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Information services and digital literacy : in search of the boundaries of knowing /
Despite new technologies, people do not always find information readily. This book is about the role of information services and digital literacies in the age of the social web. Do people still need help in finding the information they need, and if so, why? What can new tools and techniques make eas...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford, UK :
Chandos Pub.,
2012.
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| Series: | Chandos information professional series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Information Services and Digital Literacy: In search of the boundaries of knowing; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1Introduction; 2Knowing what we know; The economy of ordinary knowledge; Boundaries of knowing; Conclusions; 3Information services and digital literacy; Information services; Digital literacy; Conclusions; 4Technologies of abundance; Networking; Personal information technology; Usability; Convergence; The consequences of technology; Conclusions; 5The culture of participation; Communal and individualist participation: 'talko' work and 'broadcast yourselfism'
- Commercialism and freedomRoles and rules of participation; Economy of participation and non-participation; Conclusions; 6The 'new' user; Learned or born; Behaving differently with information; Reading differently; Users and non-users; Identity; The making of a 'new' user; Conclusions; 7Information; The form of information; The emergence of information; Qualitative and computational viewpoints; A pig in a poke?; Abundance and scarcity; Conclusions; 8Information services and digital literacy as boundary objects; The pieces that do not fit; Across the boundaries; References; Index.