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New communication
techniques for diplomats:
the use of Internet
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by
Stefano Baldi | | 
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 Towards a paperless world ?
Will the Net replace libraries?
While the Net is disorganized, libraries are organized. Alongside search engines that look for keywords in the text of a Webpage (such as Altavista or Hotbot), a service invaluable in reserch others, using directories such as Yahoo, are reinventing versions of the standard, proven classification schemes that libraries have always used. Some people are even adopting the Dewey system to organize Web sites (see the Expanding Universe site for example). Most noticeably, the Net doesn't use standardized subject headings, an important tool for accessing information in libraries. Moreover, the whole Net cannot be accessed from within a library, but an entire library can't be accessed from the Net.
Please send your comments to Stefano Baldi.
This document was updated 07/10/98
© 1998 Stefano Baldi
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