Information infrastructure & digital divide: In the context of Indian Universities – The economical and financial context Chowdhury Sarmistha1,*, Tiwary K.S.2, Dey J.L.1, Chatterjee Ritam1, Bandyopadhyay Abhijit1 1Department Computer and Information Science, Raiganj University, West Bengal, India 2Department of Mathematics, Raiganj University, West Bengal, Raiganj, India *Corresponding author: sarmistha.gini14@gmail.com (ORCID ID: 0009-0002-8382-2888)
Online published on 15 July, 2024. Abstract Each and every organization, institution needs information and allied objects for the growth and proper development and without a sufficient amount of information it is very difficult to sustain and run an organization. Universities and Higher Educational Institutions work and function based on various academic and administrative units and sections; and in each and every section information is very much crucial and valuable. The development of information related activities is called Information Systems and ‘Information Infrastructure’ is a broad concept which is required for information collection, processing, management and delivery in manual and technological mode. There are different types of sections and sub-sections exit in model Information Infrastructure systems. Each and every universities depend on proper information management systems and there are issues in relation to social, technical, psychological, economical and managerial. In an university system and general organization there are numerous systems and procedures in managing data, information and other documentation. Many institutions keeps information as usual and without any professionalism and that lead to the failure of organizational goal and proper development. Economical and financial issues are alarming in purchasing and maintaining technologies, systems, and Human Resources, etc. And this paper is about the basic of Information Infrastructure with a special focus on economical and financial issues in the context of Digital divide. Highlights • Information Infrastructure is a concept and system that connects healthy and sophisticated information and documentation system. • Information infrastructure is basically mistakenly considered as technological solutions, however it is beyond that and also it combines with manual documentation procedure. • Among the issues and challenges of Information Infrastructure some of the important are include ‘Economical and Financial’ considered as worthy and impactful. • As far as Economical and Financial issues are concern of some of the alarming issues which include electronic equipments, technologies, content development and skilling requirements, etc. • In developing knowledge grid, manual information systems also financial and monetary aspects and concern are considered as impactful. Top Keywords Information Infrastructure, Educational Systems, Digital Divide, Documentation, Economical Issues, Economical Issues. Top |