Cyber Worship Resource of the Week is A Buddhist Prayer for Lost Information

... According to the Web site guide to Buddhist memorial services, on October 24 of every year, at the Daioh Temple of Rinzai Zen Buddhism in Kyoto, Japan, the head priest conducts a prayer for lost information. Recognizing that "many `living' documents and software are thoughtlessly discarded or erased without even a second thought," the sect hopes that through the holding of its "information service" the "`information void' will cease to exist."

Paradoxically, at the same time as institutions in the United States and elsewhere may be in danger of losing their collective memory due to routine deletion of information in electronic form, the typical end user is most likely experiencing the opposite sensation: drowning in information overload. A recent Washington Post cover story characterized the time we live in as the "Too-Much-Information Age," going so far as to declare in a bold headline: "Tidal Wave .of Information Threatens to Swamp Civilization" (Achenbach 1999). cited in Recordkeeping in the 21st Century. By:BARON, JASON R.

• More details of this Buddhist Prayer are in my book: Cyber Worship in Multifaith Perspectives, (p. 168-169).
  
• See also related content: Cyber Worship Resource of the Week is The Jewish Prayer While Logging Onto the Internet
• THE LIBRARIAN'S PRAYER / PRAYER FOR LIBRARIANS

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Knowledge Networking in ICT Era

International Conference on "Knowledge Networking in ICT Era"
during January 22- 24, 2009 - Conference Brochure

Call for Papers
Submit Papers by November 30, 2008 to
Organising Secretary: Mr. P. Panneerselvam, Librarian,
B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College
G.S.T. Road, Vandalur
Chennai - 600 048, India

More details also at: AllConferences.com

Library Vendor Assessment Literature Review

Interesting article, but dated.

Library Vendor Assessment Literature Review

by Susan C. Vargas, BiblioTech

Knowledge production in a profession: Use-inspired knowledge revisited

NB. Here is an interesting reflection and input for the bank of change. For a reflection on change, you need to recognize change, manage change and record change in a manner that can facilitate the change. There is much more on this change in the May / June issue of AIIM E-DOC Magazine - PM for ECM.

This sort of strategy also helps as a pathfinder for knowledge production in a profession:

• Inside Pasteur's quadrant: knowledge production in a profession, Karri A. Holley and William G. Tierney, Educational Studies 01 July 2008

Abstract: In this paper, we examine the current state of educational research through the framework of “use-inspired” knowledge. Previous discussions regarding the nature of educational research have disproportionately focused on the soft/applied nature of knowledge in the discipline or a need for methodological priority. After acknowledging these arguments, we consider the role of education as a professional discipline in American colleges and universities, and explore the inherent relationship between researchers and practitioners. Use-inspired knowledge prioritises practice, encourages translational research, fosters interdisciplinarity and dissolves rigid educational structures.

Keywords: schools of education; research; professional practice

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