The library before print and after the computer: The similarities between string search algorithms and mnemonic retrieval in pre-print libraries
本文论证数字技术检索文本的方式与印刷术发明前人类使用助记法检索文本的方式相似，挑战了数字存储与物理图书馆截然不同的普遍看法。
It is a common assumption that digital technology stores and retrieves text differently than physical libraries do. Websites and digitized text uploaded on them are retrieved via algorithms, tied together by links, and so on, whereas physical libraries are structured by classification schemes, catalogs, and indexes. Nevertheless, looking further back in history, it can be argued that digital technology in fact makes us store and retrieve text as humanity did to begin with—before the invention of the printing press. This article argues how.