... and that we are not treated equally by classificatory systems, and not least by automated media such as search engines, social media, and other kinds of digital media. While we can get a glimpse of the content on Netflix, search engines like Google do not display their collection at all. Asking Goody's...

... understanding of genre as digital social action. Particular emphasis will be on archiving, tagging, and searching as social actions afforded by digital media as a function of their materiality. The approach is critical analysis and discussion. Although this understanding of genre may be somewhat...

... about the scope and refashioning of activities knowledge organization research must engage with because of the permeation of digital media in everyday life. So, while my mapping is similar to, for instance, Beghtol's assertion that knowledge organization had focused its attention on syntax...

... are seriously challenged by the developments in digital media (see Huymans and Hillebrink, 2008 , for a very sharp analysis of the perspectives of public libraries). Research libraries are challenged because first their bibliographies and reference works, next their scholarly journals and now their books...

... – This paper establishes arguments from a historical analysis of stages in the conceptual development of digital media and stages in the digitization of library functions. The historical approach leads to some discussions and forecasts of the future of research libraries. Findings – Digital media have...