The future of library services is really the title of this blog Library EVOLUTION and Web 2.0 is part of the living thing we know as the library. If we are to keep up with the information age we have to teach our students the power of information literacy. Web2.0 is a means of communicating in our global society and sharing our thoughts and ideas with those around us.
According to Dr. H. K. Kaul, Director of Developing Library Network (DELNET) in New Delhi (http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/consortia/files/symposium/index_files/papers/pdfppts/hkkaul.pdf)
- Online information doubles every 6 months
- Unstructured information doubles every 3 months
- Corporate information doubles every 18 months
- Medical information doubles every 19 years
- Scientific information doubles every 5 years
- Biological information doubles every 5 years and
- Useful genetic information doubles every 18-24 months
- The world’s knowledge doubles every 6 months
- Printed knowledge doubles every 8 years
- The sum total of human knowledge doubles every 2-3 years
- Technical knowledge doubles every 3 years
- Medical knowledge doubles every 7 years
- Mechanical capacity to process information doubles every year
- Capacity of chips to hold information doubles every 18 months
- The database of printed information doubles every 8 years
1 comment:
Wow! Isn't this information amazing? I think it's good to remind ourselves of how fast information changes and increases today.
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