Information Overload and the Quality of Your Life

ALCTS President's Program 2006 in New Orleans

Information Overload and the Quality of Your Life: Can a New Environmental Movement Restore Balance?

Monday, June 26, 2006
10:30 am - 12:00 noon

Track
Digital Information & Technologies

Description

Both the accelerating pace of life and the amount of information we are expected to process trouble many of us. The keynote speaker will develop the notion of information environmentalism as a response to the torrent of 24/7 media and information that is upsetting the balance of our lives. Coping strategies, including preservation of space and time for reading, contemplation, and reflection, will be discussed.

Speakers

  • Dr. David Levy, Professor, University of Washington Information School
  • Rosann V. Bazirjian, University Librarian, The University of North Carolina-Greensboro and ALCTS President
  • Joyce Ogburn, Director of the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah

Sponsored by
ALCTS