Tag Archives: Internet

Post 3a: Web technologies – Forerunners and Past

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

Forerunners Paul Otlet (born 1868; died 1944) is considered to be one of the ‘fathers’ of Information Science. Prompted by the belief that books were an inefficient mode of information storage, Otlet developed his idea for ‘the creation of a … Continue reading →

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Recent event: “What do people really know about the net?”

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

John Naughton, Professor of the Public Understanding of Technology at the Open University and fellow of Wolfson College Cambridge, recently gave a presentation as part of the Arcadia Project seminar series. “What do people really know about the net?” is … Continue reading →

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Recent event: “The fifth estate of the internet realm”

Posted on February 28, 2011 by

Bill Dutton, director of the Oxford Internet Institute, recently presented a seminar CRASSH in Cambridge, entitled ‘The fifth estate of the internet realm’. It gave me lots of ‘food for thought’ for developing my resources here, in terms of thinking … Continue reading →

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