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ASLIB PUBLICATIONS: MANAGING INFORMATION REPORTS

The Internet And The Changing Information Environment: Contents Page

INTRODUCTION (click to read)

PART ONE: Internet statistics: size, growth and population characteristics

Number of hosts
Number of sites or pages
Number of users
Volume of use
Demographic factors
Patterns of use and user characteristics
Use of specific sites

PART TWO: Internet features reassessed

Seamlessness
Currency
Global reach
Egalitarianism
Comprehensiveness
Interactivity

PART THREE: Internet users

Factors influencing use
Categorising Internet users
Information overload
Authenticating Internet data
Displacement
Growth in end-use

CONCLUSION

The ubiquitous net
A new net platform
Net displacement
Net changes
The net and information professionals

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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