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Ryan DalpiazInteresting insight into the popular myths
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tony chism""All information is now available online." The absurdity of this claim is obvious to anyone who has ever done research in archives. Only a tiny fraction of archival material has ever been read, much less digitized. Most judicial decisions and legislation, both state and federal, have never appeared on the Web. The vast output of regulations and reports by public bodies remains largely inaccessible to the citizens it affects. Google estimates that 129,864,880 different books exist in the world, and it claims to have digitized 15 million of them—or about 12 percent."
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Michel Bauwens""The book is dead." Wrong: More books are produced in print each year than in the previous year. One million new titles will appear worldwide in 2011. In one day in Britain—"Super Thursday," last October 1—800 new works were published. The latest figures for the United States cover only 2009, and they do not distinguish between new books and new editions of old books. But the total number, 288,355, suggests a healthy market, and the growth in 2010 and 2011 is likely to be much greater. "
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More books are produced in print each year than in the previous year.
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But every age is an age of information, each in its own way
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misleading to construe that change as unprecedented.
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Only a tiny fraction of archival material has ever been read, much less digitized.
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The vast output of regulations and reports by public bodies remains largely inaccessible to the citizens it affects
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Google estimates that 129,864,880 different books exist in the world, and it claims to have digitized 15 million of them—or about 12 percent.
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Not only does most information not appear online, but most of the information that once did appear has probably been lost
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Everywhere in the country librarians report that they have never had so many patrons.
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In 10, 20, or 50 years, the information environment will be overwhelmingly digital, but the prevalence of electronic communication does not mean that printed material will cease to be important.
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new modes of communication do not displace old ones, at least not in the short run.
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Last year the sale of e-books (digitized texts designed for hand-held readers) doubled, accounting for 10 percent of sales in the trade-book market
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But there are indications that the sale of printed books has increased at the same time.
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The enthusiasm for e-books may have stimulated reading in general, and the market as a whole seems to be expanding.
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Confusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness. It's no one's fault but everyone's problem, because in trying to get our bearings in cyberspace, we often get things wrong, and the misconceptions spread so rapidly that they go unchallenged. Taken together, they constitute a font of proverbial nonwisdom.
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Carole BirdPrint books and ebooks are allies not enemies.
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More books are produced in print each year than in the previous year.
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One million new titles will appear worldwide in 2011.
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"We have entered the information age."
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"All information is now available online."
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Only a tiny fraction of archival material has ever been read, much less digitized. Most judicial decisions and legislation, both state and federal, have never appeared on the Web
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Digital texts degrade far more easily than words printed on paper. Brewster Kahle, creator of the Internet Archive, calculated in 1997 that the average life of a URL was 44 days.
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access to information for small businesses, help with homework and afterschool activities for children, and employment information for job seekers
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. "The future is digital."
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Research in the relatively new discipline of book history has demonstrated that new modes of communication do not displace old ones, at least not in the short run.
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the information environment became richer and more complex.
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Many of us worry about a decline in deep, reflective, cover-to-cover reading
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deep reading has declined, or even that it always prevailed?
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Studies by Kevin Sharpe, Lisa Jardine, and Anthony Grafton have proven that humanists in the 16th and 17th centuries often read discontinuously, searching for passages that could be used in the cut and thrust of rhetorical battles at court, or for nuggets of wisdom that could be copied into commonplace books and consulted out of context.
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positive aspect of reading intermittently and in small doses.
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but professional publishers will provide relief from that problem by continuing to do what they always have done—selecting, editing, designing, and marketing the best works. They will have to adapt their skills to the Internet, but they are already doing so, and they can take advantage of the new possibilities offered by the new technology.
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1. "The book is dead." Wrong: More books are produced in print each year than in the previous year.
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do not include the explosion in the output of "nontraditional" books—a further 764,448 titles produced by self-publishing authors and "micro-niche" print-on-demand enterprises.
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"We have entered the information age.
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But every age is an age of information, each in its own way and according to the media available at the time.
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. "All information is now available online.
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Only a tiny fraction of archival material has ever been read, much less digitized.
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. Google estimates that 129,864,880 different books exist in the world, and it claims to have digitized 15 million of them—or about 12 percent.
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Despite the efforts to preserve the millions of messages exchanged by means of blogs, e-mail, and handheld devices, most of the daily flow of information disappears. Digital texts degrade far more easily than words printed on paper. Brewster Kahle, creator of the Internet Archive, calculated in 1997 that the average life of a URL was 44 days. Not only does most information not appear online, but most of the information that once did appear has probably been lost.
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. "Libraries are obsolete."
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they also are fulfilling new functions: access to information for small businesses, help with homework and afterschool activities for children, and employment information for job seekers (the disappearance of want ads in printed newspapers makes the library's online services crucial for the unemployed).
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. "The future is digital.
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I mention these misconceptions because I think they stand in the way of understanding shifts in the information environment.
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Is it true, however, that deep reading has declined, or even that it always prevailed?
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have emphasized the positive aspect of reading intermittently and in small doses.
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The online version of the vanity press may contribute to the information overload, but professional publishers will provide relief from that problem by continuing to do what they always have done—selecting, editing, designing, and marketing the best work
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One could cite other examples of how the new technology is reinforcing old modes of communication rather than undermining them.
