[Web4lib] _Morning Becomes Electric: Post-Modern Scholarly Information Access, Organization, and Navigatio

[Gerry Mckiernan]

Friends/

Nearly a Decade Ago I Speculated About The Future of Scholarly "Information Access, Organization, and Navigation"

Well It's The Future and It's About Time That The Predictions Happened  [:-)] ...

The Section on  Navigation Can be Viewed As ***Sensory Navigation***, The Thread of My [Other] Recent Postings.

/Gerry

_Abstract_

Scholars are facing unprecedented Information Overload in their attempts to identify potentially relevant information sources. Electronic networks have not only expedited traditional forms of publishing but created new formal and informal opportunities for communication. Conventional methods of information management are reaching the limits of their effectiveness. To enhance access to information in the coming decades, systems that fully utilize the digital nature of a growing number of scholarly resources must be implemented. 

_Table of Contents_
Scholarly Communication 
Scholarly publishing 
E-Communication 
_Indexing and Abstracting Services_
Biology 
Engineering 
Geology 
Mathematics 
Medicine 
_Citation Indexing and Indexes_
Access 
E-Journals 
E-Articles 
_Transformational Communication_
Intelligent Software Agents 
Information Overload 
Custom-Configured Institutional E-Journals 
Just-in-Time Electronic Collections 
_Organization_ 
Conventional 
Automated 
Navigation 
Information Visualization 
Auditory Browsing 
Haptic Interaction 
Virtual Environments 
_"In The Beginning ... "_
References 

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Comments Are Most Welcome On The Posting.

Enjoy!

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu 

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