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Information Overload: When Information Becomes Hazardous to Your Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2012

Beverley Woolfson
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Abstract

Beverley Woolfson analyses the concept of information overload: how it has evolved, and its relevance to the information professional in the commercial law firm. Using data gathered during her MSc dissertation research and combining it with current theories on the topic, the writer concludes that while the information intermediary is often vulnerable to the dangers of overload, a number of strategies can be implemented to ensure that its effects are minimised.

Keywords

law firmsinformation managementinformation overload
Type
Current Topics
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 2012 , pp. 39 - 43
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2012. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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1 Simmel, G. (1903) Die Großstadt und das Geistesleben (The Metropolis and Mental Life)Google Scholar

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5 Ibid

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8 Ibid

9 Ibid