| ASIS&T 2006 | START Conference Manager |
The discussion will focus on the issue of trust in information – specifically on how information professionals and members of a general public judge the authority of the information they receive. The discussion will pay particular attention to the way in which perceptions of trust change in different cultural contexts.
This topic relates specifically to the theme of this year’s conference – Shaping the Digital Future for All – in that information crosses national boundaries on a daily basis. Information shared between cultures can be subject to diverse perceptions of trust, which in turn affects a person’s views of the value of an increasingly global information society in their personal and professional lives. The issue of trust in information is also relevant to librarians and information professionals, who must address questions such as what their role in building trust is, and how they may accomplish this in an era of global digital information, where users may turn to multiple sources of information of varying degrees of authority or subjectivity.
| START Conference Manager (V2.52.6) |
| Maintainer: rrgerber@softconf.com |