An Intranet: just browsers and a server?

Abstract

There are few people who would claim that a library is simply a collection of books. The concept of a library embodies an acquisitions policy, collection management, finding aids, disposal policy, a variety of services to readers, a lending policy and so on. Without these additional facets, a collection of books is just that and not a library. In the same way, a collection of digital documents, even if linked together via hypertext links is not an intranet (or any other sort of net for that matter), although much that has been delivered in the name of intranets is no more than a collection of digital documents.

Citation

Currall, J. (2000), "An Intranet: just browsers and a server?", VINE, Vol. 30 No. 2, pp. 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb040743