From information-poverty to information­ rich: leT as enabler

This paper highlights on the issue of information poverty in the Muslim world and strategize the use of leT in moving towards information-rich society. The potentials that can be derived from leT in the development of Muslim world are discussed. The paper also outlined the challenges that de...

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Main Authors: Kamba, Manir Abdullahi, Mansor, Yushiana
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
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spelling iium-362322014-04-16T01:41:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/36232/ From information-poverty to information­ rich: leT as enabler Kamba, Manir Abdullahi Mansor, Yushiana Z665 Library Science. Information Science This paper highlights on the issue of information poverty in the Muslim world and strategize the use of leT in moving towards information-rich society. The potentials that can be derived from leT in the development of Muslim world are discussed. The paper also outlined the challenges that deter the Muslim world from information-empowerment. Factors that hinder the Muslim world to migrate from digital gap to digital inclusion are discussed. Furthermore, the paper concludes that the developments of leT and digital technologies if properly applied by Muslim world can lead them to be part of the information society and consequently become information power societies. This can also lead to digital inclusion, which will have impact on the empowerment of the Muslim ummah. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36232/1/ict4m_kamba.pdf Kamba, Manir Abdullahi and Mansor, Yushiana (2010) From information-poverty to information­ rich: leT as enabler. In: 3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M 2010), 13 - 14 Dec 2010, Jakarta, Indonesia. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=05971926
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topic Z665 Library Science. Information Science
spellingShingle Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Kamba, Manir Abdullahi
Mansor, Yushiana
From information-poverty to information­ rich: leT as enabler
description This paper highlights on the issue of information poverty in the Muslim world and strategize the use of leT in moving towards information-rich society. The potentials that can be derived from leT in the development of Muslim world are discussed. The paper also outlined the challenges that deter the Muslim world from information-empowerment. Factors that hinder the Muslim world to migrate from digital gap to digital inclusion are discussed. Furthermore, the paper concludes that the developments of leT and digital technologies if properly applied by Muslim world can lead them to be part of the information society and consequently become information power societies. This can also lead to digital inclusion, which will have impact on the empowerment of the Muslim ummah.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Kamba, Manir Abdullahi
Mansor, Yushiana
author_facet Kamba, Manir Abdullahi
Mansor, Yushiana
author_sort Kamba, Manir Abdullahi
title From information-poverty to information­ rich: leT as enabler
title_short From information-poverty to information­ rich: leT as enabler
title_full From information-poverty to information­ rich: leT as enabler
title_fullStr From information-poverty to information­ rich: leT as enabler
title_full_unstemmed From information-poverty to information­ rich: leT as enabler
title_sort from information-poverty to information­ rich: let as enabler
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/36232/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36232/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/36232/1/ict4m_kamba.pdf
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