Flowers After the Funeral Reflections on the Post 9/11 Digital Age

In this series of four essays, Richard J. Cox explores the social and professional ramifications of 9/11 on our information landscape. Musing, written on the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks, looks back at a year of change and commemoration. Reacting examines the impact of 9/11 on a department of information sciences. Preparing is a cogent argument for the need to rethink current disaster and contingency planning practices. Teaching focuses on the author's experiences developing and teaching a doctoral seminar on the role of the information professional in a post 9/11 world.

Richard J. Cox is a professor in the School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.