Main entry:

Borgman, Christine L., 1951-

Title & Author:

From Gutenberg to the global information infrastructure : access to information in the networked world / Christine L. Borgman.

Edition:

1st MIT Press pbk. ed.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2003.

Description:

xviii, 324 pages ; 23 cm

Series:

Digital libraries and electronic publishing

Notes:
Originally published: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-310) and index.
1. The premise and the promise of a global information infrastructure -- 2. Is it digital or is it a library? Digital libraries and information infrastructure -- 3. Access to information -- 4. Books, bytes, and behavior -- 5. Why are digital libraries hard to use? -- 6. Making digital libraries easier to use -- 7. Whither, or wither, libraries? -- 8. Acting locally, thinking globally -- 9. Toward a global digital library : progress and prospects.

Summary:

This work looks at questions of technology, behaviour and policy surrounding the global information infrastructure. It includes the design and use of digital libraries; institutional aspects of electronic publishing; and the evolving role of libraries.

ISBN:

0262523450 (pbk.)
9780262523455 (pbk.)
(hc)
026202473X
9780262024730

Subject:

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.
Libraries Special collections Computer network resources.
Libraries Special collections United States Computer network resources.
Libraries United States Special collections United States Electronic information resources.
Libraries, Digital
Autoroutes électroniques.
Bibliothèques virtuelles.
Bibliothèques Fonds spéciaux Information électronique.
Autoroutes électroniques États-Unis.
Bibliothèques virtuelles États-Unis.
Bibliothèques États-Unis Fonds spéciaux Information électronique.
Bibliothèques États-Unis Fonds spéciaux Sources d'information électroniques.
Bibliothèques Fonds spéciaux Sources d'information électroniques.
Bibliothèques États-Unis Fonds spéciaux États-Unis Sources d'information électroniques.
United States

Added entries:

Digital libraries and electronic publishing.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277694
Call No.: BIB 212627
Status: Available