The government has adopted the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) into the primary and secondary education system via the 1BestariNet project. Since this project is expected to consume more than RM 4 billion, it is vital to do technology foresight to identify the emerging technologies which can be integrated to the VLE system. Besides, the emerging technologies must also be ranked accordingly so that the government can be made aware from the most practical technologies to the least for future study or procurement processes. This will indirectly help to identify technologies which are becoming obsolete or not relevant in the digital education field. This will certainly help the government to budget wisely and avoid any wastage or ill-spending.

The study explores how the prison information environment supports the information needs of the male juvenile delinquents in correctional schools in Malaysia. It may be tempting to assume that information seeking failure is inevitable, in a large measure due to the shortcomings on the part of the prison library itself. Apparently, it is not due to the juvenile delinquents' lack of desire to seek for information, but rather, the prison institutions provide inappropriate choices of sources. The study involved twenty six (26) participants living in five (5) correctional schools in Malaysia. Collection of material needs to be upgraded to increase their interest in reading and to appreciate the function and role of the library. The male juvenile delinquents need to be trained to stay alert to the worldwide issues happened outside of prisons as the information can help them when being released at one day.

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