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This is THE VIRTUAL LIBRARY, a book about the electronic society of the
future, based on an archival interpretation of human cognitive
development.
The book discusses how the electronic society will trigger new
developments in knowledge and education, and explores other changes
which might develop from an easily-accessed databank: how research is
done, how academic and scientific findings are published and read, how
knowledge is transmitted, and how people relate to each other.
Disk No 979
Program Title: VIRTUAL LIBRARY
PC-SIG version 1.1
This disk contains the text files for THE VIRTUAL LIBRARY, a book about
the electronic society of the future, based on an archival interpretation
of human cognitive development.
The book discusses how the electronic society will bring about new
developments in knowledge and education, and goes into some of the other
changes which might develop from a speedy, easily-accessable information
databank: how we do research, how academic and scientific findings are
published, how they are read, how knowledge is transmitted, and how people
relate to each other.
Usage: Book On-Disk (ASCII files).
System Requirements: 128K memory and one disk drive.
How to Start: To view a chapter of the book on your computer screen, use
the DOS TYPE command. To print out a chapter of the book, use the DOS PRINT
command.
Suggested Registration: $5.95
File Descriptions:
CHAPTER ??? Chapter or text (8 files).
EPILOGUE Part of the book.
PROLOGUE Part of the book.
README Information file from the author.
MORE COM Program that pauses text on the screen while reading
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CHAPTER 001 29663 11-19-87 11:58a
CHAPTER 002 18984 11-19-87 11:59a
CHAPTER 003 22955 11-19-87 11:59a
CHAPTER 004 36044 11-19-87 12:01p
CHAPTER 005 27204 11-19-87 12:01p
CHAPTER 006 22067 11-19-87 12:02p
CHAPTER 007 30316 11-19-87 12:03p
CHAPTER 008 20794 11-19-87 12:04p
EPILOGUE 3541 11-19-87 12:04p
FILES979 TXT 1298 8-17-88 12:53p
GO BAT 38 10-19-87 3:56p
GO TXT 386 12-16-87 1:31p
MORE COM 282 3-07-85 1:43p
PROLOGUE 13432 11-19-87 12:17p
README 4418 5-17-88 5:24p
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