Sunday, November 30, 2008

INFORMATION POLICY (LIS)

INFORMATION POLICY

What is the information policy
The set of all public laws, regulation control and guide information activities. These activities are the collection, creation, organization, store, dissemination of information. Information policy can include regulation of information at all stages. For example, each of area is also their own information policies; we can see information policy in some areas such as preservation of personal privacy, intellectual property rights.
In addition, an information policy shows how information will be collected, managed, protected and used. Moreover, information policy base on the development of society. They will be change in every period. Writers on information policy have focused on policies governing the control of government information in the previous time, now this trend has increased.
Information policy issues :
- Legislations and regulation of information
- Role of the information sector within the national & international economy.
- Local issues which relate to the way information is used within organizations
- Contribution that information makes to the effective operation of an increasingly complex social system.
Library information policy
Purpose of library policy is to provide a decision - making regimen for library staff. The library staff deliver information service base on this policy. This helps ensure high quality library service and guide daily operation of the library. For example, almost library also have regulations in borrowing book. Furthermore, library information policy has to base on legal framework to operate library. This framework have to be reasonable and clear to easily operate; such as eligibility for access, borrowing and service; collection development policy, ect.
My thinkings
Each of government, organization is also have their own information policies. Information plays an important role in development of organization. Therefore, information is encouraged or not, it should also depend on the political system or agency censoring of the organization. On the other hand, depending on the activities that has the reasonable information policies. The application of information policy in each area is different. For example, a typical method of information policy in library management is regulation of borrowing and returning book.
To sum up, one of the conditions for the development of information is to have a clear and reasonable information policy.

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