Information and Society 33-50

What I found very interesting about this section was the various ways scholars from the 19th century created methods of documenting information. It made me think about how we endeavor to accomplish the same things in today's world, documenting collections of data and knowledge, especially on the internet. And how we often run into the same problems, such as keeping that information updated and relevant, or ensuring that the information is factual or from a reliable source. Today, the latter is even more difficult to maintain due to the massive volume of information from endless sources that exists online. With the way the spread of information today can have such an immediate and visceral impact on our lives, it is so important that we have well maintained and curated collections of information.