1. Information and Power Library 1551-Information Skills for the Electronic Age

2. What is power?

3. Power tends to attract more power…

4. What is information? “…all the facts, conclusions, ideas, and creative works of the human intellect and imagination that have been communicated, formally or informally, in any form.” -Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science http://lu.com/odlis

6. Informal Communication Conversation Discussion lists Blogs Cutting edge Current Hard to find Semi-Formal Communication Conference Papers Working drafts of research papers

7. Peer- Reviewed Professional Literature Journal Articles Academic Books Dissertations Trade Journals Government Docs Professional Reports Can be hard to find Current Authoritative Well annotated

8. Popular Literature Summary Literature (Reference) Magazines Newspapers Free Websites Popular Books Encyclopedias/Almanacs Bibliographies Textbooks Made for a variety of users Easy to find Lacking authority/detail Adapted from University of Washington Libraries’ Marine Affairs info lit cycle http://www.lib.washington.edu/uwill/cycle/marine%20sciences/http://www.lib.washington.edu/uwill/cycle/marine%20sciences/

9. We’ve talked about power and information…Now what??? www.mediagogy.com.au

10. Who pays for research? “Funding for the majority of formal research in the world today is provided by governments and corporations.” -Brian Martin. Information Liberation. London: Freedom Press, 1998. Page 125 i40.photobucket.com/albums /e226/thanate_tan

11. Top 10 academic recipients of federal funding for science and engineering research and development in 2004 * Funding is in thousands of dollars From: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. 2007. Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges and Nonprofit Institutions: FY 2004. NSF 07-316. Richard J. Bennof, project officer, Arlington, VA. Table 18. http://www.nsf.gov/s tatistics

12. Corporations that fund research usually do so for a reason… and researchers tend to find what they are asked- and paid-to find.

13. “We actively encourage companies to consider the University of California as their ‘research and technology’ development partner.” From: http://ucdiscoverygrant.org/sponsors/

14. Cigarette brands marketed by Phillip Morris USA

15. Which of these products could you buy without giving money to Philip Morris?

16. Altria Group, Incorporated Philip Morris USA SA Miller 1970-Present General Mills 1985-2007 Kraft Foods 1988-2007 Philip Morris International March 2008 Nabisco 2000-2007 Information from Howard’s Company Profiles Database