Information Sharing Methods

• Unscramble Me! is a word puzzle game.
• The goal of the game is to unscramble a word or phrase within 30 seconds to earn 1 point for each correct answer.
• The group with the highest score wins.
• The unscrambled words/phrases in the game were "Oral Tradition", "Legends", "Culture", "Library", "Survey", and "Summary".
• Media and Information Sources covers indigenous knowledge, libraries and the internet.

Objectives

• Distinguish between the different sources of information.
• Realize the value of each source of information.
• Evaluate information from each information source.

How did the Legends, Myths, Folktales, Epics and Folk Songs come into writing?

• Classification Of Information Sources answers this question.

Classification of Information Sources

• Classification of Information Sources include Indigenous Knowledge, Libraries and the Internet.

Indigenous Knowledge

• Indigenous knowledge is the distinctive knowledge kept to a specific group of people.
• Local knowledge, folk knowledge, people's knowledge, traditional wisdom, or even traditional science are other terms used for it.
• Topographies of Indigenous Knowledge includes information that is locally appropriate, and includes restraint in resource exploitation.
• Restraint in resource explotation means production is for only survival needs.
• Topographies of Indigenous Knowledge also includes diversified production systems, where there is no abuse of resources and various strategies are utilized to avoid risks.
• These systems respect for nature, and treat the land as sacred
• Topographies of Indigenous Knowledge show that humans are dependent on nature for survival, because all species are interrelated
• Indigenous Knowledge is flexible, adapts to new circumstances, and open to outside knowledge.
• Further, topographies of indigenous knowledge highlight social responsibility, wherein there are strong family and community ties, with feelings of obligation and responsibility to preserve the land for future generations.

Library

• A library is a building, room, or organization that has a collection, especially of books, music, and information.
• This information can be accessed by computer for people to read, use, or borrow".
• User services link people to the information they are looking for.
• Technical services function in gathering, cataloging, and preparing library materials.
• Computer services function in maintaining databases, software programming, web page design, etc. in the library.
• Administrative services function in managing the library and services, conveying contracts with sellers, supervising library employees, and preparing budgets.
• Academic Libraries attend colleges and universities.
• Public Libraries attend to cities and towns of all types.
• School Libraries attend to students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
• Special Libraries are located in specific environments such as hospitals, corporations, museums, military, private business.

Internet

• The Internet is a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities.
• It consists of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.

Primary Sources

• Primary sources are materials from a certain period which have not been filtered, modified through analysis, interpretation or evaluation.
• Artifacts refer to something made or created by humans, such as a tool or a work of art, especially an object of archaeological interest.
• A Patent is the granting of a right to an inventor by a sovereign authority.
• Diaries are records with distinct entries organized by date reporting on daily activities or other periods.
• Other types of primary sources:
• E-mails
• Interviews
• Journal Articles
• Letters
• Minutes of Meetings,
• Conferences and symposia
• Newspaper articles
• Research survey results,
• Speeches
• Works of art
• Literature, architecture
• Music, websites and original documents (i.e. birth certificates, marriage certificates), photographs, records of organizations

Secondary Sources

• These are written after an original product which usually aim to give reflection or analysis.
• Indexes are typically found as one or more individual volumes at the end of a set, and include indexes, bibliographies, indexing periodicals, and abstracting periodicals. A survey involves the product of examination or description of someone or something.
• Examples of this include reviews, treatises, and monographs.
• Reference types are materials collected from others' works such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, manuals and critical tables.

Tertiary Sources

• Tertiary sources involve information which collects and organizes primary and secondary sources.
• These include a bibliography of bibliographies, directories and yearbooks, a guide to literature, and list of research in progress.

Ways of Evaluating Information

• Relevancy looks at whether the information is relevant to the question at hand.
• Appropriateness asks if the information is suitable to one's age and core values.
• Detail questions how much information is needed and is the depth of coverage adequate?
• Currency considers when the information was published or last updated.
• Authority determines who the author of the information is, and what their qualifications are.
• Bias considers why the information was written and if it was written to inform, persuade, entertain, or sell the reader something.

Explore traditional and modern methods of information sharing. Consider how stories, summaries, and resource collections play a role. Discover the diverse ways knowledge is disseminated and preserved.