LEADER 03220nam 22005655 450 001 9911061855303321 005 20260124120425.0 010 $a3-032-13813-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-032-13813-2 035 $a(CKB)45019136800041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32515736 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32515736 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-032-13813-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)9945019136800041 100 $a20260124d2026 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIndexing Systems $eThe Evolution of Knowledge Organisation in Modern Society /$fby Alberto Cevolini 205 $a1st ed. 2026. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2026. 215 $a1 online resource (236 pages) 225 1 $aLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies 311 08$a3-032-13812-4 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Indexing Systems as an Evolutionary Advance -- Chapter 3: The Organisation of Knowledge -- Chapter 4: The Cybernetic Library -- Chapter 5: The Relevance of Relevance -- Chapter 6: The Memory of Tags -- Chapter 7: De-Indexing -- Chapter 8: Conclusion. 330 $aThis book analyses search engines as indexing systems: structures of social memory, designed to organise information access when knowledge is stored in archives. It views indexing systems as a highly improbable outcome of socio-cultural evolution, and charts the main stages of this social process through the impact of printing on knowledge organisation, the rise of mechanical memory, the practice of tagging, and contemporary strategies of de-indexing. In the process, the book sheds new light on the underexplored sociological question ?Where do search engines come from?? Alberto Cevolini is Associate Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. His research focuses on sociological theory and intellectual history, with particular attention to social system theory, the development of note-taking practices, and the invention of filing cabinets in early modern Europe. He is the author of De arte excerpendi. Imparare a dimenticare nella prima modernità (Florence, 2006) and editor of Forgetting Machines. Knowledge Management Evolution in Early Modern Europe (Leiden and Boston, 2016). He also edited the English translation of Thomas Harrison?s Ark of Studies (Turnhout, 2017). 410 0$aLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies 606 $aCommunication$xMethodology 606 $aMass media 606 $aMultimedia systems 606 $aMedia and Communication Methods 606 $aMedia Sociology 606 $aMultimedia Information Systems 615 0$aCommunication$xMethodology. 615 0$aMass media. 615 0$aMultimedia systems. 615 14$aMedia and Communication Methods. 615 24$aMedia Sociology. 615 24$aMultimedia Information Systems. 676 $a302.201 700 $aCevolini$b Alberto$0596598 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911061855303321 996 $aIndexing Systems$94541249 997 $aUNINA