Problem
Inaccessibility of knowledge
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Incidence:
A major fear of library users is that of missing vital information through lack of access to every item. This is one of the most commonly expressed fears resulting from the information explosion, yet it is quite irrational because total access never has been achievable. The production of a fully comprehensive list of references to a topic is impossible, and the further the search is extended towards comprehensiveness, the higher the production costs rise and the lower the probability that the retrieved references will be of significant quality. Broader Problems:
Lack of informationLimited access to society's resources Narrower Problems:
Shortage of books and textbooksConcealment of esoteric knowledgeInaccessibility of family knowledgeSecrecy about pharmaceutical productsIncomplete access to information resources Aggravates:
Lack of knowledgeUnauthorized access to computer information systemsInadequacy of available knowledge for articulation of appropriate policies Strategies:
Improving access to information Subject(s):
Information → Information ??Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
27.05.2000 – 00:00 CEST