the deluge man (no animation, no sound)
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Introduces the most special man on Earth.TRANSCRIPT
The Deluge
Man
Digital Universe
20072020
2006 2009281 exabytesabout 3 million
times the information in all
the books ever written.
the amount of information created will surpass, forthe first time, the storage capacity available
62% growth~35 Zettabyte44 TIMES AS BIG as it was in 2009
grows exponentially
What are thesources?
industry research
education public sector
THE USER
We arebombarded
withinformation
oftenwe lose
perspective
WEFEEL LIKE
STRUGGLINGA
DELUGE
we need to take a better look to the information we receive
value of informationis linked to
how meaningful it is
meaningful Information leads
to knowledge
BUTInformation is volatile
Information suffers damage
tends to be forgotten
INFORMATIONNEEDS
CONTEXTneeds someone
to build it
TheDeluge
Man
fightsentropyhelping
you to findthe right
context
and offers
The Right Information
Keeps it organised
Facilitates access
and organises the Digital Collections Universe
You find him here
archives
librariesmuseums
He is being called many names
LibrarianArchivist
Curator Information scientist
Expert annotator
Data librarian
Digital preservation officer
Digital archivesanalyst
Many names…
One mission:
PreservingHuman
KNOWLEDGE
HELP HIS MISSION!
Aquarius the water carrier (right), and the three faces of the New Year - past, present and futurehttp://www.paradoxplace.com/Photo%20Pages/France/Chartres/Zodiac_Window/Individual_ZodiacsA_Aquarius_to_Taurus.htm#AquariusThe famous Sombrero galaxy (M104)http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M104_ngc4594_sombrero_galaxy_hi-res.jpgAtomium Brusselshttp://atomium.be/Dr. Robert Goddard at Clark Universityhttp://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2002-000130.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/4479013489/extranoise (flikr)http://www.flickr.com/photos/extranoise/278465198/sizes/o/in/gallery-molisedigitale-72157622571662556/California Gold Rushhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gullgraver_1850_California.jpgHistorisches Archiv Erfassungszentrum 13.03.2009 Archivgut nach Bergung und grober Reinigunghttp://www.stadt-koeln.de/1/presseservice/03305/LarryLandolfi; The summer Milky Way seems to stand on end over this lonely, deserted road in Texas. Composite photo.http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071020.htmlMap of Sciencehttp://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/home.story/story_id/15960Dalbera (flikr) - Le Mundaneum à Mons Belgique)http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalbera/236736375/sizes/o/DocBursthttp://faculty.uoit.ca/collins/research/docuburst/index.htmlSeeing Standards: A Visualization of the Metadata Universehttp://www.dlib.indiana.edu/~jenlrile/metadatamap/CASPAR/DCC Representation Information Repository http://registry.dcc.ac.uk:8080/RegistryWeb/Registry/United States National Archiveshttp://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/National%20Archives%20ext.%20bandw.bmpVancouver Public Library, Vancouver, British Columbia - 1600x1200http://www.wallpaperweb.org/wallpaper/buildings/vancouver-public-library-vancouver-british-columbia_1600x1200_33407.htmBritishMuseumhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Museum.jpgCanterbury Cathedral Aquariushttp://www.paradoxplace.com/Photo%20Pages/UK/Britain_South_and_West/Canterbury_Cathedral/Canterbury.htm
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