INFORMATION AND THE MUSLIM WORLD a strategy for the twenty-first century

• Main Author: Sardar, Ziauddin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Mansell 1988
• Subjects: Information services > Islamic countries; Libraries and state > Islamic countries; Information services and state > Islamic countries
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• Item Description: Includes index
• Physical Description: x, 186 pages illustrations 23cm
• ISBN: 0720117283

Information is now a prime commodity a valuable ramonal rea and an international source of power As intemation and te technologies become the basic tools of manpulation and control access to information will determine who rules and who re subjugated In this book auddin Sardar, world-famous Muslim scholer und author, speaks for and to the developing word. He set down guidelines for an information policy they can use and although he directe many comments specifically to the Muslin world, his words are relevant wherever people are striving for self-determination against the thraaf of a new age of information colonialism Acknowledging that owveloping countries must for the moment use technologies created elsewhere, the author wins them to use those technologies for their own goals not thome of the creators Ho atrosma that developing countries must establish an overall, informed information strategy that at an early stage they must develop an infrastructure for generasing their own information, that they must become research-oriented and knowledge-based societies. He calle for information scientists to be given appropriate prestige and support as they acquire skilte to deal with the complexities of the information age while underlining the importance of preserving the traditional means of disseminating information through books and libraries Practical suggestions for establishing national information systems and creating mechanisms for the transder of information between countries at the same level of development conclude this thought-provoking book. Information in the Muslim World should be read and studied by wit those involved in the information world, and especially by librarians and information scientists who are active in information transfer, whether in the developed or developing world