For historians, the Internet is going to become an important tool, but there aren’t very many of us who know what’s on it now.
Predictor: Dunlavy, Colleen
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 Wisconsin State Journal article, reporter Mike Dorsher writes:”Colleen Dunlavy, an associate professor of history, has used the Internet to download documents to her computer from the Library of Congress and special collections at other universities, such as Kansas and Mississippi State. Dulavy also used the Internet to keep in touch with other members of the Society for the History of Technology, which inluded professors in England and Norway. ‘For historians, the Internet is going to become an important tool, but there aren’t very many of us who know what’s on it now,’ she said.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Medical/Professional
Name of publication: Wisconsin State Journal
Title, headline, chapter name: The Internet: Computer Network is Superhighway On-Ramp
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=d569c86eabe6454223f5187e8f9f8703&_docnum=6&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSlAl&_md5=168c818c07d6459aeff4ef2bb1d8db77
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