THE POWER OF IMAGERIES IN COMMUNITY INFORMATION AND ENGAGEMENT

REPOSITIONING AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES

Abstract

Audiovisual resources create special effect and enhance the facilitation of access to information. Librarians leverage on this and package information in desired format for rural community dwellers to engage them in effective service delivery. If audiovisual resources excite the city dwellers, the effect on rural communities is overwhelming. It stimulates learning and makes learning more concrete yet the use of multimedia in rural communities seems so elusive. This paper sought to highlight the power of audiovisual resources when integrated in engaging the rural communities for participation in sustainable development and national development, the benefits derived, challenges thereof, and chatting a new way forward. These days, librarians take information to their users wherever they are. Librarians serving the rural community should consider that they have limited access to the Internet, cable TV network, electricity supply, and other amenities enjoyed by the city dwellers. Yet these rural dwellers are information savvy and value every piece of information provided to them. Thus connecting and engaging them with simple audiovisual resources would place librarians on the right path towards building sustainable and national development among the rural dwellers.