ABDULLAHI SHUAIBU'S JOURNALS ON SOCIOLOGY OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES.

WEEK SIX (6) JOURNAL ENTRY FOR U13LS2003, ON SOCIOLOGY OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SYSTMS NAD SERVICES LIBS (205). I understood the meaning of the followings: 1. social norms: a norm is a group of held beliegfs about how mmbers should behave in a given context.

WEEK FIVE (5) JOURNAL ENTRY ON LIBS 205 ( SOCIOLOGY OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM AND SERVICES) FOR U13LS2003. He started by an outstanding introduction by saying: " technology after been manufactured by the producers will serve no any function without USE" use is the basis for technologies and as information professionals we are concerned with the study of artifacts between individuals, sociology involves nothing but interaction and investigation analysis, interaction and sociology is like a blood and the body; seperate it and you have killed it. MEANING OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. culture: is a pattern of human knowledge, beliefs, and behaviours that depends upon the capacity of learning nad transmitting knowledge to the succeding generations. is also the customary beliefs social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social groups; the characteristics features of everydays existence (as diversion or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time. the s

WEEK FOUR (4) JOURNAL ENTRY FOR U13LS2003. 1. I understood the concept of knowledge as; the information and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject or group of subjects. 2. knowledge is also the familiarity, awareness, or understanding of someone or something, such as; facts, information, descriptions, or skills which is acquired through experience or education by perceiving, discovering or learning. sociology of knowledge therefore intends to study the social sources and consequences of thoughts.

WEEK THREE (3) JOURNAL ENTRY FOR U13LS2003 I gained the conceptual mening of the followings: sociology as the study of man and how he interacts within his community according to thier values, cultures, traditions, beliefs, norms and even religion. also phones are considered to be a mode of  social informatics. I also benefitted from the meaning of sociology of knowledge as the study of the social relationships between human thoughts and the social cotext within which it arises and the effect of the prevailing ideas have on the society.  1. social behaviour: is the behavviour directed towards society or talking ce between members of thesame species. 2. emperical investigations: (Research) is the way of gaining knowledge by means of direct and indirect investigations observation or experience. 3. critical analysis: (Thinking) is a way of deciding whether a clain is true, partially true ar false. critical thinking is a process that leads to skills that can be learned, mastered and