This presentation has internet and mobile telephony usage for Tanzania.

1. ICTs and the Library
an Overview
Hubert Shija

2. Introduction
• Library’s fundamental role
– Collect information stored in different media
– Provide user with an access to that info for
• Learning
• Research
• Business
• Entertainment

3. Introduction (cont.)
• Information and communication technologies
(ICTs)
– Transform info format and storage media
– Determine communication medium and info
services
• ICTs have impact on library and info services

4. Introduction (cont.)
• Purpose and focus
– Shedding some light on linkage between the two
– Impact of new format and storage media on
library and info services
– Digital/ computer format
– Internet and mobile telephony

5. Info and Communication Media
• ICTs have brought about
– Computer/ digital format
– Storage and communication media
• Internet including e-mail
• CD, DVD, Blue ray
– Mobile telephony
– Change of Librarian role
• Information manager, Broker, Curator, Info fluency
trainer

6. The link between ICTs and the library
ICTs Library
Information format, storage and
communication media

7. Competitive advantages of new info media
• Info storage, presentation and retrieval
– as easy manipulation of information
– better cross referencing
– access to more reference sources
– Higher speed of access or communicating
– easy multimedia approach

8. Competitive advantages of new info media
• Info storage, presentation and retrieval
(Cont.)
– concurrent accesses
– Erosion of physical and time barriers
– collaboration and cooperation in building and
sharing knowledge,
– Storage media or devices require little physical
space, minimal wear and tear
– more accuracy and security

9. Competitive advantages of new info media
– Mobile telephony
• Easy to use
• Quick communication
– Phoning
– Short text message service
• Financial transaction
– Convergence – mobile telephony and computer
technologies including internet
• Internet
• E-mail
• Storage facilities

10. ICTs Challenges
• Digital Divide/ Penetration
– Mobile telephony
• Penetration is higher
– Mobile phone subscribers
» 13 m in 2008, 17.5 m in 2009, 19.5 m in June 2010
– Mobile phone operators
» 6 in 2008, 7 in 2009
– Internet
• Internet users 850,000 in 1999; 4.8 m in 2010
– 5% of 4.8 m from cyber cafes
– 55% of 4.8 m from organizations or institutions and
– 40% of 4.8 m from households

11. ICTs Challenges
• ICTs Requisites for Full ICTs Penetration
– Enabled environment
– Access
– Use
– skills

12. Conclusion
• ICTs are important tools
– determine better information
• Format
• Storage
• retrieval media
– Facilitate
• instant communication
– ICTs stakeholders to forge links to improve
• Environment
• Access
• use and
• skills