Spring2012Q5

Spring 2012 Question 5
5. Commodification, the practice of packaging and selling information, continues to be aconcern among information professionals, even though some information professionalswork in for-profit environments. Select an information environment of your choice (e.g.,public library, academic library, special library, school library/media center, other) anddiscuss the impact of commodification on the materials, services, and practices withinthat environment in terms of the following:

a. How is information commodified in this environment? b. Discuss the general impacts of this type of commodification on materials, services and practices within that environment. More specifically, discuss how the information commodification process impacts access to information and its use in this environment. c. What are the major concerns about information commodification in that environment that information professionals should be aware of?