Networks, Hypertext, and Academic Information Services: Some Longer-Range Implications.

Atkinson, Ross

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Publication Date: 1993

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Networks, Hypertext, and Academic Information Services: Some Longer-Range Implications.

Atkinson, Ross

College and Research Libraries, v54 n3 p199-215 May 1993

Discusses issues relating to scholarly information exchange in the networked environment, focusing on the hypermedia model and nonlinear links within and between texts and the implications for authorial control. The shape of scholarly literature and information exchange in the future and the role of librarians as intermediaries are explored. (52 references/notes) (EA)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Authors, Computer Networks, Electronic Publishing, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Hypermedia, Indexing, Information Networks, Information Services, Librarians, Library Role, Models, Scholarly Communication, Users (Information), Writing for Publication

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Language: English

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