Both Sides of the Issue

Some of the ideas we shared in our second formal asynchronous discussion question (about the changing roles of librarians) for Understanding Information are covered in this article.


33 Reasons Why Libraries and Librarians Are Still Extremely Important - Technology - RedOrbit

The Internet as an Interactive Medium

This excerpt of Al Gore's new book, The Assault on Reason, includes passages that are directly related to our coursework about information and how it is distributed. Gore contrasts television, which "dominates the flow of information" with the Internet and its potential "to revitalize the role played by the people in our constitutional framework" and to connect "individuals to one another and to a universe of knowledge." I've reserved the book at my library.