Assessing Information on the Internet: Toward Providing Library Services for Computer‐Mediated Communication

Abstract

Reports on a project to: first, provide an empirical analysis of textual information on the Internet; second, to test the suitability of cataloguing rules and record formats governing the creation of machine‐readable cataloguing records; and third, develop recommendations that would assist the efforts of standards bodies and others interested in systematically cataloguing or otherwise describing and providing access to electronic information objects available through remote network access. Provides summary tables regarding the growth of the Internet and its traffic, together with file types. Concludes: first, that machine readable cataloguing records should be created; second, the effectiveness of records created for providing description and access information should be monitored; and third, cataloguing rules and formats should be extended to include interactive network systems and services.

Citation

Dillon, M., Jul, E., Burge, M. and Hickey, C. (1993), "Assessing Information on the Internet: Toward Providing Library Services for Computer‐Mediated Communication", Internet Research, Vol. 3 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000003765