Information Repackaging to Target Groups for a Fee: A Strategic Plan

Francisca Nwakaego Okoroma

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Information Repackaging to Target Groups for a Fee: A Strategic Plan

Francisca Nwakaego Okoroma

Published in Education Journal (Volume 3, Issue 5)

Received: 4 September 2014 Accepted: 19 September 2014 Published: 30 September 2014

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Abstract

Repackaging of information is very inevitable for maximum utilization of information resources and to achieve a breakthrough in fee based information services. This work focuses on how specialized information can be strategically repackaged for maximum utilization by the various groups of users that may not be privileged to access the visible library and information centers as at when needed. Focus discuss group was used for the study. The discussion group comprises of undergraduate students in the Department of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Ten target groups were used in the discussion for the study, namely: lecturers/scholars, policy makers, children, refugees, travelers, grass root, physically challenged, prisoners, patients and clergy/religious leaders. The study brought to the lime light the various prerequisites, the media and champions that are necessary to execute a fruitful fee based information services to the various target groups.

Published in	Education Journal (Volume 3, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.edu.20140305.17
Page(s)	308-315
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2014. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Information Repackaging, Target Groups, Marketing, Strategic Plan, Library, Information Centers

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