The Deluge Man (no animation, no sound)

The
Deluge
Man

Digital Universe
grows exponentially
2020
2009
2007
2006
~35 Zettabyte
44 TIMES AS BIG as it was in 2009
62% growth
281 exabytes
about 3 million times the information in all
the books ever written.
the amount of information created will surpass, for
the first time, the storage capacity available

What are the
sources?

industry
research
THE USER
education
public sector

We are
bombarded
with
information

often
we
lose
perspective

WE
FEEL LIKE
STRUGGLING
A
DELUGE

we need to take a better look to
the information we receive
value of information
is linked to
how meaningful it is
meaningful
Information leads
to knowledge

BUT
Information is volatile
Information suffers
damage
tends to be forgotten

INFORMATION
NEEDS
CONTEXT
needs someone
to build it

fights
entropy
helping
you to find
the
right
context
The
Deluge
Man
and offers

The Right Information

Keeps it organised

Facilitates access

and organises the Digital Collections Universe

You find him here
archives
museums
libraries

Librarian
Data librarian
Digital archives
analyst
Archivist
Expert annotator
He is being called
many names
Curator
Information scientist
Digital preservation officer

Many names…
One mission:
Preserving
Human
KNOWLEDGE

HELP HIS MISSION!

Aquarius the water carrier (right), and the three faces of the New Year - past, present and future
http://www.paradoxplace.com/Photo%20Pages/France/Chartres/Zodiac_Window/Individual_ZodiacsA_Aquarius_to_Taurus.htm#Aquarius
The famous Sombrero galaxy (M104)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M104_ngc4594_sombrero_galaxy_hi-res.jpg
Atomium Brussels
http://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 Rush
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gullgraver_1850_California.jpg
HistorischesArchivErfassungszentrum 13.03.2009 ArchivgutnachBergung und groberReinigung
http://www.stadt-koeln.de/1/presseservice/03305/Larry
Landolfi; The summer Milky Way seems to stand on end over this lonely, deserted road in Texas. Composite photo.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071020.html
Map of Science
http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/home.story/story_id/15960
Dalbera(flikr) - Le Mundaneum à Mons Belgique)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalbera/236736375/sizes/o/
DocBurst
http://faculty.uoit.ca/collins/research/docuburst/index.html
Seeing Standards: A Visualization of the Metadata Universe
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/~jenlrile/metadatamap/
CASPAR/DCC Representation Information Repository http://registry.dcc.ac.uk:8080/RegistryWeb/Registry/
United States National Archives
http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/National%20Archives%20ext.%20bandw.bmp
Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, British Columbia - 1600x1200
http://www.wallpaperweb.org/wallpaper/buildings/vancouver-public-library-vancouver-british-columbia_1600x1200_33407.htmBritish
Museum
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Museum.jpg
Canterbury Cathedral Aquarius
http://www.paradoxplace.com/Photo%20Pages/UK/Britain_South_and_West/Canterbury_Cathedral/Canterbury.htm

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