7. Think of CARRDSS CREDIBILITY / AUTHORITY ACCURACY RELIABILITY RELEVANCE DATE SOURCES BEHIND THE TEXT SCOPE AND PURPOSE
8. CREDIBILITY / AUTHORITY : Who is the author? What are his or her credentials? Education? Experience? Affiliation? Does the author’s experience really qualify him or her as an expert? Does he or she offer first-hand credibility? (For instance, a Vietnam veteran or a witness to Woodstock?) Who actually published this page? Is this a personal page or is it part of the site belonging to a major institution? (Clues pointing to a personal page: ~ tilde, %, users, members) Is the page hosted by a free server like AOL, Tripod,
9. But what if I can’t find any author information?
10. Look for credibility clues! Words and phrases to look for: About us, Who Am I, FAQs, For More, Company Information, Profiles, Our Staff, Home E-mail the author If you have no information other than an e-mail link, write a polite e-mail asking for more information.
11. More credibility clues(What do others think?) Do a link check In Google or AltaVista type link:siteaddress Your results will show which other sites have chosen to link to this page. If respectable institutions have linked to a site, that provides a clue about the site’s credibility. Does the site appear in major subject directories like Librarian’s Index to the Internet (lii.org)?
21. Valentine, Timothy. There’s a Hole in the Bucket-1.” 2 June 2008. Flickr. Web. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/el_ramon/2544912168/>.
22. More about The Commons Launched on January 16, 2008 in partnership with Library of Congress. Objectives: 1. To increase access to publicly-held photography collections, and 2. To provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge. (Then watch what happens when they do!)
27. The smartest person in the room is not the person at the front of the room. The smartest person in the room, is the room! David Weinberger, BLC, July 2009
28. "Nobody is as smart as everybody.” Founding executive editor of Wired, Kevin Kelly
49. What sorts of materials is the blogger reading or citing?
50. Does this blogger have influence? Who and how many people link to the blog? Who is commenting? Does this blog appear to be part of a community? The best blogs are likely to be hubs for folks who share interests with the blogger.
51. Is this content covered in any depth, with any authority? How sophisticated is the language, the spelling?
52. Is this blog alive? It there a substantial archive? How current are the posts?
53. At what point in a story’s lifetime did the post appear? Examining a story’s date may offer clues as to the reliability of a blog entry.
54. Is the site upfront about its bias? Does it recognize/discuss other points of view? (For certain information tasks, an essay or debate or student blog, bias may be very useful. You need to recognize it. )
55. If the blogger is not a traditional expert, is this a first-hand view that would be valuable to your research? Is it a unique perspective?
56. Is the blog rated in any way? Has it won any awards? Gotten reviews? Tools like Technorati and Blogpulse can help you assess the influence of a blog.
59. As students approaches information with their goals to accomplish, they are less likely to be influenced by the goals of those who generated and published the information, which has interesting implications for media literacy.”David Warlick, Evaluating Internet-based Information, A Goals-Based Approach.
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61. How rich is the wiki? How many pages does it contain?
62. How many people appear to be involved in editing the wiki? Does it seem that the information is improved by having a variety of participants? How heavily edited are the pages you plan to use?
63. Does the project appear to be alive? Are participants continuing to edit it?
83. You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. Abraham Lincoln (attributed)
84. “Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.” Albert Einstein
85. Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true. [paraphrased] Buddha
Notes de l'éditeur
It started as golden, absolute.
We saw truth, and taught about it, as black and white. Etched in marble.
Truth has always been fuzzy. It’s true and it may be either more true or more obvious when information is democratized.
It used to work to talk about these things . . .
There are lots of holes in lots of buckets.
An organization devoted to archiving truth takes a big step in the risk department by opening its collection to the wisdom of the crowd.
It’s time to stop demonizing.
We are seeing something new and big. Information collaborations.