SOURCES OF INFORMATION INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE LIBRARIES INTERNET PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY
INDIGENOUS ??? native; local; originating or produced naturally in a particular region/ locality 20XX presentation title 3
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE Knowledge that is unique to a specific culture or society; most often it is not written down. 20XX presentation title 4
INDIGENOUS COMMUNICATION Transmission of information through local channels or forms. It is a means by which culture is preserved, handed down, and adapted. 20XX presentation title 5
INDIGENOUS MEDIA AND INFORMATION Original information created by a local group of people. This also refers to content about indigenous peoples that may be distributed through dominant forms of media or through forms of communication unique to their people group. 20XX presentation title 6
IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS MEDIA AND INFORMATION Popular media cannot reach some rural areas. While print, broadcast, and new media reach, there are still areas that these forms of media have not reached. Indigenous media and information are highly credible because they are near the source and are seldom circulated for profit. Indigenous media and information can result in development and education programs that are irrelevant and ineffective. 20XX presentation title 7
FORMS OF INDIGENOUS MEDIA & THEIR LOCAL EXAMPLES Folk or traditional media Gatherings and social organizations Direct Observation Records- may be written, carved, or oral Oral Instruction 20XX presentation title 8
SOME OF THE INDIGENOUS GROUPS AND THE PRACTICES OF THEIR TRIBE Aetas - they are also known as a sea tribe. 20XX presentation title 9
SOME OF THE INDIGENOUS GROUPS AND THE PRACTICES OF THEIR TRIBE b. Atis of Panay- they are the first to practice the slash-and-burn system in the country 20XX presentation title 10
SOME OF THE INDIGENOUS GROUPS AND THE PRACTICES OF THEIR TRIBE c. Badjaos - they are known as a tribe skilled in weaving and plaiting. 20XX presentation title 11
SOME OF THE INDIGENOUS GROUPS AND THE PRACTICES OF THEIR TRIBE d. Lumad tribes - their tribal music is produced by musical instruments they made 20XX presentation title 12
SOME OF THE INDIGENOUS GROUPS AND THE PRACTICES OF THEIR TRIBE e. Igorot - their farming system includes the Payoh (rice terraces), muyung (wood lot), and uma (swidden farms) 20XX presentation title 13
SOME OF THE INDIGENOUS GROUPS AND THE PRACTICES OF THEIR TRIBE f. Hiligaynon tribe - they have the binukot (secluded), which refers to the most beautiful girls of a community who are kept isolated by their families until they can married of. 20XX presentation title 14
SOME OF THE INDIGENOUS GROUPS AND THE PRACTICES OF THEIR TRIBE g. Hanunuo Mangyan - they observe the practice of “ kutkot ”, where they dig up the remains of a loved one a year after his/her death and dress it up in clothes. 20XX presentation title 15
LIBRARIES -A place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (such as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for use not for sale. - A library is “a building, room, or organization that has a collection, especially of books, music, and information that can be accessed by computer for people to read, use, or borrow.” 20XX presentation title 16
LIBRARY SERVICES User services function in linking people to the information they are looking for. Technical services function in gathering, cataloging, and preparing library materials. Computer services function in maintaining databases, software programming, web page design, and computer hardware maintenance in the library. Administrative services function in managing the library and services, conveying contracts with sellers, supervising library employees, and preparing budgets. 20XX 17
4 MAJOR TYPES LIBRARIES Academic Library Public Library School Library Special Library 20XX presentation title 18
ACADEMIC LIBRARY - serves cities and towns of all types 20XX presentation title 19 PUBLIC LIBRARY - serves colleges and universities
SCHOOL LIBRARY - are in specialized environments, such as hospitals, corporations, museums, the military, private business, and the government. 20XX presentation title 20 SPECIAL LIBRARY - serves students from Kindergarten to Grade 12
INTERNET - a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols. -It transmits information stored in files or documents on one computer to another computer. It transfers together several information and services, such as file transfer, electronic mail, interlinked web pages, online chat, and other documents of the World Wide Web 20XX presentation title 21
