Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:35:33 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi-AT-statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: [New Book] From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure


Greetings technology lists,

The following is a book which readers of this list might find of
interest. For more information please visit at:
<http://mitpress.mit.edu/promotions/books/BORFHS00>

BOOK:-
>From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure
Access to Information in the Networked World
written by Prof. Christine L. Borgman

**SHORT ABSTRACT & DETAILS ABOUT THE BOOK**
Will the emerging global information infrastructure (GII) create a
revolution in communication 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
trade-offs 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. Topics covered
include the design and use of digital libraries; behavioral and
institutional aspects of electronic publishing; the evolving role of
libraries; the life cycle of creating, using, and seeking information;
and the adoption and adaptation of information technologies. The book
takes a human-centered perspective, focusing on how well the GII fits
into the daily lives of the people it is supposed to benefit.

Taking a unique holistic approach to information access, the book draws
on research and practice in computer science, communications, library
and information science, information policy, business, economics, law,
political science, sociology, history, education, and archival and
museum studies. It explores both domestic and international issues. The
author's own empirical research is complemented by extensive literature
reviews and analyses.

Christine L. Borgman is Professor and Presidential Chair in Information
Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Visiting
Professor at Loughborough University, England.

6 x 9, 340 pp., cloth ISBN 0-262-02473-X

Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing series

Please contact Jud Wolfskill, the Associate Publicist, MIT Press at
<wolfskil-AT-mit.edu> for more details about the above book and other MIT
publications. Thank you!

Sincerely
Arun Tripathi


                

                                










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