NETWORKED INFORMATION-RETRIEVAL AND ORGANIZATION - ISSUES AND QUESTIONS

The creation of guides to resources on the Internet specific to partic ular subjects have raised a number of interesting questions and issues . These issues fall into two broad categories: The Internet environmen t(its culture, virtual communities and netiquette; agency and authorit y; the nature of ''publication;'' the importance and lack of standards ; and searching tools and processes) and the process of guide construc tion (the importance of people; the nature of ''resources'' on the Net ; intellectual property; levels of connectivity; and time). Some concl usions are drawn regarding the future and evolution of information pro fessions in this environment.