Charles Augustus Fortescue
[Joseph] Hilaire [Pierre René] Belloc
(1870 - 1953) English Author, Biugrapher, Poet, Journalist, and Essayist; born in France
- from The Bad Child's Book of Beasts: [1896]
Introduction (BB)
The Yak (BB)
The Dromedary (BB)
The Elephant (BB)
The Whale (BB)
The Hippopotamus (BB)
The Marmozet (BB)
The Big Babboon (BB)
The Frog (BB)
The Lion
The Tiger (JH) - from More Beasts for Worse Children:
Introduction
The Scorpion
The Vulture
The Microbe - from Cautionary Tales: [1907]
Henry King 'Who chewed bits of string, and was early cut off in dreadful agonies' (BB)
Jim 'Who ran away from his Nurse and was eaten by a Lion' (BB)
Charles Augustus Fortescue 'Who always did what was Right, and so accumulated an Immense Fortune.'
Rebecca 'Who Slammed Doors For Fun And Perished Miserably' (JH)
Franklin Hyde 'Who caroused in the Dirt and was corrected by His Uncle' (JH)
Godolphin Horne 'Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black' (JH)
Algernon 'Who played with a Loaded Gun, and, on missing his Sister was reprimanded by his Father' (JH)
Hildebrand 'o was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to Reason ' (JH)
George 'Who played with a Dangerous Toy, and suffered a Catastrophe of considerable Dimensions ' (JH)
Lord Lundy 'Who was too Freely Moved to Tears, and thereby ruined his Political Career ' (JH)
Lord Lundy 'Second Canto' (JH) - from Verses: [1910]
The South Country (BB) - from Sonnets and Verse [1923]:
Ha'nacker Mill (BB)
Tarantella (BB)
Volume 34 Number 3
July 2000
Information literacy for scientists and engineers: experiences of EDUCATE and DEDICATE
NANCY FJÄLLBRANT
Abstract
This paper introduces the concept of information literacy and describes the impact of information technology on information literacy. The European Union funded EDU-CATE project addressed the subject-related aspects of information literacy for scientists and engineers. One outcome of the project was a series of modules covering ways of accessing and searching information that could be used in formal courses, distance learning courses or for self-instruction. EDUCATE ‘spawned' a number of other projects. One, DEDICATE, deals with distance education information courses and is described in the paper along with brief details of its use in various universities in Central and Eastern Europe.
The nicest child I never knew
Was Charles Augustus Fortesque
He sought when it was in his power
For information twice an hour.
IATUL News Vol. 8. 1999, No. 4.
BOOK REVIEW
The Impact of Information on Society.
An examination of its nature value and usage
Michael W. Hill.
Bowker-Saur, London, 1999. 292pp.
ISBN 1-85739-124-1
Price: £49
I found the book The Impact of Information on Society one of the most interesting books that I have read in recent years. The author Michael Hill, who trained as a chemist, and later became an information specialist, and former Director of the British Library's Science Reference Library in London, and previous Vice-President of IATUL, has examined the nature of information from the perspective of his own long experience. His aim has been “to ask what is information, why does it have the role it does and is it merely increase or fundamental change in that role which makes some people claim that we are entering an information age.”
After an introduction, comes the second chapter on The nature of information and knowledge that treated on the concepts of data, information and knowledge and their relationships to each other in considerable depth. This was followed by Chapter 3 – The quality and reliability of information - important to all potential users, and Chapters 4 and 5 on the related topics of Comprehending and Communicating. After these fundamental first chapters, the author goes on to a more application oriented series of chapters, which begins with Chapter 6 - Some aspects of information knowledge and document management.
Michael Hill has spent many years dealing with issues such as copyright and intellectual property, and he can draw on a wealth of experience in the next three chapters: 7 – Information ethics: expectations and rights, 8 – Information ethics: duties and responsibilities, and 9 – Information ethics: intellectual property and data protection. The ethical issues surrounding the ownership of information and the rights of individuals both as users and producers of information are discussed in detail. The rights of employees are described. Intellectual property and data protection covers patents, copyright, copyright and electronic publishing (a thorny issue as many of us know), the right to withhold or restrict the use of personal information, and data protection legislation.
Chapter 10 examines Some social and cultural issues and covers a wide range of issues including Personal information, The media and society, Advertising, Support and advice: social services, Lifestyle, Health and diet and Communicating socially. The following Chapter 11 deals with Economic factors.
Chapter 12 is about an area in which information has had a particularly important impact – Information and the environment. Chapter 13 deals with Education now and in the next decade. It begins with the delightful quotation from Hilaire Belloc´s Cautionary tales and other verses:
- The nicest child I ever knew
- Was Charles Augustus Fortesque
- He sought when it was in his power
- For information twice an hour.
Chapter 14 is about Information in politics and government in which the politics of information and the state of national information policies are explored. The concluding Chapter15 - takes a look at The information society: are we a part of it and where is it heading? The author makes the daring (?) assumption that enthusiasm for using the terms information this and information that will become unfashionable, but that the importance and impact of information will remain and new information will continually affect the various aspects of our lifestyle. I will conclude that this book has the potential to affect the thinking, not only of librarians and information specialists, but also of politicians, scientists and members of the general public.
Nancy Fjällbrant
Selected verses from
Cautionary Tales for Children
http://rcatholic-l.freeservers.com/Charles.html
by Hillaire Belloc
Charles Augustus Fortescue, Who always Did what was Right, and so accumulated
an Immense Fortune.
Charles Augustus Fortescue
The nicest child I ever knew
Was Charles Augustus Fortescue.
He never lost his cap, or tore
His stockings or his pinafore:
In eating Bread he made no Crumbs,
He was extremely fond of sums,
To which, however, he preferred
The Parsing of a Latin Word--
He sought, when it was within his power,
For information twice an hour,
And as for finding Mutton-Fat
Unappatising, far from that!
He often, at his Father's Board,
Would beg them, of his own accord,
To give him, if they did not mind,
The Greasiest Morsels they could find--
His Later Years did not belie
The Promise of his Infancy.
In Public Life he always tried
To take a judgement Broad and Wide;
In Private, none was more than he
Renowned for quiet courtesy.
He rose at once in his Career,
And long before hus Fortieth Year
Had wedded Fifi, Only Child
Of Bunyan, First Lord Aberfylde.
He thus became immensely Rich,
And built the Splendid Mansion which
Is called The Cedars, Muswell Hill,
Where he resides in affluence still,
To show what everybody might
Become by SIMPLY DOING RIGHT.
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