Information Packaging Process for Solving the Lack of Information Literacy in Coastal and Small Island Areas in Indonesia

Abstract

Information literacy skill requires other skills, such as skill of understanding the information, skill of reading and writing, communication skill and skill of using the information technology. Coastal communities and small islands communities in Indonesia have information needs and understand these particular needs. However, they do not possess reading and writing skills. Even though some of them are able to read and write, they have difficulty in understanding written information. This is because of their level of education. Most of them graduated from elementary schools and junior high schools. Packaging information needed to solve the problem in the provision of information for people with low level of information literacy skills. This paper proposes the process and type of information repackaging that is appropriate for coastal and small islands communities in Indonesia. We assumed that the appropriate information packaging overcome the problem in information provision for people with low level of information literacy skills in coastal and small islands communities in Indonesia. Information packaging process that has been developed focuses on the users’ characteristics. We proposed three-dimensional animated video and information services machines that provide information in oral form. This paper improves the information packaging process for information disseminating, thus people who has low level of information literacy skills can understand and use any information.