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Library and its Users Jovita Kaur, Lovely Professional University

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Unit 2: Library Information

CONTENTS

Objectives

Introduction
2.1 Definition and its Nature

2.2 Categories of Information Users
2.3 Summary

2.4 Keywords
2.5 Review Questions

2.6 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Understand the definition and its nature
• Know about categories of information users.

Introduction

Information management is the collection and management of information from one or more sources
and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences. This sometimes involves those
who have a stake in, or a right to that information. Management means the organization of and control
over the structure, processing and delivery of information.
Throughout the 1970s this was largely limited to files, file maintenance, and the life cycle
management of paper-based files, other media and records. With the proliferation of information
technology starting in the 1970s, the job of information management took on a new light, and also
began to include the field of Data maintenance. No longer was information management a simple
job that could be performed by almost anyone. An understanding of the technology involved, and
the theory behind it became necessary. As information storage shifted to electronic means, this
became more and more difficult. By the late 1990s when information was regularly disseminated
across computer networks and by other electronic means, network managers, in a sense, became
information managers. Those individuals found themselves tasked with increasingly complex tasks,
hardware and software. With the latest tools available, information management has become a
powerful resource and a large expense for many organizations.

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