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National information policies: The role of government libraries in influencing, developing and implementing them building on sure foundations: The overlooked dimension of national information policies
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Smith, Alan E. |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Abstract | National Information Policy (NIP) proposals from the library profession in New Zealand should in theory fit well with government strategic goals for a knowledge society. In reality, national information policy has never been an issue on the public agenda in the way in which, for example, environmental policy has been. What NIP debate there is has now been subsumed by the IT industry who have succeeded in making it an issue of investment in systems and networks, rather than in knowledge content per se. The accumulated knowledge content of libraries in New Zealand is a national resource. It risks being overlooked as knowledge society attention focuses on technologies. Formal NIPs are of doubtful value given the context of information use in a dynamic mosaic of law, business practice and cultural belief. Together these provide a viable framework for the enterprising creation and use of knowledge and no added-value unique to a formal national information policy has been demonstrated. |
| Starting Page | 183 |
| Ending Page | 190 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 36 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://forge.fh-potsdam.de/~IFLA/INSPEL/02-3smal.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla68/papers/089-081e.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla68/papers/089-081e.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
