The prediction, in brief:

The Internet remains, among other things, “the Full Employment Act for Librarians” for the next decade. We need legions of librarians to catalog, label and organize what’s out there; we need top- and lower-level menus that present information “cut” in many directions, labeled so we can find things when we don’t know the right keywords. It’s past time that Internet users had access to comprehensive, usable global indexes and tools that search them. We’re drowning in private-label directories and “yellow pages.” Where’s the “global WHOIS” Internet directory people-looker-upper?

Predictor: Dern, Daniel

Prediction, in context:

In a 1994 article, Network Computing writer, Daniel Dern reports on how the Internet could transform business. He writes:”The Internet remains, among other things, ‘the Full Employment Act for Librarians’ for the next decade. We need legions of librarians to catalog, label and organize what’s out there; we need top- and lower-level menus that present information ‘cut’ in many directions, labeled so we can find things when we don’t know the right keywords. It’s past time that Internet users had access to comprehensive, usable global indexes and tools that search them. We’re drowning in private-label directories and ‘yellow pages.’ Where’s the ‘global WHOIS’ Internet directory people-looker-upper?”

Date of prediction: January 1, 1994

Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information

Subtopic: General

Name of publication: Network Computing

Title, headline, chapter name: The Internet, Your Company and You

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 50

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne