knowledge transferred from one generation to another
• Features of Indigenous Knowledge (Dewalt, 1994)

  1. Locally Appropriate
  2. Restraint in Resource Exploitation
  3. Diversified Production Systems
  4. Respect for Nature
  5. Human Dependence on Nature for Survival
  6. Flexibility
  7. Social Responsibility
• Locally Appropriate


  Indigenous knowledge is the way of life in the local conditions.
• Restraint in Resource Exploitation


  Production and resource exploitation for survival only
• Diversified Production Systems


  No abuse of resources; strategies are used to avoid risk
• Respect for Nature


  Conservation ethics; land is sacred
• Human Dependence on Nature for Survival


  Interrelated species, one affects the other.
• Flexibility


  Adapting and being open
• Social Responsibility


  Family and community ties to preserve the land for future generations
• Library


  Has a collection of things
• Library Services

  1. User Services
  2. Technical Services
  3. Computer Services
  4. Administrative Services
• User Services


  Service that helps people find information
• Technical Services


  Services for library material
• Computer Services


  Services for software and hardware maintenance
• Administrative Services


  Service for library management
• Library Classification

  1. Academic Library
  2. Public Library
  3. School Library
  4. Special Library
• Academic Library


  Library for colleges and universities
• Public Library


  Library for cities and towns
• School Library


  Library for kindergartens to Grade 12
• Special Library


  Libraries in specific environments
• Internet


  Global computer network
• Internet


  Network of networks
• Three Primary Sources of Information

  1. Indigenous
  2. Library
  3. Internet
• Three Classifications of Information Sources

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  3. Tertiary
• Primary Sources

  1. Original
  2. Not filtered, modified, interpreted or evaluated
  3. Bases of other research
  4. Raw products
• Secondary Sources

  1. Reflection, analysis, evaluation, or interpret
  2. "Not proof" but an explanation on and discussion
• Three Types of Secondary Sources

  1. Index Type
  2. Survey Type
  3. Reference Type
• Index Type

  Found at the end of a set
• Survey Type

  Examination or description of someone or something
• Reference Type


  Materials collected from others workks
• Tertiary Sources

  Collects and Organizes Primary and Secondary Sources