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Abstract

A renewal of interest for the theory of information seems to emerge from a series of recent publications. A number of them advocate a shift towars a cognitive perspective. The preliminary investigation of the concept of impact of information and research questions raised by its assessment suggest that the most significant impact may be found in the transformation of knowledge structures at the deep paradigmatic level as a result of information as contents. Proposes a revised formulation of Brookes' Fundamental equation and possible approaches for describing the attributes of the beneficiaries and their knowledge structure

Source

Information processing and management. 31(1995) no.4, S.479-490

Theme

Information

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Abstract

At a time when competition for scarce resources is tougher than ever, policy makers, decision makers, and information specialists alike, can no longer be satisfied with general assumptions which describe the role of information in the achievement of individual, organizational and societal goals as being 'a critical resource'. An international project called 'Impact of the information on development' is carried out by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada) with a view to test suitable apporaches for the assessment of the benefits derived from all types of information activities in the devloping countries. This effort aims at assembling more solid evidence of the benefits associated with information. Presents the rationale for the project and its progress to date. Discusses the main features of the suggested problem and its progress to date. Discusses the main features of the suggested problem and constituency centred approach to impact assessment. Future developments,in the project call for the establishment of a decentralized research network. While the IDRC project has to be focused exclusively on developing countries, the issues raised are infact of universal significance. On the basis of the outcome of the project so far, attempts at presenting a review, from a personal perspective, of the many research questions related to the concepts of information and development, the impact of information and the methodological and practical constraints in its assessment

Source

Information processing and management. 31(1995) no.4, S.455-477

Theme

Information