This year i plan to continue to write useful articles that will make this blog more useful to the visitors. I plan to do more writing centering on issues of Libraries and Information services and how technology is changing the face of Library services not only in the developed nations but also in developing and emerging economies.
Internet and mobile telephony's continued rise in development and affordability is tilting the scales in service delivery, in enhancing life long learning and in doing business generally.
Markets have been widened that previously were closed and trading has become a global issue due to the interconnectivity of the world into a global village. Information on anything is available 24/7 and with a click of the button you can diagnose and prescribe drugs for malaria, you can get markets for goods in America, can book flights and hotels when planning holidays abroad and talking to your loved ones miles away is now possible with technology. All these are happening at rates which have become very reasonable and hence affordable to many.
In Tanzania and many parts of East Africa mobile affordability has been achieved and interconnectivity has penetrated the very remote villages of this region. It is not unusual to see an old man/woman fumbling in his pocket to remove a mobile phone to receive a call for a relative or friend. Manufacturers of mobile phones have come up with phones that can be powered by solar so users do not have to rely on electricity to have the phones on. Recharge voucher values have since dipped to the tail ends of the denominations and this has enhanced calling and texting by majority of the populace.
It is due to the above changes that now even service providers like Libraries and other institutions such as schools, tertiary institutions and Universities must change their approach to service delivery. There must be change of tact in doing business and it demands that technology and the tools it has created becomes part of the solution to the new order.
The new dawn is finally here and for us to remain relevant there is need to re-think, re-evaluate and re-strategize ourselves to fit in this new way of life.
Lets move together to uncover the beauty of this techno inspired journey.
