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RBU Journal of library & Information Science, V. 23, 2021Rural Knowledge Centres (RKC) has been emergedthrough which villagers can ensue towards povertyimprovement by increasing their household income. RKCis information and communication technology (ICT) basedservices centre in the integral parts of the country wherethe services or facilities computer education, internet, e-mail, mobile phone having internet connection, laminatingand photocopy facilities etc are available. The ruralknowledge centre provides resource materials for thecommunity, including educational posters, journals, booksetc (https://bnnrc.net/rural-knowledge-centre).Union Digital Centres (UDCs) are one-stop service centrehas set up in Bangladesh with a view to providing all sortsof government digital services and ICT facilities to thedoorsteps of every citizen at the rural area of the country.These are a hallmark achievement of the government’sDigital Bangladesh vision, which envisages using them toprovide all public and private services to rural people. Themost popular public services in UDCs are birthregistration, health related information, agricultureoriented information, examination results, citizencertificates, online university admission, e-governmentservice, registration for migrant workers etc. The UDCsalso are providing private services such as mobile financialservices, insurance, computer, vocational training etc. Thisprogramme started in 2010, at present a total of 4554 onestopservice units is covering 4554 Union of Bangladesh(www.a2i.gov.bd/publication/union-digital-centres).The problems of providing CommunityInformation Centre in BangladeshAs communities change, so do the information needs ofthe people. A Community Information Centre can’tcontinue to be a focus for users without tailoringinformation and resources to meet the needs of thecommunity.I. Gap between services and information needs ofusersII. Lack of understandingIII. Information not reach userIV. Lack of organizational structureV. Lack of community information literacyVI. Lack of reading cultureRole of Professional AssociationThe Professional Associations (PA) is closely associatedwith the growth of librarianship as a profession. Accordingto Mujumder & Roy Choudhury (2015) study, the Libraryand Information Science Professional Associations havethe responsibility to play a vital role in fulfilling the goalsof providing community information services. Theprofessional association of Bangladesh is working as abargaining agent for the improvement of communitycentres or information centres. The ProfessionalAssociation (PA) may give some steps:1. At present CIS services are offered in the ruralareas at public and private level but many peopledon’t have any idea about the CISs. So PA canarrange advocacy campaign programme topromote awareness of CIC.2. PA may take a leading role in the presentsituation. Libraries/ information centres now needto make a paradigm shift from their existingstrategy of acquiring of knowledge to a strategyof access of knowledge.3. PA may think try to create information helpingcadre consisting of educated peoples includingstudents for the improvement of socio economicconditions of rural people.4. PA can arrange a meeting along with governmenthigh officials, decision makers, and NGOrepresentative for the establishment andimportance of CIC.5. PA can help the library professionals in locatingacquiring analyzing and linking information.6. PA can arrange user education or trainingprogramme according to the need of the usersseeking CIS7. PA can motivate the librarians/ libraryprofessionals of the community InformationCentre to change their attitudes, to maintain intheir values and ethics.8. PA can the help library professional in keepingpeace with constantly changing technology andorganize seminars, conference, workshops fortraining//refresher courses professionals and staffabout upgraded services.9. PA can take an initiative to establish a network.All community libraries or information centrewill be covered by this network.10. Those working in these centres are not educatedin library and Information Science. So LISprofessional can be involved in all these centres. Inthis case PA can request the concerned departmentand regulatory body so that they have employmentopportunities.SuggestionI. PA should arrange to prepare a manual of CISincorporating therein a list of all the possibletypes and verities of information qualities andII.III.IV.26https://lisrbu.wixsite.com/dlis/rbu-journal-of-lisservices which can be offered to the users.PA should take a leading role of ensure bettercommunity services to the users and alsoimproved professional performances.PA can play a vital role in the framing of a codeof conduct for LIS professional which is essentialneeded in the current situation.PA should organize a planned and continuouscapacity and skill development trainingprogramme for librarian or library personnelengaged in public libraries and communityinformation centres for users and administratorsat all level. The importance of networking andaccess to other information sources should beincluded in the training programmes.
