Formats for citations of electronic resources must become standardized, so scholars can accumulate a record of their participation … The goal should be to eliminate self-consciousness in using the medium – ideally, the medium of computer-mediated communication should be transparent, freeing scholars to create ideas.
Predictor: December, John
Prediction, in context:In a research presentation for the 1993 International Professional Communication Conference of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, John December states the following about the future of networked computer communication:”There is a need to understand CMC [computer-mediated communication] and NIR [network information retrieval] tools, including their commonalities and effectiveness for various tasks. New methodologies must be developed to integrate tools into scholarly practices, and the effectiveness and satisfaction with scholarly systems must be measured. Because the Internet’s growth will create problems for tools that cannot scale up for large data volume, data diversity, and user base, new distribution mechanisms must be developed. Formats for citations of electronic resources must become standardized, so scholars can accumulate a record of their participation … The goal should be to eliminate self-consciousness in using the medium – ideally, the medium of computer-mediated communication should be transparent, freeing scholars to create ideas.”
Biography:John December’s publications include articles and books about the World Wide Web, Internet and Java. From 1985 to 1989, he developed software and graphical user interfaces to analyze aircraft requirements for military missions at Boeing. He later became president of December Communications, an online Web-publishing, presentations, and consulting company based in Milwaukee, Wis. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Medical/Professional
Name of publication: Directions for Computer-Mediated Scholarship
Title, headline, chapter name: Research Problems for Scalable Internet Resource Discovery Technical Report CU-CS-643-93
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.december.com/john/paper/ipcc93.txt
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