Although librarians recognize the Internet as a resource for knowledge and information, they have yet to make a formal effort to collect and preserve the Web sites found there. This paper addresses not only the need to set up a cyberarchive but also some of the issues involved. With Web sites appearing and disappearing constantly from the Internet, the time to save them is now—before we lose a precious thread in our cultural and intellectual history.
All the current methods of accessing Internet resources fall short when it comes to locating discrete pieces of information and digital objects. One solution to this problem is to create analytical indexes to the Internet. This article explores the need for analytical indexes by looking at current Internet access, traditional bibliographic control, and Web site design. A discussion of some of the issues and problems concerning the development of these indexes, including the design and the resource selection process, emphasizes the impossibility of a comprehensive analytical index to the Internet. The creation of small, focused indexes may be the best solution for accessing specific types of digital information.
The Revolution Continues. The editors of that volume greatly regret the error and are grateful to the editors of this volume for presenting it here. SUMMARY. Librarians are often hampered by the limitations of online catalog systems because of a lack of flexibility in how they present relationships among serial information objects and their bibliographic surrogates. Therefore librarians have to look outside the box and consider other methods for enhancing bibliographic clarity and access. They also have to be forward thinking and develop an information environment that is less encumbered by machine-imposed strictures such as linearity, polarization of viewpoint and visual constraint.
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