As I get ready to wrap up this blog, I have looked over the various entries and comments that have been posted. Many issues have been addressed and I am thankful for the insightful and thought-provoking comments that have been left by my peers. As an information professional, and life-long learner, I think that it is important to keep asking questions and pushing one-self further to search for the answers. This will lead to you becoming a true professional, regardless of what career you pursue.
Thanks for taking the time to view my blog and participate in sharing ideas. Feel free to continue to leave comments, I hope to check back in from time to time.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Reliable Sources
As information professionals, it is of utmost importance that we are able to identify the source of the information that we are using and disseminating. Many other students have included the importance of being aware of the source of information used, and I think that it is relevant to each level of the information cycle. On a personal level, this topic has grown increasingly more important over the course of the semester. As I gather research for papers, I find that there is so much information available about any given topic. Some of it is conflicting, or inaccurate. The importance of using reliable sources comes into play more and more frequently.
As these thoughts were congealing in my mind, I was watching a news program on CNN titled curiously enough Reliable Sources. A link for the show is provided for those readers who may be unfamiliar with the show and its format http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/reliable.sources/. It deals with the media and accountability for what they report. It got me thinking about journalists as information professionals. Is that an accurate statement? They are the middleman connecting the public to the information; organizing it, describing it, and disseminating it. So I believe that does make them information professionals, of a sort.
I then started to think about how this connects to my blog which focuses on describing information. As information professionals, may you be a journalist or a librarian, they way that you describe information effects how the overall information or event will be viewed or reacted to by those accessing it. We need to consider how we would handle our opinions or feelings in reference to some of the information that we may be asked to describe. All of these will effect the way that the information is viewed and accessed. Therefore we have to maintain a high professional standard in terms of the information that we describe so that we will always be considered a reliable source.
As these thoughts were congealing in my mind, I was watching a news program on CNN titled curiously enough Reliable Sources. A link for the show is provided for those readers who may be unfamiliar with the show and its format http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/reliable.sources/. It deals with the media and accountability for what they report. It got me thinking about journalists as information professionals. Is that an accurate statement? They are the middleman connecting the public to the information; organizing it, describing it, and disseminating it. So I believe that does make them information professionals, of a sort.
I then started to think about how this connects to my blog which focuses on describing information. As information professionals, may you be a journalist or a librarian, they way that you describe information effects how the overall information or event will be viewed or reacted to by those accessing it. We need to consider how we would handle our opinions or feelings in reference to some of the information that we may be asked to describe. All of these will effect the way that the information is viewed and accessed. Therefore we have to maintain a high professional standard in terms of the information that we describe so that we will always be considered a reliable source.
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