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Information Anxiety and Overload
Ru Story HuffmanDean of Library Services
Georgia Southwestern State University
Problems with Information
Information Overload Information Anxiety Information Quality Lack of information & technology skills Technology out of context
Where Does It Come From?Newspapers
The Internet(Web sties, Blogs, Social Networking Sites, Podcasts, RSS, Email, etc., etc., etc.)
Magazines/JournalsTelevision
Radio
Your Neighbor, Parents,
Friends, Professors
Random People We Don’t Even Know!!
Data Smog
InformationAsphyxiation
Info Glut
Information JennyCraig
Information Overload
“A weekday edition of The New York Times contains more information than the average person was likely to come across in a lifetime in 17th century England” (Wurman, 2001, p. 5)
Wurman, S. (2001). Information Anxiety 2. Indianapolis, QUE.
Information Overload
http://removeandreplace.com/2013/03/13/how-much-data-is-on-the-internet-and-generated-online-every-minute/
Overload of the Overload
http://www.robertson-associates.eu/blog/
How to Manage Information
1. Be selective 2. Plan your time 3. Organize 4. Prioritize 5. Read This!
According to Webster’s…
“An overwhelming feeling upon the receipt or collection of an indigestible or incomprehensible amount of information, the feeling of being faced with an amount of data that one has no hope of completely processing” (Webster’s, n.d.).
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/information overload
Which Leads Us To:
Our Semester Goal: Learning how to manage and use Information.See You Next Week, as we get started.
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