https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/fcdf258d0f9c569b3f278c06c7051efd.pdf 6645ec9051b1638ff8d8483559cb3b46 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource INFORMATION POLICY ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DR. CHIPO MUTONGI Description An account of the resource If some ideas, decisions and policies are not advocated and lobbed for, they would remain unknown to implementers and to the general public. It is imperative to advocate and lobby for different information policies in order for those in power to see the value and reasons for the formulation and implementation of the information policies. Probably it is lack of awareness that is not bringing those policy changes. This article explores information policy advocacy and lobbying as well as distinguishing information policy advocacy from lobbying. Some reasons for information policy advocacy failure are given and some ways of making information policy advocacy a success are established Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 advocacy change. information management Information policy legislation lobbying policy analysis policy makers