Access is the killer application

The exploration of networked resources usually emphasizes the transition of scholarly information and libraries to the electronic medium. To that extent, thinking about what the networked medium means is framed in the context of the print world which we all understand. Many, perhaps most, of the att...

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Published in:The Journal of academic librarianship 1996-09, Vol.22 (5), p.371-375
Main Author: Lyman, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Higher education
Information communication
Information superhighway
Information technology
Internet
National Information Infrastructure, USA
Networks
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Summary:The exploration of networked resources usually emphasizes the transition of scholarly information and libraries to the electronic medium. To that extent, thinking about what the networked medium means is framed in the context of the print world which we all understand. Many, perhaps most, of the attempts to build “digital libraries” draw on these analogies and this is to be expected. On the other hand, it is highly likely that this thinking about “transition” is itself transitional and merely looks at the past as a way to conceptualize the future. At the same time Peter Lyman makes the case that such thinking limits the vision of the future in ways that may have negative effects because they constrain the opportunities in the new networked medium—CBL, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
ISSN:0099-1333
1879-1999
DOI:10.1016/S0099-1333(96)90087-7