Relationship Between Information Accessibility, Knowledge Acquisition Management And Transfer System Among Traditional Herbal Medical Practitioners
[CASE STUDY OF SOUTH WEST, NIGERIA]

2.12    Summary of Literature Reviewed
The literature reviews deals with the past works on the relationship between accessibility, knowledge acquisition and management and transfer system among traditional herbal medicinal practitioners. In specific terms, the conceptual framework was dealt with. Thereafter, the theoretical framework was dealt with. These entail the relationship among independent variables, dependent and intervening variables. In addition, methods of acquiring information for traditional medical practice, information as an important tool for successful practice in medical system, as well as the importance of preservation of traditional medicine were reviewed.
The roles of libraries and librarians in information acquisition and management was also reviewed. Empirical works were reviewed on the ways in which traditional herbal medical practitioners do transfer knowledge and skills to their own children as well as other relations. The practitioners manners of documentation and how information is passed to family members were also reviewed.
The literature review also dealt with the challenged faced by traditional herbal practitioners in the management of information such challenges include risk of losing vital information on traditional herbal medicine, relevance to pass useful herbal information to outsiders, keeping herbal information on mind (cramming), instead of reading of recording sit on paper or computer, dwindling interest on herbal medical practice rural-urban migration by the youths who are supposed to continue the dissemination of information on traditional herbal medicines, and negative effects of so-called modernization on the traditional medicine. All these problems are responsible for the gradual loss of information on traditional herbal medicines.