Sunday, October 7, 2007

Technology - A Few Thoughts

I had thought I was reasonably familiar with search for information on the Internet, but the range of new technologies is amazing. It certainly has come a long way in a short period of time.

It also is a lot more personal. As a private person, I am not sure that I would be posting information about myself for everyone to see. Also the traditional way of evaluating information is being challenged: as librarians we were taught how to evaluate the accuracy of information. Now news is updated almost instantly and anybody can have an opinion about it. We need to be careful in maintaining the quality of information we provide when there are so many extra sources available.

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