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Robert Darnton is a professor and university librarian at Harvard University
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But every age is an age of information, each in its own way and according to the media available at the time.
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Only a tiny fraction of archival material has ever been read, much less digitized.
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Research in the relatively new discipline of book history has demonstrated that new modes of communication do not displace old ones, at least not in the short run. Manuscript publishing actually expanded after Gutenberg and continued to thrive for the next three centuries. Radio did not destroy the newspaper; television did not kill radio; and the Internet did not make TV extinct. In each case, the information environment became richer and more complex. That is what we are experiencing in this crucial phase of transition to a dominantly digital ecology.
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Studies by Kevin Sharpe, Lisa Jardine, and Anthony Grafton have proven that humanists in the 16th and 17th centuries often read discontinuously, searching for passages that could be used in the cut and thrust of rhetorical battles at court, or for nuggets of wisdom that could be copied into commonplace books and consulted out of context.
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Richard Hoggart and Michel de Certeau have emphasized the positive aspect of reading intermittently and in small doses. Ordinary readers, as they understand them, appropriate books (including chapbooks and Harlequin romances) in their own ways, investing them with meaning that makes sense by their own lights. Far from being passive, such readers, according to de Certeau, act as "poachers," snatching significance from whatever comes to hand.
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Pam BloomquistBy Robert Darnton. Confusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness.
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Jackie Dunbar"5. "The future is digital." True enough, but misleading. In 10, 20, or 50 years, the information environment will be overwhelmingly digital, but the prevalence of electronic communication does not mean that printed material will cease to be important. Research in the relatively new discipline of book history has demonstrated that new modes of communication do not displace old ones, at least not in the short run. Manuscript publishing actually expanded after Gutenberg and continued to thrive for the next three centuries. Radio did not destroy the newspaper; television did not kill radio; and the Internet did not make TV extinct. In each case, the information environment became richer and more complex. That is what we are experiencing in this crucial phase of transition to a dominantly digital ecology."
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Ron Wessels"Confusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness. It's no one's fault but everyone's problem, because in trying to get our bearings in cyberspace, we often get things wrong, and the misconceptions spread so rapidly that they go unchallenged. Taken together, they constitute a font of proverbial nonwisdom. Five stand out:"
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Clive ThompsonRobert Darnton on various myths of the digital age.
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Cotham School LibraryConfusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness.
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Justin Medved5 Myths About the 'Information Age' - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education - http://t.co/Dr8819s
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Tracey GentleConfusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness. It's no one's fault but everyone's problem, because in trying to get our bearings in cyberspace, we often get things wrong, and the misconcep
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mikael böökRobert Darnton: "Confusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness."
RD illustrated his book abt communication networks in nineteenth century Paris with digital recordings of tunes sung by th -
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"We have entered the information age." This announcement is usually intoned solemnly, as if information did not exist in other ages.
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dwenmothConfusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness.
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franknormanDarnton urges historical perspective; says electronic bks, reading & writing add to rich cultural milieu of "info age" http://bit.ly/dROuRW
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Sue BognarThe myths are - the books is dead; all information is now available online; we have entered the information age; libraries are obsolete;the future is digital.
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Deirdre definitely1. "The book is dead."
2. "We have entered the information age."
3. "All information is now available online."
4. "Libraries are obsolete."
5. "The future is digital."
"I mention these misconceptions because I think they stand in the way of understanding shifts in the information environment. They make the changes appear too dramatic. They present things ahistorically and in sharp contrasts—before and after, either/or, black and white. A more nuanced view would reject the common notion that old books and e-books occupy opposite and antagonistic extremes on a technological spectrum. Old books and e-books should be thought of as allies, not enemies."technology information libraries books ebooks reading writing media publishing history
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Todd Suomela"5. "The future is digital." True enough, but misleading. In 10, 20, or 50 years, the information environment will be overwhelmingly digital, but the prevalence of electronic communication does not mean that printed material will cease to be important. Research in the relatively new discipline of book history has demonstrated that new modes of communication do not displace old ones, at least not in the short run. Manuscript publishing actually expanded after Gutenberg and continued to thrive for the next three centuries. Radio did not destroy the newspaper; television did not kill radio; and the Internet did not make TV extinct. In each case, the information environment became richer and more complex. That is what we are experiencing in this crucial phase of transition to a dominantly digital ecology."
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Tip NgConfusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness. It's no one's fault but everyone's problem, because in trying to get our bearings in cyberspace, we often get things wrong, and the misconceptions spread so rapidly that they go unchallenged. Taken together, they constitute a font of proverbial nonwisdom.
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Barbara LindseyWritten by a humanities academic. As often is the case, the comments are even more illuminating...
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Confusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness. I
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"The book is dead.
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Confusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness.
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Robyn VeugenBravo! 5 myths about the information age: http://chronicle.com/article/5-Myths-About-the-Information/127105
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a font of proverbial nonwisdom.
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The enthusiasm for e-books may have stimulated reading in general, and the market as a whole seems to be expanding.
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Ordinary readers, as they understand them, appropriate books (including chapbooks and Harlequin romances) in their own ways, investing them with meaning that makes sense by their own lights.
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