Averting the Digital Dark Age: How Archivists, Librarians, and Technologists Built the Web a Memory

by Ian Milligan

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How the internet's memory infrastructure developed--averting a "digital dark age"--and introduced a golden age of historical memory.

In early 1996, the web was ephemeral. But by 2001, the internet was forever. How did websites transform from having a brief life to becoming long-lasting? Drawing on archival material from the Internet Archive and exclusive interviews, Ian Milligan's Averting the Digital Dark Age explores how Western...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1421450135

ISBN13:9781421450131

Release Date:December 2024

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:1.16 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Computers Computers & Technology Engineering Language Arts Technology

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