Never before in history has there been so much ease of access to information. The information landscape is evolving at an “alarming rate” (O’Connell et al., 2021, module 2.2) and the amount of data created is growing exponentially each and every day (Desjardins, 2019). With the rise of various social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, […]
Libraries framed by an Economic Definition of the Information Society
The reflection prompt invites the consideration of libraries framed by an ‘economic’ definition of the Information Society. It asks whether libraries are managers, creators and distributors of information, or data processors? O’Connell et al. suggests that “when we talk about the information society we think of rapid technological change, convergence of technologies and changes to […]
The Driving Force Behind Technological Change
The reflection prompt for this learning activity, as to ‘who/what is driving technological change – is it the inhabitants of the landscape or the technology itself?’ is a bit of a which came first – the chicken or the egg? kind of question. I’d first consider why a particular technology is created. Usually, society has […]
The Tool is Directing the User…
O’Connell et al. states that “the tool is directing the user” where built-in artificial intelligence (AI) is an embedded technology where “users don’t have to think about how to use it [the technology tool]”. She provides Google as an example of a platform which uses this AI feature, which limits search options based on a […]
Ramifications of having access to Technology 24/7
Having access to (or the ability to access) information 24/7 is a norm in our modern-day society. On first consideration, I would deem it to be a largely positive notion. However, in the article set for consideration and reflection upon, Mosbergen (2016) reports on a French labour reform bill that has me questioning whether this […]
Deep Web and Internet2 Definitions
After consideration of a number of googled definitions of the terms, these are my own definitions of ‘Deep Web’ and ‘Internet2’: Deep Web – The Deep Web is the part of the World Wide Web (ie. Internet) that cannot be found on standard search engines (such as Google or Yahoo) that index regular ‘Surface […]
A 2007 Perspective on the Future Impact of ICT in Our Lives
The reflection question, ‘has much changed since Floridi wrote this article?’ can be reduced to a simplistic yes or no answer. My response: yes, I believe much has changed in the 14 years since the article publication in 2007. I think more pertinent questions to consider are: how have things changed and also how much […]
An Introduction to the Information Environment
The initial readings from Module 2.1 of the ETL401: Introduction to Teacher Librarianship subject provide an interesting foundation of learning to begin my Masters journey. The first reflective task is to consider what we have learnt so far from this particular module. As such, the following is a summary of O’Connell et al.’s teachings of […]
This is Me!
Hi, I’m Diana. Now that I am on the path of Teacher Librarian, it seems like such a natural fit for me! A bit of background first though… I completed a Bachelor of Arts (double major in Sociology and Gender Studies) at Sydney University back in 2005, essentially choosing subjects that interested me. What was […]
Discussion Forum 1 – Definitions of Collection Development and Management
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) in their IFLA School Library Guidelines (2015) prescribes that school libraries need to provide a wide and varied range of resources, both physical and digital in nature, which is suitable for and reflective of the demographics of the school community. They advise that collections be regularly […]