Information Anxiety and Overload

Ru Story HuffmanDean of Library Services

Georgia Southwestern State University

Problems with Information

Information Overload Information Anxiety Information Quality Lack of information & technology skills Technology out of context

Where Does It Come From?Newspapers

The Internet(Web sties, Blogs, Social Networking Sites, Podcasts, RSS, Email, etc., etc., etc.)

Magazines/JournalsTelevision

Radio

Your Neighbor, Parents,

Friends, Professors

Random People We Don’t Even Know!!

Data Smog

InformationAsphyxiation

Info Glut

Information JennyCraig

Information Overload

“A weekday edition of The New York Times contains more information than the average person was likely to come across in a lifetime in 17th century England” (Wurman, 2001, p. 5)

Wurman, S. (2001). Information Anxiety 2. Indianapolis, QUE.

Information Overload

http://removeandreplace.com/2013/03/13/how-much-data-is-on-the-internet-and-generated-online-every-minute/

Overload of the Overload

http://www.robertson-associates.eu/blog/

How to Manage Information

1. Be selective 2. Plan your time 3. Organize 4. Prioritize 5. Read This!

According to Webster’s…

“An overwhelming feeling upon the receipt or collection of an indigestible or incomprehensible amount of information, the feeling of being faced with an amount of data that one has no hope of completely processing” (Webster’s, n.d.).

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/information overload

Which Leads Us To:

Our Semester Goal: Learning how to manage and use Information.See You Next Week, as we get started.

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