CONTENTS Preface ... ⅸ Introduction ... xi Part Ⅰ : Setting the Stage ... 1 Chapter 1 : The Internet goes public a new story, online digital information ... 3 1.1 From the internet testbed to digital commerce ... 3 1.2 The French Minitel and digits for people-community networking ... 5 1.3 The search for paradigms for general public access ... 7 Chapter 2 : Digitization in libraries-an old story, information and ... 11 2.1 Libraries, as places for public access to and use of information ... 11 2.2 Library service as a paradigm for information ... 13 2.3 The disadvantages and advantages of a paradigm that has a history ... 14 Chapter 3 : Incunabula-the development of digital libraries in the United States ... 17 3.1 Origins and pedigrees ... 19 3.2 The 1970s in the United States ... 20 3.3 The 1980s in the United States ... 21 3.4 The 1990s in the United States ... 22 3.5 Roots ... 24 3.5.1 Bibliographic records versus fulltext ... 24 3.5.2 Multimedia ... 27 3.6 Summary ... 28 3.7 Implications ... 29 Part Ⅱ : Specifics-national ... 33 Chapter 4 : France-flexible centralization ... 37 4.1 Some common themes in the French case ... 56 Chapter 5 : Singapore-rigid centralization ... 59 5.1 Summary ... 63 Chapter 6 : China-Chinese uniqueness ... 67 Chapter 7 : India-Asia's awakening giant ... 79 7.1 Summary ... 83 Chapter 8 : Australia-the antipodes, and the sheer reach of online digital information ... 85 Chapter 9 : Thailand-the blending of worlds, third and other ... 93 Chapter 10 : The United Kingdom-crowded pipes ... 99 Chapter 11 : Hungary-phenomenon of the stranger ... 107 Chapter 12 : Japan-investing versus consuming ... 111 Chapter 13 : Indonesia-the rest of Asia and the world ... 119 13.1 Summary ... 132 Chapter 14 : National government-the NSF digital libraries projects, in the United States ... 135 Part Ⅲ : Specifics international ... 143 Chapter 15 : Language ... 145 Chapter 16 : Politics and political structures ... 153 Chapter 17 : Technical standards ... 161 17.1 Summary ... 169 Chapter 18 : Business ... 171 Chapter 19 : International organizations ... 177 19.1 Summary ... 182 Part Ⅳ : Generalities ... 185 Chapter 20 : Media and messages is the pipe neutral? ... 187 Chapter 21 : Libraries and information warehouses and services? ... 191 21.1 A crisis of identity for libraries ... 191 21.2 International developments ... 194 Chapter 22 : Human users-fitting something new in-wine and bottles, chickens and eggs ... 199 22.1 The phenomenon of the un-interested user ... 200 22.2 Implementation strategies ... 200 22.3 Wine and bottles, chickens and eggs ... 202 22.4 Digital libraries and the problem of designing for change ... 203 Appendix A : French libraries online ... 205 A.1 MINITEL kiosk libraries ... 205 A.2 MINITEL 'V23' direct-dial libraries ... 207 A.3 Telnet (that is, from the Internet) ... 211 Appendix B : Electronic conferences ... 213 Appendix C : A small statistical 'essai' ... 221 Appendix D : Digital libraries ... 225 Glossary ... 231 Annotated bibliography and resource list ... 241 Digital-the meaning ... 241 Classics ... 241 Recent titles : some very technical, some not ... 243 Libraries-the meaning ... 243 Classics ... 243 Recent work ... 244 Looming Issues ... 244 Internal librarianship ... 244 The Internet ... 245 Classics ... 245 Recent Work ... 246 Libraries now : reaching new roles ... 246 Psychology and culture ... 247 Money ... 248 International : a literature is beginning to build ... 248 Synthesis ... 248 Clifford Lynch ... 249 Pierre L<M:MATH ? xmlns ... '"htt James Fallows ... 250 About the author ... 251 Index ... 253