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