LESLEY KOYI INFORMATION CONSULTANCY: EDUCATION FOR ALL

LESLEY KOYI INFORMATION CONSULTANCY: EDUCATION FOR ALL: As a fundamental human right, education should be made available to every child, as it’s critical to human development and societies at l...

EDUCATION FOR ALL

As a fundamental human right, education should be made available to every child, as it’s critical to human development and societies at large. As education helps pave way to a successful and productive future to all. When quality education for all children is ensured and one that is rooted in gender equality we create waves of opportunity that impact generations to come.

Education for all enhances lives, it ends generational cycles of poverty and disease, halting the spread of HIV/AIDS, enabling families to better cope with illness and improve the life expectancy of the worlds poorest and provides a foundation for suitable development. A quality basic education for boys and girls equips them with knowledge and skills necessary to adopt to a healthy lifestyle and to take an active role in social, economic and political decision making.

Because libraries are a central unit of a system that involves information storage and retrieval, and being that education has a great essence and a high place in human life and development there is much need to make libraries strong learning institutions and building libraries that can support both research and teaching needs. And being a librarian myself I know that librarians should take their position on the fore front in advocating for education for all. Instead of waiting for information seekers to come to them for help in the various libraries they are located into, librarians should market and brand library services and also bring to the notice of people across the world that librarians are an important entity in advocating for literacy and education for all.

Librarians should enhance proper access to information including assessment of the quality and quantity of research materials, both print and electronic available to users and help in the ease of use in the accessing of all information materials. It’s upon this backdrop that I participated in this years “World Read Aloud Day” which took place on March 7 2012 world over and I also wrote a poem on the same as I took part too as one of the guest readers invited by Litworld.

         WORLD READ ALOUD DAY POEM

http://litworld.org/worldreadalouddayblog/2012/3/7/a-special-world-read-aloud-day-poem-from-lesley-koyi.html

             AS A GUEST READER

http://litworld.org/worldreadalouddaychats

LESLEY KOYI INFORMATION CONSULTANCY: THE WORLDS READ ALOUD DAY MARCH 7 2012 - REACTING ...

LESLEY KOYI INFORMATION CONSULTANCY: THE WORLDS READ ALOUD DAY MARCH 7 2012 - REACTING ...: THE WORLDS READ ALOUD DAY MARCH 7 2012-REACTING TO CHANGE IN THE AFRICAN LIBRARY As librarians before we even think of disseminating Informa...

THE WORLDS READ ALOUD DAY MARCH 7 2012 - REACTING TO CHANGE IN THE AFRICAN LIBRARY

THE PLACE OF INFORMATION TO HUMANITY
Information is a wealth and that why its said that information is power, thus for every aspect of human development and continuity, be it inventions, growth of new technologies and the preservation of what is available, then information comes in as a core ingredient to the entire course of humanity

LESLEY KOYI INFORMATION CONSULTANCY: THE WORLDS READ ALOUD DAY MARCH 7 2012 - REACTING ...

LESLEY KOYI INFORMATION CONSULTANCY: THE WORLDS READ ALOUD DAY MARCH 7 2012 - REACTING ...: THE WORLDS READ ALOUD DAY MARCH 7 2012-REACTING TO CHANGE IN THE AFRICAN LIBRARY As librarians before we even think of disseminating Info...

DYNAMISM OF INFORMATION

Information is dynamic and valuable and thus considered to be one of the human rights that are fundamental. Every one has a right of access to information, this is because access to information is a key component for effective participation of all stakeholders in the achievement of mandates, there is a positive correlation between transparency; including information sharing and making it available that finally go along way in making informed decisions.

For information to be precise, it means any produced content, whatever its medium {paper, electronic or sound, visual or audiovisual recording}, concerning a matter relating to policies, activities and decisions. It’s therefore necessary for all information professionals and librarians at the core, to make the access of information come true for all. I realize that Africa having a majority of the third world countries is more limited by the lack of access to the relevant information materials, and other factors like lack of proper training for information professionals in the use of modern technologies to access information and make it available.

With the lack of information {reading materials}for informed decision making and poor training for information professionals, Africa has remained behind fighting poverty that runs in circles. “Make available information in terms of reading materials and books in all formats to adults and children and you will have empowered a whole community to be self sufficient and reliant.”

There are thousands of information materials via the internet made by a number of international organizations and regional bodies that consist of authoritative research work and resources laying idle and unused, there are also various many other information materials of use gathering dust on shelves somewhere beyond the reach of a village girl or boy deep in the heartland of Africa. Some of this research papers have information on safe agricultural methods, farming, animal husbandry and many other topics that would be of use to a community in danger of a looming hunger. It’s the lack of the access to all this relevant information materials that has Africa always battling famine, illiteracy, tribal clashes and many other political upheavals.

It’s upon this back drop that I stand as a crusader of the establishment of libraries in Africa. Libraries are one of the greatest assets to a community because they provide a point of access to information that can lead to a wider skill set, better informed citizens and overall increase in the quality of life.

INFORMATION TO THE WORLD

The world has so many failures today due to the lack of Information being made available to relevant users or the lack of information seekers  knowing where they can get it.So i would say whoever has relevant information and uses it to bring change to the world has power.Therefore i am more than willing to link you with the information you need, and that is in-terms of online information resources that will be of help to your information seeking, therefore feel free to conduct me for the same.