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--============_-1249277266==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" This Saturday I will be presenting the AASL President's Program at ALA in Chicago. The speech is "The Ties that Bind and the Links that Set Us Free." The article on which this speech is based is available online at http://newlibrary.org or at http://fno.org A brief excerpt from the beginning . . . The Ties that Bind and the Links that Set Us Free Despite all the dot.com hype and promises, we are discovering that vastly increased access to information does not automatically translate into more perceptive insights, wiser decisions or sharper thinking. A few decades ago we lamented the shortage of current information. Now we may drown in infoglut - oceans of unreliable and undifferentiated data that often confound and confuse rather than illuminate. We suffer from noise. We search for relief. We need help! Noise is a bother when we seek insight. Noise brings us chaos . . . static . . . bedlam . . . cacophony. Noise offers distraction, distortion and distress. We need something far more musical - information combining harmoniously to deliver a melody, a song, a message or a meaning. This article will focus on the importance of achieving coherence in the face of information abundance. Coherence supplies the ties that bind information into intelligible packages and the links of meaning that set us free. The article will also explore the essential roles of public librarians, school librarians and others as they help young people and elders find their ways across this daunting new information landscape. Too little has been written about moving beyond information to understanding. Too few have acknowledged the dangers of eliminating information support services during a time of information flooding. continued at http://newlibrary.org -- Jamie McKenzie Editor "From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal" mckenzie@fno.org http://fno.org 500 Fifteenth Street http://staffdevelop.org Bellingham, WA 98225 http://questioning.org Voice (360) 647-8759 http://newlibrary.org Fax (360) 738-9083 "The question is the answer." --============_-1249277266==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { margin-top: 0 ; margin-bottom: 0 } --></style><title>AASL Prez's Program - " The Ties that Bind"</title></head><body> <div>This Saturday I will be presenting the AASL President's Program</div> <div>at ALA in Chicago. The speech is "The Ties that Bind and the Links that Set Us Free."</div> <div><br></div> <div>The article on which this speech is based is available online</div> <div>at http://newlibrary.org or at http://fno.org</div> <div><br></div> <div>A brief excerpt from the beginning . . .</div> <div><br></div> <div> <b> The Ties that Bind and the Links that Set Us Free</b></div> <div><br></div> <div>Despite all the dot.com hype and promises, we are discovering that</div> <div>vastly increased access to information does not automatically translate into more perceptive insights, wiser decisions or sharper thinking.<br> <br> A few decades ago we lamented the shortage of current information.</div> <div>Now we may drown in infoglut - oceans of unreliable and undifferentiated data that often confound and confuse rather than illuminate. We suffer from noise. We search for relief. We need</div> <div>help!</div> <div><br></div> <div>Noise is a bother when we seek insight. Noise brings us chaos . . . static . . .</div> <div>bedlam . . . cacophony. Noise offers distraction, distortion and distress.</div> <div><br></div> <div>We need something far more musical - information combining harmoniously to deliver a melody, a song, a message or a meaning.</div> <div><br></div> <div>This article will focus on the importance of achieving coherence in</div> <div>the face of information abundance. Coherence supplies the ties that bind</div> <div>information into intelligible packages and the links of meaning that set us free.<br> </div> <div>The article will also explore the essential roles of public</div> <div>librarians, school librarians and others as they help young people and elders find their ways across this daunting new information landscape. Too little has been written about moving beyond information to understanding. Too few have acknowledged the dangers of eliminating</div> <div>information support services during a time of information flooding.</div> <div><br></div> <div>continued at http://newlibrary.org</div> <div><font face="Geneva" size="-1" color="#000000">-- <br> Jamie McKenzie</font></div> <div><font face="Geneva" size="-1" color="#000000">Editor</font></div> <div><font face="Geneva" size="-1" color="#000000">"From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal"</font></div> <div><font face="Geneva" size="-1" color="#000000" >mckenzie@fno.org <span ></span > <span ></span> http://fno.org<br> 500 Fifteenth Street <span ></span> http://staffdevelop.org<br> Bellingham, WA 98225 <span ></span> http://questioning.org</font></div> <div><font face="Geneva" size="-1" color="#000000">Voice (360) 647-8759 <span ></span> http://newlibrary.org </font></div> <div><font face="Geneva" size="-1" color="#000000">Fax (360) 738-9083</font></div> <div><font face="Geneva" size="-1" color="#000000"><br> "The question is the answer." </font></div> </body> </html> --============_-1249277266==_ma============-- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. 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