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The Ethics of the Click: Users and Digital Information in the Internet Age

Published/Copyright: November 30, 2007
Libri
From the journal Volume 50 Issue 2

More and more information seekers are turning to the World Wide Web as a source of ready and authoritative information. Many of these Internet users do not fully understand the new information environment in which they seek information and how it differs from the print information environment. Lured by the easy click, seduced by colourful Web sites, and convinced that the number of items they can find through Internet search engines (e.g., AltaVista, HotBot etc.), these information seekers believe that up-to-date quality information is free and only a dial tone and a click away. This paper examines the changing information environment from the standpoint of information providers and looks at the hidden agendas and values that conflict with the concept of cheap, easy-to-get, comprehensive, accurate information.

Nancy R. John is Associate Professor, Assistant University Librarian and Manager of Library Systems at the University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Box 8198 m/c 234, Chicago, IL 60680 USA. Tel: +1 312 996 2716 Fax: +1 312 413 0424. E-mail:
Published Online: 2007-11-30
Published in Print: 2000-June

© 2000 by K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Co KG, Federal Republic of Germany

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https://doi.org/10.1515/LIBR.2000.129

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Libri: The Early Years
  2. Libri's Golden Jubilee in a Bibliometric Mirror
  3. Publishing for the Library Community
  4. Authors and Editors of Library Science Journals: Reflections from an Asia/Pacific Context
  5. The Coming Restructuring of Library Book Vending
  6. Are We Steering Technology or Is Technology Steering Us?: Challenges and Opportunities in Internet Publishing
  7. Do We Need Alternative Forms of Publishing or Only New Technologies? Some Personal Reflections
  8. Publishing Revolution? Response and Responsibility of the Library
  9. The Ethics of the Click: Users and Digital Information in the Internet Age
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