Emerging issues in library web collections

The Internet’s growth has been extraordinary. According to the Internet Software Consortium the number of hosts has roughly quadrupled since the summer of 1998 (Internet Software Consortium, 2002). The number of networks and registered domains also increased (Caslon Analytics, 2003). About 180 of th...

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Main Author: Irwin, Raymond D.
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1525102021-09-01T20:10:24Z Emerging issues in library web collections Irwin, Raymond D. Library and information science The Internet’s growth has been extraordinary. According to the Internet Software Consortium the number of hosts has roughly quadrupled since the summer of 1998 (Internet Software Consortium, 2002). The number of networks and registered domains also increased (Caslon Analytics, 2003). About 180 of the world’s nations now have access to the Internet and, perhaps more significantly, the numbers of people online worldwide increased from just 16 million in December 1995 to over 600 million in October 2002 (Gromov, 2002; Web Metro, 2002). Over 765 million users are expected by the end of 2005 (CommerceNet, 2002). Published version 2021-08-30T06:13:53Z 2021-08-30T06:13:53Z 2004 Journal Article Irwin, R. D. (2004). Emerging issues in library web collections. Library and Information Science Research E-Journal, 14(1), 1-7. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LIBRES.2004.1.5 1058-6768 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152510 10.32655/LIBRES.2004.1.5 1 14 1 7 en Library and Information Science Research E-Journal © 2004 Raymond D. Irwin. All rights reserved. application/pdf
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Emerging issues in library web collections
description The Internet’s growth has been extraordinary. According to the Internet Software Consortium the number of hosts has roughly quadrupled since the summer of 1998 (Internet Software Consortium, 2002). The number of networks and registered domains also increased (Caslon Analytics, 2003). About 180 of the world’s nations now have access to the Internet and, perhaps more significantly, the numbers of people online worldwide increased from just 16 million in December 1995 to over 600 million in October 2002 (Gromov, 2002; Web Metro, 2002). Over 765 million users are expected by the end of 2005 (CommerceNet, 2002).
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