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Natura: Recurso educativo Open Access
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Pubblicazione: 1989
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contents The Challenge of the Information Age. White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Access to Information Democracy Economic Factors Equal Education Information Technology Literacy Productivity Technological Advancement User Needs (Information) The major challenge presented by the Information Age is equitable access to information. This challenge results from the sheer amount of information that is being produced and the rapid advances in technology for storing, organizing, and accessing this growing mass of information. One effect of these developments is an increasingly fragmented information base, large components of which are available only to people with money and/or acceptable institutional affiliations. This paper begins by discussing the importance of information literacy to individuals, businesses, and citizenship. Opportunities to develop information literacy are then described, with emphasis on the role that libraries can play in this endeavor. The paper concludes with the statement that knowledge is this country's most precious commodity, and that information literate people are America's most valuable resource. (MAB)
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spellingShingle The Challenge of the Information Age. White House Conference on Library and Information Services.
Access to Information
Democracy
Economic Factors
Equal Education
Information Technology
Literacy
Productivity
Technological Advancement
User Needs (Information)
The Challenge of the Information Age. White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Access to Information Democracy Economic Factors Equal Education Information Technology Literacy Productivity Technological Advancement User Needs (Information) The major challenge presented by the Information Age is equitable access to information. This challenge results from the sheer amount of information that is being produced and the rapid advances in technology for storing, organizing, and accessing this growing mass of information. One effect of these developments is an increasingly fragmented information base, large components of which are available only to people with money and/or acceptable institutional affiliations. This paper begins by discussing the importance of information literacy to individuals, businesses, and citizenship. Opportunities to develop information literacy are then described, with emphasis on the role that libraries can play in this endeavor. The paper concludes with the statement that knowledge is this country's most precious commodity, and that information literate people are America's most valuable resource. (MAB)
title The Challenge of the Information Age. White House Conference on Library and Information Services.
topic Access to Information
Democracy
Economic Factors
Equal Education
Information Technology
Literacy
Productivity
Technological Advancement
User Needs (Information)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED337197