TY - JOUR
T1 - Internet: which future for organized knowledge, Frankenstein or Pygmalion
AU - Floridi, L.
N1 - Original article can be found at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10715819 Copyright Elsevier Ltd. DOI : 10.1006/ijhc.1995.1044
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - The Internet is like a new country, with a growing population of millions of well educated citizens. If it wants to keep track of its own cultural achievements in real time, it will have to provide itself with an infostructure like a virtual National Library system. This paper proposes that institutions all over the world should take full advantage of the new technologies available, and promote and coordinate such a global service. This is essential in order to make possible a really efficient management of human knowledge on a global scale.
AB - The Internet is like a new country, with a growing population of millions of well educated citizens. If it wants to keep track of its own cultural achievements in real time, it will have to provide itself with an infostructure like a virtual National Library system. This paper proposes that institutions all over the world should take full advantage of the new technologies available, and promote and coordinate such a global service. This is essential in order to make possible a really efficient management of human knowledge on a global scale.
U2 - 10.1006/ijhc.1995.1044
DO - 10.1006/ijhc.1995.1044
M3 - Article
SN - 1071-5819
VL - 43
SP - 261
EP - 274
JO - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
JF - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
IS - 2
ER -