Avery, Beth F.

Abstract: Information overload isn't new. The information explosion has lead to a superfluity of information -- databases, web sites, books, journals, listservs, faxes. Yet with all this information available many patrons complain they either can't find what the need or else they get thousands of 'hits.' The challenge of the Information Age has become turning information overload into knowledge. More information does not automatically lead to better information. Each year the problems appear to be geometrically increasing. Libraries are trying to move from quantity to quality of information provision. How to deal with data smog and technostress has been the topic of much research and publication. A variety of tools, technological and psychological, can help librarians guide and assist their patrons in dealing with the onslaught of information

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