Article discussing how artificial intelligence offers some solutions to problems of actively managing information.

Even the intellectually most advanced groups, the researchers, educators, managers and technologists, often feel overwhelmed by the changes in their domain.

Schools must make a dramatically expanded commitment to questioning, research, information literacy and student-centered classrooms. Students will need a radically different skills array to negotiate this new information landscape.

Looks at a number of solutions, including "agency," agent-like applications, improvements in the information chain and information brokering, which may help deal with information overload in the online marketplace. By Bjorn Hermans.

Attempts to measure how much information is produced in the world each year by looking at media and other variables. Produced by the School of Information Management Systems at the University of California, Berkeley. Charts and graphs that show comparisons with various forms of knowledge whether digital or print, books vs. magazines, and on PC's vs Enterprise databanks. A participative ongoing study that welcomes input.

An abstract of a study by M.Montebello. Proceedings of the String Processing and Information Retrieval: A South American Symposium. A downloadable copy of the entire study is available in .PDF format.

A collection of links about Information Overload.

A speech given by Neil Postman, German Informatics Society.

Although technology is causing information overload, it can also offer ways to combat it.

New tools can help tame an ocean of data. By John Foley.

Ways to assist a person in deciding what information is actually needed.

Text mining is becoming a viable option for everyday citizens seeking to read, summarize or analyze large numbers of documents. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

Reuters, the global information and news group, has published international research revealing pronounced differences in the way that nationalities around the world are coping with the information age. The research shows that while some countries are now leaving the age of information overload behind them, others at much earlier points on the evolutionary curve are only just entering it.

Information overload isn't just sending individuals around the bend, it's hurting productivity, writes David Adams. [The Sydney Morning Herald]

Research from Gartner has found that 90% of companies believe they get too much information pumped through to them on a regular basis.

This paper presents the results from, and analysis of, a case study of a perceived problem of information overload from e-mail in a large international organisation. (Acrobat File).

Research paper discussing overload and possible solutions. Time Utility. Volume. Verifying Accuracy.

Knowledge management software helps find the most relevant, most useful data.