TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1-2

2.0 TYPES OF INFORMATION 2
2.1 Information Explosion 2-4
2.2 Information Overload 4-6
3.0 SOURCES OF INFORMATION 6
3.1 Primary Sources 6-7
3.2 Secondary Sources 7-8
3.3 Tertiary Sources 8-9
4.0 FORMS OF INFORMATION 10
4.1 Printed Material 10
4.2 Non-Printed Material 11
4.3 Electronic Material 12
5.0 INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL 12-13
5.1 Similarities and Differences among the Information 13
Professions
5.1.1 Librarians 13-14
5.1.2 Archives Managers or Archivists 15
5.1.3 Information Managers/Information Resource Managers 16-17
5.1.4 Information Entrepreneurs 17
6.0 INFORMATION SOCIETY 17-18
6.1 Information Rich Society 18-20
6.2 Information Poor Society 20-21
7.0 INFORMATION AGENCIES 21
7.1 Information Agencies and its Responsibilities 21-22
7.2 Types of Information Agencies 22
7.2.1 Library 22-25
 7.2.2 Museum 25-29
7.2.3 Archive 29-32
7.2.4 Record centre 33
8.0 INFORMATION LITERACY 34
8.1 Definition of Information Literacy 34-35
8.2 Benefits of Information Literacy 35-37
9.0 INFORMATION UTILITY 37-38
9.1 Characteristics of Information Utility 38-39
9.2 Characteristics of Traditional Libraries 39-40
10.0 CONCLUSION 40-41
11.0 REFERENCES 42