Biblio-Files: Notions from a Decade of Annotation

Abstract

Bibliography isn't what it used to be, and to contemplate the problems and possibilities that a bibliographer faces today is in large part to reckon how technology makes the task more or less possible, more or less reliable. This essay addresses three subjects: an overview of changes witnessed since the late 1980s, the impact of current technologies on the "current bibliography," and, finally, the opportunities that we have not only to harness the torrent of information but to help guide users through it.