Information consolidation involves combining relevant documents into a coherent whole to provide concise yet reliable information to user groups. Information analysis is the systematic examination of data to understand relationships and provide insights for decision making. It involves functions like abstracting and indexing. Information repackaging is the process of reformatting information into a new presentation, such as translating documents or converting books to e-books, to enhance user understanding and retrieval of information.

2. Explain the meaning and major differences between information consolidation, information
analysis and information repackaging.
Information consolidation
This is the act of combing into integral whole. Also is the process of evaluation and compression
of relevant documents in order to provide definite user groups with reliable and concise
information in usable form.
These activities are used to define the responsibility exercised and individuals, department or
organization for evaluating and comprehension relevant documents in the order to provide
definite users individuals or groups of individuals performing consolidation activities would
each constitute an information consolidation unit.
Aims at being more appropriate to users’ needs and level. Example; annual reviews, state of the
art reports, market report stationaries reviews, trend report.
Information analysis
It is a process of breaking a topic into smaller elements in order to understand it. Analysis
identify, obtain, analyze and synthesize information to provide insight and advice to policy
makers in critical issues.
A systematical examination and evaluation of data or information by breaking it into its
components parts to uncover their relationships. An examination of data and facts to uncover
and understand cause effect relationships, thus provided basis for problems solving and decision
making.
Comprises a wide range of functions, such as abstracting, indexing, translation, reeving,
consolidating. Allow you to; characterize, or gain understanding, evaluate, predict, improve.
Information repackaging
It is the process of packaging something again into a new manner. Packaging is the process of
recording, arranging, and presentation of something in some media. Information repackaging is
a way of improving library service .it includes translation, literacy, scientific and technical
information, economical information.
Conclusion
Information consolidation’s aim is to be more appropriate to users needs and levels and
information analysis’s aim is to provide insights and advice to policy makers in critical issues
while information repackaging aims to enhance the acceptance and use of information products
and the assimilation and recall of their contents.it all aims at providing accurate ,complete and
timely information to the users.

3. Reasons for information repackaging in library
To customize information to user need, information repackaging enable library users to obtain
information related to their center of interest. This help library user in time saving.
To facilitate dissemination, organization and for communication. Through the use of
technologies libraries are able to facilitate dissemination of information using e-books, CD and
DVDs.
To simplify information retrieval, by use of bibliography library user will be able to
understand which books are present in a collection, thus simplify him/her to look books which
are present in a collection. Bibliography is like a map in the world of information overload.
To facilitate interaction between user, user knowledge base and technology. Through the
use of computer catalog this will enable the user to interact with the knowledge base of the
library collection.
Information material can be used from a distance. Information repackaging is an aid of
convert books to e-books which enables library users or researchers to access the information
materials in a distance with the use of network devices like computers.
Information repackaging enables the information materials to be used by more than one
person at same time. A particular information resource can be accessed by more than one
person simultaneously through the internet example being e-library.
It enhances corporate decision making information in more understandable, readable,
acceptable and useable forms which allows decision making. Repackaged information in library
collection makes it easy and faster decision making on their research.
To facilitate saving of information. Information repackaging act as a backup tool example in
case a book lost in a library, the information materials will be available in e-book form.
As a tool of translation. Library users are able to access information in their preferable
language hence this makes libraries become more user friendly.
Information repackaging enables library users to obtain updated information; it ensures
currency, accuracy, pertinence, comprehension and convenience of user.
Repackaging information enables utilization of modern technology like use of computers
and telecommunication networks by user to access information materials in libraries.