From Gutenberg to the global information infrastructure : access to information in the networked world / Christine L. Borgman.
By: Borgman, Christine L
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Contributor(s): IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.] | NetLibrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Digital libraries and electronic publishing: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 2000Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2003]Description: 1 PDF (xviii, 324 pages).Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262255776.Subject(s): Information superhighway | Digital libraries | Libraries -- Special collections -- Electronic information resources | Information superhighway -- United States | Digital libraries -- United States | Libraries -- United States -- Special collections -- Electronic information resources | Bibliotecas digitales | Bibliotecas -- Colecciones especiales -- Recursos de informacio�I�n electro�I�nica | USA -- Datenbank -- Online-RechercheGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification: 025.5/24 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Review: "Will the emerging global information infrastructure (GII) create a revolution in communications equivalent to that wrought by Gutenberg, or will the result be simply the evolutionary adaptation of existing behavior and institutions to new media? Will the GII improve access to information for all? Will it replace libraries and publishers? How can computers and information systems be made easier to use? What are the tradeoffs between tailoring information systems to user communities and standardizing them to interconnect with systems designed for other communities, cultures, and languages?" "This book takes a close look at these and other questions of technology, behavior, and policy surrounding the GII."--BOOK JACKET.
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"Will the emerging global information infrastructure (GII) create a revolution in communications equivalent to that wrought by Gutenberg, or will the result be simply the evolutionary adaptation of existing behavior and institutions to new media? Will the GII improve access to information for all? Will it replace libraries and publishers? How can computers and information systems be made easier to use? What are the tradeoffs between tailoring information systems to user communities and standardizing them to interconnect with systems designed for other communities, cultures, and languages?" "This book takes a close look at these and other questions of technology, behavior, and policy surrounding the GII."--BOOK JACKET.
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