Historical information science :an emerging unidiscipline
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Medford, N.J.
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Information Today
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c2001
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ix, 1192 p. ; 26 cm
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 631-975( and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
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Machine generated contents note: Preface: 1 -- Introduction 3 -- Chapter 1. Foundations and Definitions 51 -- Changing Times and Terms 61 -- Scientific Historicism, Method, and Technique 61 -- Historical and Information Work 42 -- Historical Information Science 73 -- Origins and Developments 95 -- Debated New Beginnings 95 -- Introspection and New Skepticism 66 -- Converging Technologies, Ideas, and Disciplines 57 -- Chapter 2. Reflexive Inspection: -- Information, Technology, and Culture 58 -- History Information: Bibliography and Use 58 -- Literature Searching and Bibliographic Control 58 -- Library Science and Historian Use Studies 021 -- Computer Literacy and History Computing Initiatives 931 -- History of Information Science and Technology 941 -- History of Information Institutions 151 -- History of Information Science 061 -- History of Information Technology 171 -- New Cultural Studies and Management 181 -- Collective Memory and Culture 381 -- Organizational Culture and Corporate Memory 802 -- Chapter 3. Sources and Evidence: -- Data and Electronic Archives 332 -- History-Archives Relations 432 -- Providers and Users: Rising Mutual Expectations 432 -- Archives Access: Description, Automation, and Retro-Conversion 142 -- Electronic Records and Archives 252 -- Historical Source Repositories: Confused Traditions 252 -- Data Archives 852 -- Crisis, Ferment, and Reform 662 -- Evidence and Risk Management 872 -- Data Warehouses: Re-engineering Electronic Archives 603 -- Chapter 4. New Historicism and Unidisciplinary History133 -- Diffusion and Confusion 133 -- Quantified Social Science History 143 -- Historical and Scientific Evidence 243 -- Analytic Tools 643 -- Problematic Data: Use and Interpretation 753 -- New History and New Science 183 -- Multi-dimensional Views 204 -- Narration and Visualization: Text and Image Analysis 704 -- Encoded Texts for Discourse and Literary Analysis 214 -- Images, Artifacts, and Art Information 644 -- Medieval Studies and Electronic Sources: Exemplary Syncretism 774 -- Chapter 5. Historical Information Science Issues594 -- Technology 594 -- Technological Obsolescence and Preservation 694 -- Retrospective Source Conversion 215 -- Description, Terminology, and Data Exchange 125 -- Software Solutions 035 -- Education and Training 145 -- Teaching History 245 -- Training Historians 475 -- Chapter 6. The Future of the Past395 -- Conclusion 395 -- Epilogue 995 -- Appendices 306 -- Appendix A: Principles for Ni Development in the United States 306 -- Appendix B: Internet/WWW Information Sources:A Select List of URLs 406 -- General Internet/WWW Information 406 -- Archives Sites 406 -- Arts Sites 506 -- History Sites 606 -- Library Sites 606 -- Museum Sites 606 -- Project Sites 706 -- Appendix C: Functional Requirements of Recordkeeping Systems 016 -- Appendix D: Action Recommendations for Historical Associations 516 -- Membership 516 -- Associations 516 -- Appendix E: Historical Information Science -- Graduate Program Curricular Guide 716 -- Appendix F: Information Technology )IT( Development Timeline 126 -- G lossary 726 -- Definitions 726 -- Criteria for Scientific Evidence 826 -- References136 -- About the Author779 -- Subject Index979 -- Author Name Index 9611