Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias

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concept of future knowledge systems essay section

"Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias" is a section of Vannevar Bush’s essay "As We May Think" that envisions future, highly interconnected and dynamically organized knowledge systems beyond traditional printed encyclopedias.

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instanceOf	concept of future knowledge systems ⓘ essay section ⓘ
addresses	efficient retrieval of knowledge ⓘ information overload ⓘ
anticipates	interactive reference works ⓘ networked information systems ⓘ personal knowledge devices ⓘ
author	Vannevar Bush ⓘ
contrastsWith	traditional printed encyclopedias ⓘ
critiques	limitations of static reference works ⓘ
describes	dynamically organized knowledge ⓘ future encyclopedias ⓘ highly interconnected knowledge systems ⓘ
envisions	associative indexing of knowledge ⓘ flexible reorganization of content ⓘ nonlinear organization of information ⓘ user-defined trails through information ⓘ
focusesOn	collaborative construction of knowledge ⓘ dynamic updating of knowledge ⓘ interconnections between documents ⓘ
genre	science and technology essay section ⓘ
historicalContext	World War II ⓘ surface form: World War II era
influenced	concept of digital encyclopedias ⓘ concept of hypertext ⓘ thinking about knowledge management ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
partOf	As We May Think ⓘ
proposes	encyclopedias built from associative trails ⓘ replacing static alphabetical order with associative order ⓘ
publicationYear	1945 ⓘ
publishedIn	The Atlantic Monthly (via the essay As We May Think) ⓘ
relatedTo	Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: memex
subject	future of publishing ⓘ information science ⓘ knowledge organization ⓘ
theorizes	collective human memory augmentation ⓘ machine-supported thinking ⓘ

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