The History and Heritage of Scientific
and Technological Information Systems
Edited by W. Boyd Raywardand Mary Ellen Bowden Emphasis for the second conference on the history of
information science systems was on scientific and technical
information systems in the period from World
War II up through the early 1990s. These proceedings present
the papers of historians of science and technology,
information scientists, and scientists in other fields
on a wide range of topics: informatics in chemistry;
biology and medicine; information developments in multinational,
industrial, and military settings; biographical studies
of pioneering individuals; and the transformation of
information systems and formats in the twentieth century.
2004/440 pp/softbound
1-57387-229-6
Regular Price: 45.50
ASIST Member $36.40
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