Vast Active Library and Information Science blog. From a recent library science graduate in Wellington, New Zealand. A focus on reference and current awareness tools and issues, especially free, web-based resources.

 
Seen on TVC Alert an article from the Globe and Mail, suggesting that there's a downside to ICT - we no longer find it easy to concentrate on one thing at once, we have shorter attention spans and prefer to multitask. (Actually, I find this article reassuring - I thought I was bad because I'd never watch a TV programme without reading a book at the same time, but the author is in a whole other league from me). Worth thinking about though. (I think it was Schenk in 'Data Smog' who said that over-reliance on ICT is giving us all ADHD.)

| posted by Simon at 1:41 pm