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The day the world changed: Implications for archival, library and information Print E-mail
Written by Sylvia Cadena   
Wednesday, 29 June 2005

This essay, leaded by Richard J. Cox, explores the many implications for library and information science schools educating the next generation of information professionals after September 11th. It considers an array of opinions by the faculty located in one such school regarding how to reflect on the aftermath of the attacks for basic aspects of teaching, research, and curriculum design in library and information science schools.

Topics examined include disaster preparedness and recovery, knowledge management, workplace design and location, technology and the human dimension, ethics and information policy, information security, information economics, memorializing and documenting the terrorist attacks, the role of the Internet, and preservation.

The essay was a collaborative effort of the faculty teaching across the departments and programs of the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. The lead author is Richard J. Cox, Professor of Archival Studies, at the School and a frequent contributor to First Monday.

The essay is fully available at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_12/cox/index.html

* First Monday is one of the first openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet.