Lee+Crockett+Keynote

Understanding the Digital Generation Lee Crockett told us that we live in the age of info-whelm. He reminded us that we live in a world of disposable information with a crazy amount of information at our finger tips. We face a world rapidly on the move. In 2003 - Total globe's production - estimate 5 exobytes of data - 37 000 x books of biggest library in world. In 5 years grown 10 000% - 500 exobytes. How big is that? 13 stacks of books all the way to Pluto - deforest planet 12x - in one day!Every year 120 years out of date on youtube. Great infographic on content generation and size of cloud storage: Click to enlarge

 He asked us to think...
 * How will libraries cope with the any time/ any where future?
 * What skills do students really need?
 * Is it our past or their future?
 * How are we preparing students for a flat world?
 * Why do we continue to ban digital devices?

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