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Can I read Electronic fact books: Turning atoms into bits on EtoBox?
Electronic fact books: Turning atoms into bits by Robert F. Daly; Dennis W. Viehland is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Electronic fact books: Turning atoms into bits about?
Other chapters in this issue discuss the purpose, uses, roles, and development of fact books. Much of what is said in those chapters applies equally well to electronic fact books. Just like a paper fact book, an electronic fact book can be an incredibly valuable information resource for a college or university. Unlike a paper fact book, an electronic collection of data can always be up to date, access underlying layers of information, and, at its best, be customized to meet the needs of each user or group of users. In his book Being Digital, Nicholas Negroponte (1995) points out that the fundamental particle for the information age is not the atom, but the bit. We read magazines, newspapers, journals, and fact books (atoms), but the value is in the information (bits). As more and more of the world's infostructure is built, much of the information we consume (text, images, sound, video) is being delivered by bits. Being digital means that information providers (publishers, marketing professionals, institutional researchers) recognize that bits are radically different from atoms (weightless, easily reproduced, shipped anywhere, infinite in supply) and adjust their delivery mechanisms
Who reads Electronic fact books: Turning atoms into bits?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Social Sciences.
- Author
- Robert F. Daly; Dennis W. Viehland
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); Wiley (ISSN 0271-0579)
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Social Sciences