Content, Collection, Development and Management

This article explore how, in the first decade of the twenty-first century, the internet became historicised, meaning that its public existence is now explicitly framed through a narrative that locates the current internet in relation to a past internet. Up until this time, in popular culture, the internet had been understood mainly as the future-in-the-present, as if it had no past. The internet might have had a history, but it had no historicity. That has changed because of Web 2.0, and the effects of Tim O'Reilly's creative marketing of that label. Web 2.0, in this sense not a technology or practice but the marker of a discourse of historical interpretation dependent on versions, created for us a second version of the web, different from (and yet connected to) that of the 1990s. This historicising moment aligned the past and future in ways suitable to those who might control or manage the present. And while Web 3.0, implied or real, suggests the ‘future’, it also marks out a loss of other times, or the possibility of alterity understood through temporality.

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Mix, Match, Rediscovery

Information Resources Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-965-1.ch803 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 2298-2309

Author(s):

Justin Meza ◽

Qin Zhu

Keyword(s):

Best Practices ◽

Web 2.0 ◽

Web Site ◽

Web Application ◽

Knowledge Organization ◽

The Internet ◽

The Future ◽

Enterprise Mashups ◽

The Web

Knowledge is the fact or knowing something from experience or via association. Knowledge organization is the systematic management and organization of knowledge (Hodge, 2000). With the advent of Web 2.0, Mashups have become a hot new thing on the Web. A mashup is a Web site or a Web application that combines content from more than one source and delivers it in an integrated way (Fichter, 2006). In this article, we will first explore the concept of mashups and look at the components of a mashup. We will provide an overview of various mashups on the Internet. We will look at literature about knowledge and the knowledge organization. Then, we will elaborate on our experiment of a mashup in an enterprise environment. We will describe how we mixed the content from two sets of sources and created a new source: a novel way of organizing and displaying HP Labs Technical Reports. The findings from our project will be included and some best practices for creating enterprise mashups will be given. The future of enterprise mashups will be discussed as well.

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The Prospects of Mobile Government in Jordan

Electronic Government ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-947-2.ch304 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 4187-4204 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ala M. Abu-Samaha ◽

Yara Abdel Samad

Keyword(s):

Service Delivery ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Communication Channel ◽

Electronic Government ◽

The Internet ◽

Electronic Service ◽

The Future ◽

Government Initiative ◽

The Web

This chapter aims to assess the viability of mobile governmental services in Jordan as a precursor to embracing mobile government as a complementing medium of communication. Re?ecting on Jordan’s experience with electronic governmental services, it is evident to say that the ?rst wave of electronic governmental services was delivered through the Web as the sole communication channel. Despite the success of a number of governmental entities to utilise such a communication channel, the penetration of the Internet in the Jordanian society is very low which dampens such limited cases of success. Currently, the e-government initiative is considering mobile phones for the future waves of its electronic service delivery on a multi-channel platform. This chapter articulates the concerns and issues surrounding the viability of mobile government in terms of availability of bandwidth and reach. The chapter will provide a number of statistics and other qualitative reviews concerning previous experiences in the Jordanian electronic government initiative.

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What Did the Internet Ever Do for Us? Changes in Collection Development and Management at the British Library, 2000–2012

Alexandria The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues ◽

10.7227/alx.23.3.14 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 95-102 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Caroline Brazier

Keyword(s):

The Internet ◽

British Library ◽

Collection Development ◽

Development And Management

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Spinning the Web of Hate Online: A Critical Review from the Malaysian Laws

Asian Social Science ◽

10.5539/ass.v11n28p183 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (28) ◽

pp. 183

Author(s):

Dr. Syahirah Abdul Shukor ◽

Associate Professor Dr. Nazura Abdul Manap

Keyword(s):

Social Networking ◽

Critical Review ◽

The Internet ◽

Internet Users ◽

Sustainable Economy ◽

The Future ◽

The Law ◽

Social Networking Website ◽

The Web

In a multi-cultural society, living in peace and tolerance are keys to development and sustainable economy. Undeniably, the efforts taken by all stakeholders are essential in materializing the future and dream of a peaceful country. Since its independence, Malaysia has been struggling to maintain the unity and integration of the three main ethnics, the Malays, the Chinese and the Indians. Matters pertaining to media especially publications of printed presses are strictly supervised by the Ministry of Home Affairs. However, with the inception of the Internet, regulating content of the Internet might be impossible for the law makers. This paper examines how the emergence of social networking website such as Facebook, MySpace and even Tweeting have been misused by irresponsible Internet users in Malaysia. Spinning the web of hate online is like spreading virus to the netizens and yet, its impact if it is not well tackled by members of society, it might spark serious problem to the unity and harmony of ethnics in Malaysia. Next, this paper examines how law responds to problems arose on the Internet. Finally, this paper suggests that supervision and monitoring content of the Internet which promote hate might be challenging but such problem need to be tackled by the authorities with extra vigilant and full coordination with all authorities.

