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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Obsolete information

Obsolete information

  • Obsolete library stocks
  • Obsolete documentation

Incidence

In the UK in 1990 a survey of 6 local authorities found that 70% of the library stocks were obsolete. School libraries may continue to use textbooks dating back 60 years and necessarily reflecting the political and cultural views of the time.

Broader

Incorrect information
Presentable

Narrower

Outdated school materials
Presentable
Irrelevant available information
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Information gap
Excellent
Ignorance
Excellent
Misrepresentation in educational materials
Presentable
Human errors and miscalculations
Presentable
Lack of information
Unpresentable
Discriminatory design of information systems
Unpresentable
Incomplete access to information resources
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Proliferation of information
Excellent
Prohibitive cost of knowledge and information
Presentable
Restrictions on the distribution of confidential government information
Unpresentable
Withholding of information
Yet to rate
Classified public information
Yet to rate

Strategy

Maintaining data bank
Presentable
Maintaining library
Yet to rate

Value

Obsolescence
Yet to rate
Misinformation
Yet to rate
Information
Yet to rate
Disinformation
Yet to rate
Deformation
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #4: Quality EducationSustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Commerce » Merchandise
  • Information » Documentation
  • Information » Information
  • Information » Libraries
  • Societal problems » Obsolescence
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J0804
    DOCID
    12008040
    D7NID
    145205
    Last update
    Nov 25, 2022