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Information Services and Digital Literacy In Search of the Boundaries of Knowing

Isto Huvila

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Description:Presenting a new approach for understanding how information services help and hinder people in becoming informed, Information Services and Digital Literacy: In Search of the Boundaries of Knowing scrutinizes the role of information services and digital literacies in the age of the social web. Huvila argues that a central problem in the age of the social web and the culture of participation is that we do not know the premises of how we know, and in this book he closely examines the ways that interacting with information affects people’s actions. Among the topics he explores areHow to conceptualize information services and digital literacy using the economy of “ordinary” knowledge as a frameworkThe consequences of abundant technology; Networking, with a look at participation versus nonparticipation, commercialism, and freedomThe different behaviors toward knowledge exhibited by the “born digital” or “new” userHow information itself, and its abundance and scarcity, affects the ways in which we know things.Huvila's observations on how we know, where the boundaries to our knowledge lie, how to cross them, and what consequences our actions may have will stimulate researchers, practitioners, and LIS students alike.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Information Services and Digital Literacy In Search of the Boundaries of Knowing. To get started finding Information Services and Digital Literacy In Search of the Boundaries of Knowing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 200

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1843346834

Description: Presenting a new approach for understanding how information services help and hinder people in becoming informed, Information Services and Digital Literacy: In Search of the Boundaries of Knowing scrutinizes the role of information services and digital literacies in the age of the social web. Huvila argues that a central problem in the age of the social web and the culture of participation is that we do not know the premises of how we know, and in this book he closely examines the ways that interacting with information affects people’s actions. Among the topics he explores areHow to conceptualize information services and digital literacy using the economy of “ordinary” knowledge as a frameworkThe consequences of abundant technology; Networking, with a look at participation versus nonparticipation, commercialism, and freedomThe different behaviors toward knowledge exhibited by the “born digital” or “new” userHow information itself, and its abundance and scarcity, affects the ways in which we know things.Huvila's observations on how we know, where the boundaries to our knowledge lie, how to cross them, and what consequences our actions may have will stimulate researchers, practitioners, and LIS students alike.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Information Services and Digital Literacy In Search of the Boundaries of Knowing. To get started finding Information Services and Digital Literacy In Search of the Boundaries of Knowing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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