| -- |
.
ASLIB
PUBLICATIONS: MANAGING INFORMATION
REPORTS
The
Internet And The Changing Information Environment
Peter Williams and David Nicholas
Description: This strategic report, based on extensive
research in the media industry, examines the nature of the
Internet as an information source, its impact on the information
landscape, and whether it will, in fact, be a major agent
of change. It describes aspects of the Internet such as its
immediacy, comprehensiveness, egalitarianism etc, identifying
and debunking the many myths. It also looks at areas of change,
measuring the likelihood and extent of change, and the potential
implications. The object of the report is to provide managers
with information as to the real value of the Internet as an
information source and how it is being exploited. It also
offers sound and early intelligence of what is likely to emerge
and where.
Partial contents:
The growth of the Internet - hosts, sites, users, use -
the literature surveyed; The Internet revisited - currency,
immediacy, comprehensiveness, seamlessness - myths and realities;
End-use characteristics and growth; Impact on the role of
the intermediary/information service; Displacement of existing/traditional
information services; Information overload examined - the
evidence for and against; Authority and verification concerns;
Changing information-seeking behaviour (changing working
practices, telecommuting, grey literature); Changing economics
of, and markets for, information services; Future technical
developments and implications; Where to now?
CONTENTS
PAGE
ORDER
DIRECTLY FROM ASLIB
| Format:
|
Paperback
|
| |
297mm
x 210mm, c110pp
|
| ISBN: |
0 85142 404 X
|
| Publication
Date: |
December
2000
|
| Price
(reduced cost) |
Previously
£37.50 - Now £18.50
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
