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Memex meets Madonna multimedia at the intersection of information and entertainment

Memex meets Madonna multimedia at the intersection of information and entertainment Ongoing technological advances may soon allow the development of an affordable, personal, easytouse, allpurpose information storage and retrieval technology similar to the Memex system described by Vannevar Bush. This paper proposes an updated design for Memex MemexTV based on highcapacity data networks, multimedia and new user interface technologies. It is argued that technology such as MemexTV may well develop as a spinoff from advances in entertainment technology. Section 6, An evening with MemexTV, illustrates the possible future interweaving of information retrieval and entertainment. Finally, it is argued that librarians need to consider entertainment technology's potential to influence the future of libraries more seriously. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Electronic Library Emerald Publishing

Memex meets Madonna multimedia at the intersection of information and entertainment

Kinney, Thomas
The Electronic Library , Volume 10 (3): 6 – Mar 1, 1992
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Emerald Publishing
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0264-0473
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10.1108/eb045140
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Abstract

Ongoing technological advances may soon allow the development of an affordable, personal, easytouse, allpurpose information storage and retrieval technology similar to the Memex system described by Vannevar Bush. This paper proposes an updated design for Memex MemexTV based on highcapacity data networks, multimedia and new user interface technologies. It is argued that technology such as MemexTV may well develop as a spinoff from advances in entertainment technology. Section 6, An evening with MemexTV, illustrates the possible future interweaving of information retrieval and entertainment. Finally, it is argued that librarians need to consider entertainment technology's potential to influence the future of libraries more seriously.

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The Electronic Library – Emerald Publishing

Published: Mar 1, 1992

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