Reading Notes - Week 1

Information Literacy and Information Technology Literacy: New Components in the Curriculum for a Digital Culture

Thank you Clifford Lynch!  The differences between Information Literacy and Information Technology Literacy are extremely well explained.  I think it's important to realize that it is one thing to understand the difference between knowing the content of information and knowing the technological infrastructure of that information.  They are individual ideas, but are definitely closely related and dependent upon each other.

2004 Information Format Trends: Content, not Containers

This article provides a nice overview of developments in the technological world.  It also provides some helpful definitions and explanations that will most likely be extremely helpful in the future.

Lied Library @ 4 years

This article nicely summed up the challenges that libraries face as times change.  I think that as humans it is all too easy to pretend that everything will stay the same for the rest of our lives, but technology steams ahead.  I think that Vaughn addresses the issues well and provides a fine example for the rest of us.