Stilwell et al. (2001) note that the meaning of repackaging information or information repackaging
(IR) is unclear. Saracevic and Woods (1981) and Bunch (1984) were the first to use the term in their
publications in describing how an information service selects appropriate materials, reprocessing and
packaging the information, and arranging materials in a way that is appropriate to the user. These studies
focused on scientific and technical information and on community information. Those two types of
information and the communities that use them are still the basis for information repackaging today, which
is part of both rural development and highly industrialized settings.