1. Equilibrium & Opportunism: information strategies and the new environment eLib Conference York, 2-4 December 1998 James Michalko, Research Libraries Group

2. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko2 OVERVIEW Caveats –OUR PLACE, IGNORANCE & METAPHOR Ecology as a metaphoric device Population, community and symbiosis Ecological succession

3. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko3 OUR PLACE, IGNORANCE & METAPHOR Rarefied air Deep ignorance Dim understanding Metaphors and analogies

4. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko4 How Rarified? 6 Billion World Population 119.5 million Online Worldwide 70 million Online North America 23 million Online Europe 17.25 million Online Asia/Pacific 7 million Online South America 1 million Online Africa.75 million Online Middle East Worldwide 2% ONLINE Worldwide 2% Total Population

5. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko5 U.S. Consumer spending per person was about $482 in 1998 for Communications and Entertainment

6. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko6 OUR PLACE, IGNORANCE & METAPHOR Rarefied air Deep ignorance Dim understanding Metaphors and analogies

7. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko7 Ecology as a Metaphoric Device Grounding our metaphors Baseline concepts eLib as context Ecology: Study of the relationship between living things (within species and between different species) and between them and their environment

8. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko8 Biosphere Biome Ecosystem Community Population Individual Ecology - Relationships

9. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko9 Food Webs???

10. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko10 Food Webs???

11. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko11 Biosphere Biome ECOSYSTEM COMMUNITY POPULATION Individual Ecology - Relationships

12. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko12 Population -- Limits & Capacities Equilibrium Rapid reproduction, short life span Opportunism Slow reproduction, long life span

13. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko13 Community and Symbiosis Symbiosis Parasites and predators Beneficial mutualism Competitive exclusion

14. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko14 Ecological Succession Transformations of communities Successive species Diversity of species Climax vegetation Matter increases More niches to be exploited Production rate slows

15. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko15 "Towards the Hybrid Library"

16. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko16 Equilibrium and Opportunism Population strategies and implications for eLib, The Library, the Information Economy Relationship to the Hybrid Library

17. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko17 Symbiosis Change in principal relationships Collaboration and mutualism Peace between sectors Adaptation to new expectations Exploitation of unique assets

18. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko18 Ecological Succession Stability vs. catastrophe Climactic ecosystems New species Environment of continual change Mass extinction or adaptation? The next metaphor...

19. 2 December, 1998eLib Conference - J. Michalko19 Consilience A jumping together of knowledge as a result of the linking of facts and fact-based theory across disciplines to create a common groundwork of explanation. Edward O. Wilson

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