Social Aspects of Search: A History

Search has always been social.

• Search: Social uses of information technologies to find an information object.

Different Technologies = Different Sociologies

• Sociology of search:
  • Few information objects
  • Few information technologists
  • Single writing culture

  From Leibnitz to the RDF - Resource Description Framework

• Sociology of search:
  • Many information objects
  • Many information technologists
  • Different writing cultures

From Garfield to Google