What will be known about the modern world in the centuries to come? “Not much,” say some, mostly because so much information now is created and stored solely in digital form . . . and so much of it is disappearing as a result of the rapid obsolescence of software and equipment.
How big is this [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘food for thought’
March 19, 2009
half-life of technology
October 22, 2008
wikitruth
Simson L. Garfinkel in Technology Review argues that Wikipedia has refined truth. From “Wikipedia and the Meaning of Truth:”
“On Wikipedia, objective truth isn’t all that important, actually. What makes a fact or statement fit for inclusion is that it appeared in some other publication–ideally, one that is in English and is available free online. ‘The [...]
September 15, 2008
Web evaluation, Google, and real life consequences
Just in case you ever wondered how those skeptical, evaluative, critical thinking skills as applied to web sites (skills that you practice often in library instruction classes) would have anything to do with real life, read this blog post about Google and the financial consequences of outdated, incorrect information. It’s a sobering account of a [...]
November 29, 2006
digital does not mean forever
Librarians know it, archivists know it – digital does not mean forever. And, attempting to make digital last forever is ridiculously expensive.
So, what does that mean for the preservation of culture? Are we living in a society whose history will be lost for future generations?
Intrigued? Read more: “The Digital Ice Age,” by Brad Reagan. Popular [...]
February 15, 2006
changing definitions of printing and reading
Electronic access to information has changed and continues to change many things. Printing and reading are fundamental among these changes.
“Mission Impossible: Printing in the Digital Age” by Aliya Sternstein, FCW.com
“The Future of Reading” by James Norman, The Age.com
