New question and answer sites seem to be popping up.  The New York Times ran an article, 'The Answers Are Out There, and The New Q. and A. Dig Them Up'  .


One of  the new sites is Quora (find and follow your friends' questions and answers).  You can have Quora check your email address book for friends using Quora.  I received an email stating a friend was following my Quora activity.  I haven't posted a question yet.  I'll have to post something to see how this works.

Information Overload

The School Library Monthly blog had an interesting post a few days ago about information overload.  Information Overload about Information Overload comments on our current status of so much information and cites a few articles.  Digital overload is a big concern now -- how do we deal with all that is available?  How do we teach our students and teachers how to use everything that is out there?  Do we need to teach them everything?  Will a few good databases, online resources or website be enough? 

While reading the School Library Monthly blog, I thought that maybe we have always had information overload, hence the Dewey Decimal System and the Library of Congress System, Sears List of Subject Headings and the Library of Congress Subject Headings, card catalogs and online catalogs.