"Filter Failure"
The author of L'Archivista, had the great opportunity to go to the National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP) grant partners meeting. (NDIIPP is a program of the Library of Congress (LC)) She reported that NDIPP has been awarded permanent status in the federal budget, which is GREAT news. Now if only the other institutions focusing on the preservation of digital objects could get permanent funding as well, then we'd be solid.
The author of L'Archivista summarized a section of Clay Shirky's keynote speech that I liked very much, quoted down below:
The profusion of Internet media has helped to popularize the notion of “information overload,” but our problem is in fact “filter failure.” Information overload has existed since the invention of the printing press, but we generally didn’t notice it because bookstores, libraries and other institutions created systems for facilitating access to printed information. However, on the Internet, information is now like knowledge itself: loosely arranged and variably available.
I think the word choice, "filter failure" is an apt one, considering how searchers essentially have to screen through the information available on the Internet on their own without the help of experienced librarians or information professionals.
What do you think?
The author of L'Archivista summarized a section of Clay Shirky's keynote speech that I liked very much, quoted down below:
The profusion of Internet media has helped to popularize the notion of “information overload,” but our problem is in fact “filter failure.” Information overload has existed since the invention of the printing press, but we generally didn’t notice it because bookstores, libraries and other institutions created systems for facilitating access to printed information. However, on the Internet, information is now like knowledge itself: loosely arranged and variably available.
I think the word choice, "filter failure" is an apt one, considering how searchers essentially have to screen through the information available on the Internet on their own without the help of experienced librarians or information professionals.
What do you think?