Page 14 - DLIS101_LIBRARY_AND_INFORMATION_SOCIETY

Reena Kapoor, Lovely Professional University Unit 2: Socio-Economic Development and Role of Libraries

Notes
Unit 2: Socio-Economic Development

and Role of Libraries

CONTENTS
Objectives

Introduction

2.1 Socio-Economic Development
2.2 The Role of Libraries in Educational Development

2.3 Library in Recreation and Leisure

2.4 Expanding Role of Library
2.5 Dissemination

2.6 Summary
2.7 Keywords

2.8 Review Questions
2.9 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Discuss socio-economic development
• Explain the role of libraries in educational development
• Derive dissemination.

Introduction

Information society is a society in which the creation, diffusion, distribution uses integration and
manipulation of information is a significant economic, political and cultural activity. In this topic you
will be able to know about socio-economic development, the role of libraries in educational
development.

2.1 Socio-Economic Development

As mentioned earlier an information society is the means of getting information from one place to
another. As technology has become more advanced over time so too has the way we have adapted in
sharing this information with each other.
“Second nature” refers a group of experiences that get made over by culture. They then get remade
into something else that can then take on a new meaning. As a society we transform this process so
it becomes something natural to us, i.e., second nature. So, by following a particular pattern created
by culture we are able to recognise how we use and move information in different ways. From

LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY 9