O'Donnell writes in his article about the changes that have occurred in library catalogue systems. I believe by nonlinear reading he is referring to the library's way of organization, and how it has changed from catalogue cards to computer databases.
O'Donnell concludes that although the Internet has made the search for information much easier, it has yet to replace libraries. No one created the Internet, he says, and therefore there is no one that is committed to maintaining or supporting the information that you find.
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But isn't the library in a sense very linear and organized? We group different formats in different areas (periodicals, newspapers, etc.). We have different tools (databases) for finding those different formats. We have subject headings/descriptors to describe items consistently.
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