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

Characteristics of Quality Knowledge Quality knowledge is the solution to ignorance. Ignorance is not a lack of information but the absence of quality and positive knowledge. The degree of quality and positive knowledge determines the degree of human enlightenment and civilization. Any educational process which will prepare people for quality operation, societal and global impact must produce the impact of inspiration, motivation, preparation, activation, challenge and transformation on people, which are characteristics of quality and positive knowledge. Let's now look at the characteristics of quality knowledge. I) Inspiration This is the stirring effect of knowledge on the human mind as a result of enlightenment. Inspiration is achieved through positive external influence of knowledge on the human mind. Inspiration is light; it has the potency to produce aspiration in an individual. Every human being needs 20% inspiration and 80% aspiration to ar...

Select and Organize Internet Information for Better Retrieval and Use The Internet can be a useful information source for the experienced and discriminating user; however, there exist many dangers for students wanting to do research on the World Wide Web. The number one danger in the minds of most teachers, librarians, and other information professionals is the validity of the information retrieved via search engines. How factual, unbiased, and current is the information found through the result of any particular search? We have no guarantees, because the Web search environment is ordered around the profit motive, rather than any concerns familiar to most educators and librarians. As educators and information professionals, we may be concerned with the source of any information found. What are the credentials of the people who presented the information? With whom are they affiliated? What assumptions do the website authors make? Is the website clear about the ...

Improve Your Critical Thinking Skills - Quality Information For many years the critical thinking skills of people in this country have been non-existent or extremely lacking. With the recent ramping up of government control and power, an increasing number of people are showing a strong interest in local and national politics. To be a good advocate for any cause, you must have a strong knowledge of many subjects and excellent critical thinking skills. Improving your critical thinking skills starts with having accurate and reliable information. Having bad information when analyzing a topic, will at best make you look foolish and at its worst be deadly. In this day and age the majority of information comes (at least in part) from the Internet. One important way to ensure the value of your information is to know the credibility of the website or writer, hopefully from personal experience, although references from other trusted sources will also work. Be aware of the...

Information System and its Trends Information System and technologies have become a vital component of successful businesses and organizations. Information System means an interconnected set of information resources under the same direct management control that shares common functionality. A system normally includes hardware, software, information, data, applications, communications and people, while an information system is the arrangement of people, data, processes, presentation of data and information technology that supports our everyday needs. It is actually technologically implemented medium for recording, storing, and disseminating linguistic expressions, as well as for drawing conclusions from such expressions. The computer technology is used for implementing information systems. TYPES OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEM Information System can be divided in two basic forms 1. OPERATIONS SUPPORT SYSTEMS It is further su...

Information System and its Trends Information System and technologies have become a vital component of successful businesses and organizations. Information System means an interconnected set of information resources under the same direct management control that shares common functionality. A system normally includes hardware, software, information, data, applications, communications and people, while an information system is the arrangement of people, data, processes, presentation of data and information technology that supports our everyday needs. It is actually technologically implemented medium for recording, storing, and disseminating linguistic expressions, as well as for drawing conclusions from such expressions. The computer technology is used for implementing information systems. TYPES OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEM Information System can be divided in two basic forms 1. OPERATIONS SUPPORT SYSTEMS It is further subdiv...