TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose–To ascertain how scholarship will be impacted by digital media.Design/methodology/approach–This paper breaks down the vocation of scholarship into subsidiary tasks. It examines how their relative importance has changed in the modern era. Finally, it looks at which tasks will be facilitated or complicated by digital media, particularly by the internet.Findings–The tasks of collecting and storing information have been made far faster and easier by digital media. Other tasks such as sorting, evaluating and assessing the implications of information have, however, become more difficult. In consequence, theory has become far more important.Research limitations/implications–The extrapolations in this paper are about broad trends, which may manifest themselves in a variety of ways.Practical implications–In the future, one can expect scholarship to deal less with uncovering new information. Instead, scholars will have to devote more time and effort to ascertaining why information is important. Scholars will be expected to articulate not only their methods but also their purposes.Originality/value–This paper provides useful information on how scholarship will be impacted by digital media.
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
SN  - 1074-8121
DO  - 10.1108/10748120510627330
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/10748120510627330
AU  - Sax Boria
PY  - 2005
Y1  - 2005/01/01
TI  - All that knowledge, and so what? Scholarship in the digital university
T2  - On the Horizon
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 216
EP  - 219
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -