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Information Science Practice in a Historical Perspective: Preliminary Findings of an Oral History Project

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Pozzi, Ellen, and Marija Dalbello. The New Jersey Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 1975-2005: A Historical Note. New Brunswick, NJ: NJ-ASIS&T, 2006. 9 p.

This brochure was distributed at the 30th anniversary celebration of NJ-ASIST and presents a historical overview and chronology of NJ-ASIST. In electronic format, it is accessible from dLIST as http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1630/. The history complements the findings of the research study presented here. / This research uses oral history approach to study an organizational field of information science. The interviews with members of the New Jersey chapter of the national information science organization (ASIST) provided insights into the transformation of this local chapter and information science work since 1975. Their views on the identity of the chapter and their own professional identity in that context, and on the development and maturation of information science field over the past thirty years are considered in the sociology of culture framework. Oral history as a phenomenological method of historical inquiry is here applied as an approach can open new directions for historical inquiry of information science in the national context, understanding the research / practice dynamics, and localization and institutionalization of information science field,

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/105571
Date January 2005
CreatorsPozzi, Ellen, Dalbello, Marija
PublisherRichard B. Hill
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeConference Paper

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