GENERAL
FOR ATTENDEES
75th Anniversary Task Force Members
Toni Carbo (Co-Chair)
Robert Williams (Co-Chair)
Marcia Bates
Sarah Buchanan
Eugene Garfield
Trudi Bellardo Hahn
Kathryn La Barre
Michel Menou
Julian Warner
Dick Hill (Ex-officio)
Special ASIS&T 75th Anniversary Event
History of ASIS&T and Information Science and
Technology Worldwide
Saturday, October 27, 2012, Full Day 8:30am-7:00pm (fees)
International
Perspectives on the History of Information Science and Technology
Proceedings of the ASIS&T 2012 Pre-Conference on the History of ASIS&T and Information Science and Technology
Published in Oct. 2012 and edited by Toni Carbo and Trudi Bellardo Hahn, this volume presents the complete proceedings of the 2012 Pre-Conference on the History of ASIS&T and Information Science and Technology Worldwide, an event celebrating the 75th anniversary of ASIS&T. Available in Print and eBook editions.
Keynote Presentation
Slides
75th
Anniversary Keynote
Speaker (sponsored by ASIS&T SIG III)
W. Boyd Rayward, Professor Emeritus in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of
Illinois.
The 75th Anniversary Task Force of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) announces a special ASIS&T 75th Anniversary event on the history of ASIS&T and the history of information science and technology worldwide. This special event will be held on Saturday, October 27, 2012, which is immediately prior to the ASIS&T 2012 Annual Meeting, in Baltimore, Maryland. Registration and additional fees are required to attend (see below).
This special 75th Anniversary event will explore the 75 year history of ASIS&T and the longer history of information science and technology worldwide.
Themes to be covered:
- The History of ASIS&T
- Evolution of the field of Information Science
- Historical Contexts of Technology Innovations and Impacts
- Development of Foundational Ideas and Theories in Information Science
A total of 18 papers have been accepted for presentation, the results of a comprehensive reviewing
process, including authors from more than 10 countries.
The complete papers will be available to all registrants and for sale afterwards as an e-book published by Information Today, Inc.
Schedule
FEES
Early Bird: Student members $200, Student non-members $240,
Members $275, Non-members $315
After Sept. 7: Student members $225, Student non-members $280, Members $300,
Non-members $340
History of ASIS&T and Information Science: Information and Documents
ASIS&T Timeline
History of Information Science
ASIS&T 2011 Annual Meeting
There was a session on ASIS&T's History at the ASIS&T 2011 Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Presentations from that session are
available for viewing on YouTube at:
- Introduction, Robert Williams
- Ben-Ami Lipetz
- Charles Davis
- Michael Buckland
- Toni Carbo
- Nancy Roderer
- Samantha Hastings
- Trudi Bellardo Hahn
Free Webinar!
Robert Williams and Kathryn La Barre presented a free webinar on Doing Oral History Interviews.
Information and a copy of the full broadcast, including slides, can be found here:
www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/2012/Doing-Oral-History-Interviews-The-Basics.html
ASIS&T Historical Documents
Many Documents related to ASIS&T's History can found on the Web. Links to some of them are available in this document (MS Word):
ASIS&T/ IST Historical Documents and Archival Records that are available on the Web (A Preliminary List as of March, 2012)
Existing/Known Oral History Interviews of Leaders/Pioneers in Information Science and Technology (US and International)
Tentative List of ASIST/Information Science Leaders/Pioneers Needing Oral History Interviews
ASIS&T Chapter & SIG Histories
From Documentation to Information
Science / The Beginnings and Early Development of the American Documentation
Institute - American Society for Information Science
by Irene S. Farkas-Conn
Digitized ebook from Access Innovations
(Comments on the Book May Be Left on the
ebook Web Site)
Bulletin 50th Anniversary Issue
Candles for
Information Science: Introduction by Lois Lunin
1937-1948:
Beginnings of Information Science
1949-1958:
Many Stars Begin to Shine
1959-1968:
Dreams Become Realities
1969-1978:
The Move to Information Online
1979-1988:
Personal Computers Change the Market
Leading the
Leaders: Those Who Serve the Society
Pioneers:
Award of Merit Winners Lead the Information Revolution
Role of Information
Science: Contributions of Information Science
Watson Davis:
The Society's Founder
1987: ASIS
Celebrates 50 Years of Service
Significant Readings
1937-1988: Recording and Reporting the Field of Information Science
Awards, SIGs,
Chapters
Other Events
UK Doctoral Forum 2012 - Quantitative Research in Information Science