Rahman & Biswas: Role of professional associations …V. PA should take a most important role to ensurethat the services of the public libraries and theCIC must be available to all.PA should advocacy for modernization andmodification in the curriculum of LIS educationat different levels to meet the current demand ofthe users at different level.VI.ConclusionCommunity Information Centre’s (CICs) have beenlaunched in Bangladesh for decades. The CIC serviceactivities were initially started on a private level. Now theCommunity Information Centre’s (CICs) are managed byGovernment, Non-government organization (NGO) andInternational aid agencies, but the Union Digital Centre(UDC) activities at the government level are becomingmore and more popular. Through this centre, more than150 public and private services have been running alltimes which is a unique achievement for the rural peopleof Bangladesh. Apart from the government private sectorcan also requires the active participation regarding thisissue. In this forms of the CICs can be an advantage to lessdeveloped regions all over the third world. CICs show howe-governance has become a cutting-edge tool fordevelopment. CICs can be supported to continue providinginvaluable service to the local community of theBangladesh. The community itself will be able to expressits opinion and approach, which will also contribute to thedifficult task of community empowerment andenlightenment. The professional association of activemembers composed of well-trained library personnel canteach, help, suggest common people and can also negotiatewith the government on various improvement in this field.Information Centre: Role of Professional Associations. InIASLIC 30 th All India Conference, 28-31 December, 2015,Ahmedabad, India, edited by Chatterjee, A… [et al],2015, pp. 163-169Practical action: https://practicalaction.org/knowledgecentre/resources/Retrieved on 10.08.2021Rahman, Md. A. & Jana, S. Community InformationServices in Bangladesh and Role of Library Association ofBangladesh. In IASLIC 30 th All India Conference, 28-31December, 2015, Ahmedabad, India, edited by Chatterjee,A… [et al], 2015, pp. 170-177Raihan, A. (2007). Community access points or telecentremovement in Bangladesh, available at:http://bangladeshictpolicy.bytesforall.net Retrieved on12.08.2021Rural Knowledge Centre (RKC): https://bnnrc.net/ruralknowledge-centre/Retrieved on 12.08.2021Uddin, Md. H. (2005). A Book on some selected librariesin Bangladesh, The Role of the rural libraries in the ruraldevelopment of Bangladesh, Rajshahi: Fouzia prokashoni,pp. 35-47Union Digital Centre: https://a2i.gov.bd/publication/uniondigital-centres/Retrieved on 12.08.2021World Literature Centre: http://bskbd.org/mobile-libraryRetrieved on 12.08.2021Youth Community Multimedia Centre (YPSA):https://ypsa.org/youth-community-multimedia-centerycmc/Retrieved on 12.08.2021About AuthorsReferencesBangladesh Population live:https://www.worldometers.info/worldpopulation/bangladesh-population/Retrieved on10.08.2021BRAC Education: http://www.brac.net/program/education/Retrieved on 10.08.2021Community Information Centre:https://www.grameenphone.com/about/corporateinformation/corporate-responsibility/communityinformation-centerRetrieved on 12.08.2021Dhaka Ashania Mission:http://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/ganokendra-dam/Retrieved on 10.08.2021Dnet’s Programs: https://dnet.org.bd/page/programsRetrieved on 20.08.2021KT4D Knowledge Transfer at Amader Gramhttp://www.amadergram.org/knowledge.php Retrieved on20.08.2021Mujumder, K & Roy Choudhury, S. K. CommunityInformation Services through public libraries and27https://lisrbu.wixsite.com/dlis/rbu-journal-of-lisDr Md. Azizur Rahman is working as AdditionalLibrarian of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul IslamUniversity, at Trishal, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Hehas received his B.S.S.(Hons) in the Department ofLibrary and Information Science from University ofRajshahi, Bangladesh (1996), MSS (1998) and Ph.D.(2018) Degree from University of Kalyani, Nadia,India . He has published near above fiftyarticles/papers in National and InternationalJournals, Seminar, Conference Proceeding, Booksetc. He is also working as Guest Teacher in theInstitute of Library & Information Science underNational University and some other PrivateUniversity in Bangladesh. His domains of interestmainly are in LIS education, Information literacy,Knowledge management, Digital library, PublicLibrary etc. He has completed eight professionaltraining Courses from Bangladesh and India. He isthe resource persons of professional training coursesfor National Academy for Primary Education(NAPE), National Libraries of Bangladesh (NLB),Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical
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