From Gutenberg to the global information infrastructure : access to information in the networked world /

From Gutenberg to the global information infrastructure : access to information in the networked world /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Borgman, Christine L., 1951-
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2000.
Description:	xviii, 324 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Digital libraries and electronic publishing
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. Digital libraries. Information superhighway. Libraries -- Special collections -- Electronic information resources. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4322775

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ISBN:	026202473X (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-310) and index.

Table of Contents:

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.