Reading Strategies for Coping with Information… : DASH Story 2015-02-23
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I am a librarian on the Canadia side of the Pacific NorthWest. I accessed the article because of a Twitter conversation some other library and Higher Ed folks are having about just how persistent and perennial the "new" problems we face with students regarding information overload, undisciplined study habits, a propensity for surface learning... the classic terrain for any grumpy curmudgeon in academia complaining about "kids these days." I can access this whole article "Reading Strategies for Coping with Information Overload, ca.1550-1700" and discuss the timelessness of workarounds and shortcuts taken among the scholarly community to cope with information overload. It's not about the net gen, folks. It's about being human. And look here, I have easy access to the evidence that proves such an assertion. Thanks, OA. And thanks, Harvard.
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