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The Prospects of Mobile Government in Jordan

Mobile Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-054-7.ch124 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 1543-1561

Author(s):

Ala M. Abu-Samaha ◽

Yara Abdel Samad

Keyword(s):

Service Delivery ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Communication Channel ◽

Electronic Government ◽

The Internet ◽

Electronic Service ◽

The Future ◽

Government Initiative ◽

The Web

This chapter aims to assess the viability of mobile governmental services in Jordan as a precursor to embracing mobile government as a complementing medium of communication. Reflecting on Jordan’s experience with electronic governmental services, it is evident to say that the first wave of electronic governmental services was delivered through the Web as the sole communication channel. Despite the success of a number of governmental entities to utilise such a communication channel, the penetration of the Internet in the Jordanian society is very low which dampens such limited cases of success. Currently, the e-government initiative is considering mobile phones for the future waves of its electronic service delivery on a multi-channel platform. This chapter articulates the concerns and issues surrounding the viability of mobile government in terms of availability of bandwidth and reach. The chapter will provide a number of statistics and other qualitative reviews concerning previous experiences in the Jordanian electronic government initiative.

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E-Learning 2.0

Advances in E-Learning ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-756-0.ch012 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 213-231 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Luisa M. Regueras ◽

Elena Verdú ◽

María A. Pérez ◽

Juan Pablo de Castro ◽

María J. Verdú

Keyword(s):

Web 2.0 ◽

Learning Process ◽

The Internet ◽

Future Trends ◽

Web 2.0 Technologies ◽

Good Practices ◽

The Future ◽

E Learning ◽

The Web

Nowadays, most of electronic applications, including e-learning, are based on the Internet and the Web. As the Web advances, applications should progress in accordance with it. People in the Internet world have started to talk about Web 2.0. This chapter discusses how the concepts of Web 2.0 can be transferred to e-learning. First, the new trends of the Web (Web 2.0) are introduced and the Web 2.0 technologies are reviewed. Then, it is analysed how Web 2.0 can be transferred and applied to the learning process, in terms of methodologies and tools, and taking into account different scenarios and roles. Next, some good practices and recommendations for E-Learning 2.0 are described. Finally, we present our opinion, conclusions, and proposals about the future trends driving the market.

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Will the Web break?

Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ◽

10.1098/rsta.2012.0386 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 371 (1987) ◽

pp. 20120386 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jonathan Zittrain

Keyword(s):

Royal Society ◽

The Internet ◽

New Frontier ◽

Web Science ◽

The Future ◽

New Challenges ◽

The Web ◽

Key Questions ◽

The Way

What is the Web? What makes it work? And is it dying? This paper is drawn from a talk delivered by Prof. Zittrain to the Royal Society Discussion Meeting ‘Web science: a new frontier’ in September 2010. It covers key questions about the way the Web works, and how an understanding of its past can help those theorizing about the future. The original Web allowed users to display and send information from their individual computers, and organized the resources of the Internet with uniform resource locators. In the 20 years since then, the Web has evolved. These new challenges require a return to the spirit of the early Web, exploiting the power of the Web’s users and its distributed nature to overcome the commercial and geopolitical forces at play. The future of the Web rests in projects that preserve its spirit, and in the Web science that helps make them possible.

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The Prospects of Mobile Government in Jordan

Mobile Government ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-884-0.ch014 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 268-290 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ala M. Abu-Samaha ◽

Yara Abdel Samad

Keyword(s):

Service Delivery ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Communication Channel ◽

Electronic Government ◽

The Internet ◽

Electronic Service ◽

The Future ◽

Government Initiative ◽

The Web

This chapter aims to assess the viability of mobile governmental services in Jordan as a precursor to embracing mobile government as a complementing medium of communication. Re?ecting on Jordan’s experience with electronic governmental services, it is evident to say that the ?rst wave of electronic governmental services was delivered through the Web as the sole communication channel. Despite the success of a number of governmental entities to utilise such a communication channel, the penetration of the Internet in the Jordanian society is very low which dampens such limited cases of success. Currently, the e-government initiative is considering mobile phones for the future waves of its electronic service delivery on a multi-channel platform. This chapter articulates the concerns and issues surrounding the viability of mobile government in terms of availability of bandwidth and reach. The chapter will provide a number of statistics and other qualitative reviews concerning previous experiences in the Jordanian electronic government initiative.

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