Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 14, No. 463.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
<http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/>
<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/humanist/>
[1] From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk> (18)
Subject: how much information is there?
[2] From: "James L. Morrison" <morrison@unc.edu> (34)
Subject: Nov/Dec Issue of The Technology Source
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Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 08:37:18 +0000
From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: how much information is there?
In case you were wondering, you may consult the online report from a
project entitled "How Much Information?" (Senior Researchers: Peter Lyman
and Hal R. Varian; Research Assistants: James Dunn, Aleksey Strygin,
Kirsten Swearingen). "This study is an attempt to measure how much
information is produced in the world each year. We look at several media
and estimate yearly production, accumulated stock, rates of growth, and
other variables of interest." See <http://sims.berkeley.edu/how-much-info/>.
Michael Lesk (NSF) gave a talk on the same subject at King's College London
in 1998, "How much information is there in the world?", for which see
<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/seminar/98-99/seminars_lesk.html>. His
conclsion was "a few thousand petabytes".
Thanks to John Unsworth for passing on the reference to the Berkeley project.
WM
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Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 08:39:24 +0000
From: "James L. Morrison" <morrison@unc.edu>
Subject: Nov/Dec Issue of The Technology Source
Below is a description of the November/December 2000 issue of The
Technology Source, a free, refereed Web periodical at
http://horizon.unc.edu/TS
Please forward this announcement to colleagues who are interested in using
information technology tools more effectively in their work.
As always, we seek illuminating articles that will assist educators as
they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools in
teaching and in managing educational organizations. Please review our call
for manuscripts at http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/call.asp and send me a note
if you would like to contribute such an article. Note that during the one
year period from 1 October 1999 to 30 September 2000, The Technology
Source had 625,112 requests. (A "request" refers to a HTTP request of a
page, either by a link or by typing it in the browser address line; see
our site usage statistical information at http://horizon.unc.edu/usage/).
Jim
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James L. Morrison morrison@unc.edu
Professor of Educational Leadership CB 3500 Peabody Hall
Editor, The Technology Source UNC-Chapel Hill
http://horizon.unc.edu/TS Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Editor Emeritus, On the Horizon Phone: 919 962-2517
http://www.camfordpublishing.com Fax: 919 962-1693
IN THIS ISSUE:
In today's global economy, radically different cultures trade in today's
hottest commodity: knowledge. In an interview with Technology Source
editor James L. Morrison, Frank Tait shares the vision driving his work
with the Chinese distance learning market as senior vice president for
global marketing for SCT, a leading provider of higher education
technology. When Morrison asks what effect SCT's initiatives may have on
American and Chinese educational opportunities, Tait suggests that the
technological revolution may help turn cultural barriers into diverse
opportunities for creative ventures. Empowered by technologies born of
cross-cultural innovation, Tait reports, global businesses like SCT can
provide access to education even in rural parts of distant nations.
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