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Peer reviewedRuus, Laine G. M. – Library Trends, 1982
Considers history of data archives, which preserve machine-readable data files (MRDF) for posterity and provide services to users, and current educational scene for data archive personnel. Pros and cons of current system, a 1980 survey of managers of MRDF collections, and alternatives for future are discussed. Twenty-three references are provided.…
Descriptors: Archives, Data, Information Science, Job Training
Peer reviewedTidline, Tonyia J. – Library Trends, 1999
Combines ideas from mythology, folklore, and library and information science to conclude that information overload is a myth of modern culture. Reports results of a pilot project intended to describe information overload experienced by a particular folk group composed of future library and information professionals. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Higher Education, Information Science, Information Scientists
