Recent reports on the size and amount of online
information will interest many readers on this
list.
These four reports noted by Yale University librarian
Ann Okerson and posted to Diglib by moderator Terry Kuny.
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Recently in the news, some reports regarding
the size and future of online information:
1. Latest report from the OCLC Office of
Research Web Characterization project:
http://www.oclc.org/oclc/press/20001016a.htm
2. Report on the "Deep Web" from BrightPlanet:
http://www.completeplanet.com/Tutorials/DeepWeb/index.asp
3. Report from the UC Berkeley School of Information
Management & Systems: "How Much Information?"
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/how-much-info/
[KF note: This is the widely reported study conducted
by Peter Lyman and Hal Varian. Also see excellent article
in this week's Economist. Go to URL: http://www.economist.co.uk/
and search under Varian. Then click on the tab reading:
Byte counters An intriguing new study estimates the
quantity of data generated each year Oct 21st 2000]
4. And now for something completely different: The Pfeiffer Report
suggests that most online publications may be very short-lived in deed.
Online content doesn't make money (for the most part). The report
suggests that the Internet is not a replacement for current information
delivery models, but rather than extension of them.
http://www.pfeifferreport.com/trends/ett_online.html
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Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
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