cocktail-party knowledge

[Sloan, Bernie]

An interesting piece from the Washington Post on students' reliance on the
Web as an information resource:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9729-2002Jul15.html 

"Cocktail-party knowledge" is a term used by a Maryland professor to
describe the level of knowledge students gain by relying too much on Web
resources. 

Thanks to Gary Price for pointing out this article on the DIG_REF list.

Bernie Sloan
Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting
338 Henry Administration Building
506 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL  61801

Phone: (217) 333-4895
Fax:   (217) 265-0454
E-mail: bernies at uillinois.edu