[10635] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: Information Objects vs. Information Services
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill G Hord)
Thu Sep 19 20:33:21 1996
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 16:34:22 -0500 (CDT)
From: Bill G Hord <bgh@tenet.edu>
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On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Karen Coyle wrote:
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> I've been coming to the conclusion that the future of publishing is in
> information services rather than the production of individual information
> objects. Some evolution in this direction seems to be happening.
>
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I don't see how information services could exist without information
objects. Even 'electronic information' must have a material basis
somewhere in an information object. I would say that even orally
transmitted information must exist in information 'objects' (although I
doubt that Karen had oral culture in mind when she mentioned information
services).
The main emphasis of Karen's post, that a publisher has begun to issue
beta versions of books (how is this different from editions? isn't it
just a new word for an old practice?), may be an interesting point.
However, IMHO as information 'scientists' we should be careful about the
ontology of information. There is no information without information
objects, the universe being material and all.
Bill Hord
Campus Services Librarian
Houston Community College Libraries
bgh@tenet.edu