EVALUATING INFORMATION FOUND ON THE INTERNET Authorship Publishing body Accuracy and Verifiability Currency 20XX presentation title 22
THINGS TO CONSIDER IN EVALUATING INFORMATION R eliability A ccuracy V alue A uthority T imeliness 20XX presentation title 23
THINGS TO CONSIDER IN EVALUATING INFORMATION Reliability of information - Information is said to be reliable if it can be verified and evaluated. Others refer to the trustworthiness of the source in evaluating the reliability of information. Check the owner of the site/ page. .com- commercial .mil – military .org- nonprofit organization . edu - educational . gov- government 20XX presentation title 24
THINGS TO CONSIDER IN EVALUATING INFORMATION 20XX presentation title 25 Accuracy of information - Accuracy refers to the closeness of the report to the actual data. Measurement of accuracy varies, depending on the type of information being evaluated. Forecasts are said to be accurate if the report is similar to the actual data. Financial information is considered accurate if the values are correct, properly classified, and presented
THINGS TO CONSIDER IN EVALUATING INFORMATION 20XX presentation title 26 Value of information Information is said to be of value if it aids the user in making or improving decisions.
THINGS TO CONSIDER IN EVALUATING INFORMATION 20XX presentation title 27 Authority of the source Much of the information we gather daily do not come from a primary source but are passed on through secondary sources such as writers, reporters, and the like. Sources with an established expertise on the subject matter are considered as having sound authority on the subject.
THINGS TO CONSIDER IN EVALUATING INFORMATION 20XX presentation title 28 Timeliness Reliability, accuracy, and value of information may vary based on the time it was produced or acquired. While a piece of information may have been found accurate, reliable, and valuable during the time it was produced, it may become irrelevant and inaccurate with the passing of time (thus making it less valuable). Other information may be timeless, proven to be the same in reliability, accuracy, and value throughout history.
OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS OF INFORMATION SOURCES 20XX presentation title 29 Primary Sources of Information: Primary sources refer to “original materials”. These are materials from a certain period of time that have not been filtered, modified through analysis, interpretation, or evaluation.
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES Artifact. It refers to something made or created by humans, such as a tool or a work of art, especially an object of archaeological interest. 20XX presentation title 30
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES Diary. It is a record with distinct entries organized by date reporting on daily activities or other periods. It can be personal, which may include a person's experiences, thoughts, and/or feelings. 20XX presentation title 31
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES Patent. This is the granting of a right to an inventor by a sovereign authority. This grant affords the inventor exclusive rights to the patented process, design, or invention for a designated period in exchange for a comprehensive disclosure of the invention. 20XX presentation title 32
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES Other examples of primary sources include e-mails, interviews, journal articles, letters, minutes of meetings, conferences and symposia, newspaper articles, original documents (e.g., birth certificate, marriage certificate), photographs, records of organizations, research survey results, speeches, works of art, literature, architecture, and music, and websites. 20XX presentation title 33
SECONDARY SOURCES Secondary sources are not proof, but rather explanation on and discussion of evidence. Secondary sources may be classified as index type, survey type, and reference type. Indexes are typically found as one or more individual volumes at the end of a set. Examples are index, bibliography, indexing periodicals, and abstracting periodicals. Survey type involves the product of examination or description of someone or something. Examples are reviews, treatises, and monographs. The reference type consists of materials collected from others’ works such as encyclopedia, dictionary, handbook, manual and critical tables. 20XX presentation title 34
TERTIARY SOURCES Tertiary sources are commonly confused with secondary sources. Tertiary sources involve information that collects and organizes primary and secondary sources. Tertiary sources include bibliographies of bibliographies, directories and yearbooks, guides to literature, and lists of research in progress. 20XX presentation title 35