Category Archives: Authority

Information Behavior of the “Google Generation”

Just came across the results of a new study commissioned by the British Library and JISC about information behavior of the “Google generation.” These are people born after around 1993. Here is a direct link to the full report. Broadly,

Information Behavior of the “Google Generation”

Just came across the results of a new study commissioned by the British Library and JISC about information behavior of the “Google generation.” These are people born after around 1993. Here is a direct link to the full report. Broadly,

Presidential Watch 2008

We’ve been getting a fair amount of information in the European media about the presidential race in the USA, but I’ve still not been following things as closely as I should. Came across this resource recently that could help out:

Presidential Watch 2008

We’ve been getting a fair amount of information in the European media about the presidential race in the USA, but I’ve still not been following things as closely as I should. Came across this resource recently that could help out:

Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting

I spotted this article on NPR about BPR3: Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting. Basically, if you blog about peer-reviewed research, you can then add the approved BPR3 icon to that posting. Here’s the brief description from the BPR3 homepage: “Bloggers

Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting

I spotted this article on NPR about BPR3: Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting. Basically, if you blog about peer-reviewed research, you can then add the approved BPR3 icon to that posting. Here’s the brief description from the BPR3 homepage: “Bloggers

Information Quality Article in JASIST

The October issue of JASIST has an article about measuring information quality. (Cite: Besiki Stvilia, Les Gasser, Michael B. Twidale, Linda C. Smith (2007). “A framework for information quality assessment” JASIST, 58, 12 (1720-1733). Here is a copy of the

Information Quality Article in JASIST

The October issue of JASIST has an article about measuring information quality. (Cite: Besiki Stvilia, Les Gasser, Michael B. Twidale, Linda C. Smith (2007). “A framework for information quality assessment” JASIST, 58, 12 (1720-1733). Here is a copy of the

Exoinformation

Just back from the successful Euro IA 2007 conference in Barcelona and coming down from the buzz you get at events like that. Lots to think about and to tell. In a conversation with some folks about privacy and distributing

Exoinformation

Just back from the successful Euro IA 2007 conference in Barcelona and coming down from the buzz you get at events like that. Lots to think about and to tell. In a conversation with some folks about privacy and distributing

Maniacal Egalitarianism

What if user-contributed content on the web really isn’t a good thing. I mean, isn’t there a good reason why we have edited newspaper and books and such? Maybe everyone and his brother shouldn’t just be spewing whatever they want

Maniacal Egalitarianism

What if user-contributed content on the web really isn’t a good thing. I mean, isn’t there a good reason why we have edited newspaper and books and such? Maybe everyone and his brother shouldn’t just be spewing whatever they want

On Influence and Authority

Matthew Hurst over at Data Mining has in interesting post about influence and authority. He correctly points out that they are not the same thing. However, I think influence actually needs to go beyond number of readers. In the truest

On Influence and Authority

Matthew Hurst over at Data Mining has in interesting post about influence and authority. He correctly points out that they are not the same thing. However, I think influence actually needs to go beyond number of readers. In the truest