mastering information through the ages Wright, Alex 1966- creator text bibliography dcu Washington, D.C Joseph Henry Press c2007 2007 monographic eng

print

viii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Introduction -- 1. Networks and hierarchies -- 2. Family trees and the tree of life -- 3. The ice age information explosion -- 4. The age of alphabets -- 5. Illuminating the dark age -- 6. A steam engine of the mind -- 7. The astral power station -- 8. The encyclopedic revolution -- 9. The moose that roared -- 10. The industrial library -- 11. The Web that wasn't -- 12. Memories of the future -- Appendixes -- A. John Wilkins's universal categories -- B. Thomas Jefferson's 1783 catalog of books -- C. The Dewey decimal system -- D. S.R. Ranganathan's colon classification -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. Alex Wright. Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and index. Information organization History Information storage and retrieval systems History Information society History Organizacion de la Información Historia Sistema de recuperación Historia de almacenamiento de la información Sociedad de la Información Primera Jornada de Catalogacion Classificaties Z 666.5 W947g 2007 020.9 06.72 0309102383 2007006290 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007006290.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007006290.html 070226 20230411085634.0 76917