Information Transfer Cycle – Generation

Information Transfer Cycle

It is the process by which knowledge is created, produced, disseminated, organized, diffused, utilized, preserved and destroyed.

Generation

• Information is the product of different human activities and events.
• Activities may be done by an individual or may be by Governmental Organisations.
• Events are things that happen or took place.
• Information is generated by following activities:
  • Surveys & Censuses
  • Resear…

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Information Transfer Cycle – Surveys & Censuses, Research & Development, Aims

Information Transfer Cycle

Surveys & Censuses

• Both are an auxiliary research activity.
• These gather statistical information;

  e. g. In India, the office of the Chief Registrar General conducts censuses at every 10 years interval to collect population data.

• These from the basis of demographic studies of the country such as birth rate, death rate, sex ratio, literacy rate etc.

Research & Development

Research & Development is an all t…

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Information Transfer Cycle – Activities of Government, Other Activities

Information Transfer Cycle

Activities of Government

Information is generated by Governmental and Non-governmental organizations also such as,

• Police departments give information about dowry deaths, corruptions, accidents etc.
• State Planning Commission of the Govt. generated an enormous amount of information on almost all dimensions of socio-economic issues.
• Descriptive and statistical information.
• Legislative and judicial bodies also generate information re…

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Information Transfer Cycle – Collection & Storage of Information - Libraries

Information Transfer Cycle

• After being generated, the information must be collected in any form for future use.
• Collection of Information is mainly depends on whether it is print material or non-print material.

In recent days, collection of information is done as follows:

Libraries

• Oldest institutions charged with the responsibility of collecting information.
• Invention of printing by movable types of J…

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Information Transfer Cycle – Collection & Storage of Information - Documentation Centers

Information Transfer Cycle

Documentation Centers

Documentation refer to the act of reading information.

Documentation centers collects a wide range of materials from governmental, inert governmental and local and international non-governmental sources.

• Developed with the increasing research, scientific periodicals gained importance.
• New set of techniques like indexing, abstracting, union catalogues etc. are developed.
• In addition translation, micro-photogra…

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