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Unit 2: Socio-Economic Development and Role of Libraries

Self Assessment Notes
State whether the following statements are true or false:

7. The defence of innocent dissemination is also known as mechanical distributor.
8. Romer LJ noted that the defence places a heavy burden upon the defendant to show that
they were not negligent.
9 Robert S. Taylor is an information scientist.

2.6 Summary

• Telegraph, was the first successful technology that could send and receive information faster
than a human being could move an object.
• Library is referred to as a collection of literacy documents or record kept for reference or
borrowing.
• The concept of education for sustainable development and its relationship with Education for
All (EFA) is a new vision of sustainable development programme by UNESCO.
• A person who is found to have published a defamatory statement may evoke a defence of
innocent dissemination, which absolves him/her of liability provided that he/she had no
knowledge of the defamatory nature of the statement, and that his/her failure to detect the
defamatory content was not due to negligence.

2.7 Keywords

Emphasize : To give special importance
Synonymous : Having the same meaning as word or phrase
Circumvent : Find a way of avoiding a difficulty or rule.

2.8 Review Questions

1. What are the needs for Library Services?
2. Describe the dissemination of information.
3. Explain the development of the information society.
4. Analyze the Socio-economic development.
5. Examine the role of libraries in educational development.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Islam 2. 1879 3. Akinpelu
4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (a)
7. True 8. True 9. True

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