Management Information in Rural Area: A Case Study of Rancasalak Village in Garut, Indonesia

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become a help for human kind in communication, such as TV, radio, newspaper, and internet. However, the availability of media is not much help in disseminating program information required by the local villagers. Conventional methods which are running currently are less effective because of possibility in information losing, not reaching the community body, and the absence of data storage of local program. This paper will present problems faced by the village of Rancasalak in the dissemination of information and recommend alternative solutions by combining LCD technology, Web-based applications and SMS gateway to solve the problem. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Faculty of Information Science & Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.