[…] I often say that the information economy is, at its core, a knowledge ecology. […] This is the key reason our perspectives as librarians are critical to the current debate on the overall initiatives and structure of this new economy. We must comment on copyright. We must address the digital divide. We must understand the unintended consequences of the technologies we introduce to our organizations. We must push quality resources and not just the free content. We must position ourselves, our profession, and our services as essential to healthy knowledge ecologies–which we are. If we don’t, who will?
The law of unintended consequences. (Information Trends) Stephen Abram. Information Outlook Dec 2003 v7 i12 p52(2)
O mestre Stephen Abram tem toda a razão, mas como antever todas as consequências de cada acto? Onde consultar um pessimista profissional? E Depois, ficar perpétuamente agarrado ao medo de algo fazer de errado?
