Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
PREFACE
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Chapter 1: SETTING THE SCENE
ACCORDING TO THE PHILOSOPHERS …
ENTER THE TECHNOLOGISTS
THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION
THE WORLD WIDE WEB
SO WHAT?
NOTES AND SOURCES
Chapter 2: LITERATURE AND THE WEB
THE CHANGING FACE OF LIBRARIES
METADATA
DIGITIZING OUR HERITAGE
Chapter 3: MEET THE WEB
BASIC CONCEPTS
WEB PAGES: DOCUMENTS AND BEYOND
METROLOGY AND SCALING
STRUCTURE OF THE WEB
Chapter 4: HOW TO SEARCH
SEARCHING TEXT
SEARCHING IN A WEB
DEVELOPMENTS IN WEB SEARCH
BIRTH OF THE DRAGONS
Chapter 5: THE WEB WARS
PRESERVING THE ECOSYSTEM
INCREASING VISIBILITY: TRICKS OF THE TRADE
BUSINESS, ETHICS, AND SPAM
THE ANTI-SPAM WAR
Chapter 6: WHO CONTROLS INFORMATION?
THE VIOLENCE OF THE ARCHIVE
WEB DEMOCRACY
PRIVACY AND CENSORSHIP
COPYRIGHT AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
THE BUSINESS OF SEARCH
Chapter 7: THE DRAGONS EVOLVE
THE ADVENTURE OF SEARCH
PERSONALIZATION IN PRACTICE
COMMUNITIES
PRIVATE SUBNETWORKS
THE USER AS LIBRARIAN
YOUR COMPUTER AND THE WEB
REFERENCES
INDEX