Getting the message

Access to the Information
The information can be there, but f not readily accessible, then its impact is reduced. Traditional communication media has been books, radio and TV. The advent of the Internet further speeded up the digitisation of the information available through these storage medium. Users of information have increased the availability of digital information by becoming producers. This is however not happening in many developing countries where traditional information services are still very immature.

Information in the community
Community is also an important context as Madden puts it. "For the purposes of the providers of information services, this is usually the context by which information is defined. What is stored in collections of informative things, whether those collections be archives, libraries, or digitised records, is stored with a view to the needs of the target community." This should be the aspiration of all those working in development - building community oriented digital information systems.

How Can Be Used to Bridge the Information Gaps
Web sites should be used as a central place to access free public information. Such information could be informational or educational.

Basic Information Concepts