Too much to know : managing scholarly information before the modern age
Ann Blair (Author)
The flood of information brought to us by advancing technology is often accompanied by a distressing sense of 'information overload', yet this experience is not unique to modern times. In fact, says Ann Blair in this intriguing book, the invention of the printing press and the ensuing abundance of books provoked sixteenth- and seventeenth-century European scholars to register complaints very similar to our own. The author examines methods of information management in ancient and medieval Europe as well as the Islamic world and China, then focuses particular attention on the organization, composition, and reception of Latin reference books in print in early modern Europe. She explores in detail the sophisticated and sometimes idiosyncratic techniques that scholars and readers developed in an era of new technology and exploding information
History
1 online resource (xv, 397 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles
9780300168495, 9780300168495, 0300168497
961560143
Print version:
Information management in comparative perspective
Note-taking as information management
Reference genres and their finding devices
Compilers, their motivations and methods
The impact of early printed reference books
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