Information Obesity: Too Big Too Know and ways to deal with Open Access to everything | MalariaWorld
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"Who doesn’t know the feeling: there is so much information available nowadays that it resembles a whirling stream threatening to drown you completely. And because not all information is freely available, what would Open Access do to add to that feeling? ... That filtering is needed is beyond doubt: no individual on its own can cope with the enormous amounts of information that is daily offered to him/her. But the important question is: who does the filtering? ..."