Category Archives: information organization

Information Overload in the 16th Century

Posted on November 30, 2010 by GilPress

Ann Blair writes about information overload in the Boston Globe: “[In the 16th century] the literate classes experienced exactly the kind of overload we feel today — suddenly, there were far more books than any single person could master, and … Continue reading →

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Francine Berman Calls for a Research Data Census

Posted on November 27, 2010 by GilPress

In the December issue of Communications of the ACM, Francine Berman calls for a “Research Data Census, ” a reliable, cost-effective storage and preservation of research data on national scale.  Berman says: “Just as the U.S. Census drives planning for … Continue reading →

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InfoStory Timeline: The Web (1)

Posted on October 4, 2010 by GilPress

In his book Weaving the Web, Tim Berners-Lee writes: “I was excited about escaping from the straightjacket of hierarchical documentation systems…. By being able to reference everything with equal ease, the web could also represent associations between things that might … Continue reading →

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