Information in the Information Age

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Information in the Information Age
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Information in the Information Age

• We thought we knew what information WAs.

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Information in the Information Age

• We thought we knew what information WAs.
• Then along came Postmodernism

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Information in the Information Age

• We thought we knew what information WAs.
• Then along came Postmodernism
• Along came the electronic age

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Information in the Information Age

• We thought we knew what information WAs.
• Then along came Postmodernism
• Along came the electronic age
• Along came alternate forms of publication

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Information in the Information Age

• Now information is an
  exceedingly mixed bag

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Information in the Information Age

• How did we get here?

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Information in the Information Age

• Before there was print
• Information was traditional

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Information in the Information Age

• Before there was print
• Information was traditional
• Reliability of information was crucial

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Information in the Information Age

• Before there was print
• Information was traditional
• Reliability of information was crucial
• Unauthorized critique of information or creation
  of new knowledge was dangerous

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Information in the Information Age

• Before there was print
• Information was traditional
• Reliability of information was crucial
• Unauthorized critique of information or creation
  of new knowledge was dangerous
• Development of new knowledge was slow

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Information in the Information Age

• Reading and writing
• Knowledge could be preserved in print

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Information in the Information Age

• Reading and writing
• Knowledge could be preserved in print
• People could pay more attention to discovery

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Information in the Information Age

• Reading and writing
• Knowledge could be preserved in print
• People could pay more attention to discovery
• Keepers of knowledge were more elite than in oral
  societies

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Information in the Information Age

• The Printing Press
• Multiple copies made information more secure

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Information in the Information Age

• The Printing Press
• Multiple copies made information more secure
• More people could access the knowledge base

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Information in the Information Age

• The Printing Press
• Multiple copies made information more secure
• More people could access the knowledge base
• Elitism of knowledge keepers was attacked

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Information in the Information Age

• The Printing Press
• Multiple copies made information more secure
• More people could access the knowledge base
• Elitism of knowledge keepers was attacked
• Possibility of new discovery was multiplied

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Information in the Information Age

• The Printing Press
• Multiple copies made information more secure
• More people could access the knowledge base
• Elitism of knowledge keepers was attacked
• Possibility of new discovery was multiplied
• Subject Disciplines organized knowledge

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Information in the Information Age

• Enter the Internet
• Gatekeepers no longer crucial free speech reigns

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Information in the Information Age

• Enter the Internet
• Gatekeepers no longer crucial free speech reigns
• More ability to create and acquire information
  than ever before in human history

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Information in the Information Age

• Enter the Internet
• Gatekeepers no longer crucial free speech reigns
• More ability to create and acquire information
  than ever before in human history
• The readers become the gatekeepers

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Books

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Books
• Traditional publishing is continuing

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Books
• Traditional publishing is continuing
• E-book publishing is advancing slowly

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Books
• Traditional publishing is continuing
• E-book publishing is advancing slowly
• Print-on-demand is opening new opportunities

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Journals and Magazines

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Journals and Magazines
• E-journals are dominating print is dying

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Journals and Magazines
• E-journals are dominating print is dying
• Scholarship is being maintained

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Journals and Magazines
• E-journals are dominating print is dying
• Scholarship is being maintained
• The Open Access movement is growing
  (http//www.doaj.org/)

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• The World Wide Web

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• The World Wide Web
• Searching for a better search engine

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• The World Wide Web
• Searching for a better search engine
• Cataloging the Web?

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• The World Wide Web
• Searching for a better search engine
• Cataloging the Web?
• Better instruction for users

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Web 2.0
• Includes everything about the WWW that is
  interactive

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Web 2.0
• Includes everything about the WWW that is
  interactive
• Blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, forums, e-mail,
  Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and so on

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Web 2.0
• Includes everything about the WWW that is
  interactive
• Blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, forums, e-mail,
  Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and so on
  
• Does social interaction lead to better
  information?

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Not All Information is Informative

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Not All Information is Informative
• Information needs to inform.

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Not All Information is Informative
• Information needs to inform.
• As gatekeeping diminishes there is more freedom
  but more responsibility as well

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Information in the Information Age

• Information Today The State of the Art
• Not All Information is Informative
• Information needs to inform.
• As gatekeeping diminishes there is more freedom
  but more responsibility as well
• Do you have the skills to evaluate the
  information you use?