The Information Age
Constant and pervasive, these terms reflect the opportunities and the challenges we face in having immediate, unlimited, global information access. The never-ending barrage of information, from so many different sources, can be completely overwhelming. |
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 If you're going to make it in the global neighborhood, you have to learn how to deal with the constantly growing and changing world of information. |
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Becoming information literate is the key to dealing with that mass of information we face every day. We have to know how to identify, locate, evaluate, and communicate the best, most relevant, and most appropriate information, whether it's on our jobs, at home, or anywhere else. Business leaders, academics, politicians, students, scientists, parents... it affects us all in one way or another. Several recent articles and books illustrate the complexity and magnitude of the issue.
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