There is a pressing need for government to make all its citizens more information literate if the widening digital divide is to be bridged. Top 3.1 Information overload One of the most critical problems that the Web and information society faces is information overload. There are 2.5 billion documents on the Web, growing by 7 million a day. The Web is like a library with all the books on the floor and the lights turned out. A recent survey by Roper Starch found that 86 percent of respondents wanted better organization of content on the Web so that they could more easily find what they were looking for.
Industrial societies suffer from scarcity of raw materials.
If oil becomes scarce, the price goes up. There is enough scientific content written every year to keep a person busy reading day and night for 460 years. In the last 30 years we have produced more content than in the previous 5,000. The amount of recorded scientific knowledge is doubling approximately every 15 to 20 years. Over 1,000 books are published around the world every day.