[Asis-l] 2nd Conference on the History of Scientific Information Systems

[Bob Williams]

SECOND CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
NOVEMBER 16-17, 2002
PHILADELPHIA, PA

The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) and the American Society for
Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) announce the Second Conference
on the History and Heritage of Scientific and Technical Information
Systems, to be held in Philadelphia at CHF(315 Chestnut Street), 16-17
November 2002, immediately preceding ASIS&T's Annual Meeting in that
city.

Emphasis for this conference  will be on scientific and technical
information systems in the period from the Second World War up through
the early 1990s. Thirty-five historians of science and technology,
information scientists and scientists in other fields will be delivering
papers on a wide range of topics: informatics in chemistry, biology and
medicine; information developments in multi-national, industrial and
military settings; biographical studies of pioneering individuals; and
the transformation of information systems and formats in the twentieth
century.

Among the speakers and talks will be 

Andrew Pickering (Professor, Department of Sociology, University of
Illinois), British Cyberneticians and their Information Theory 

Ronald Kline (Professor, Department of Science and Technology Studies
and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University),
What Was (Is) Information Theory a Theory Of?  Boundary Work and the
Creation of an American-centric Discipline, 1941-1960 

Brian Vickery (Professor Emeritus, School of Library, Archive and
Information Studies, University College, London), The Development of
Electronic Access to the Data of Science

Michael Lynch (Professor Emeritus, Department of Information Studies,
University of Sheffield), Introduction of Computers in Chemical
Structure Information Systems

Jacques - Emile Dubois (Professor Emeritus, University Denis Diderot
and Recent President of the Committee on Data for Science and
Technology), Chemical Complexity and Molecular Topology: the DARC
Concepts and Applications

Robert Fugmann  (Former Head, Department of Scientific Documentation,
Hoechst AG),  Learning the lessons of the past

Roy MacLeod (Professor, Department of History, University of Sydney)
The Conflation and Distinction between Information and Intelligence
during and after World War I

Peggy Kidwell (Specialist, Division of Information, Technology and
Society, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution),
The Material Culture of Information Systems

John Woolston  (Former Director, Scientific and Technical Information
Division, International Atomic Energy Agency, and Former Director,
Information Sciences Program, International Development Research Centre,
Ottawa), International Co-operation and Mission-oriented Bibliographic
Information Systems

Michel J. Menou  (Visiting Professor, Department of Information
Science, City University, London), FAO and the Building of National
Agricultural Information and Documentation Systems 1966-1988

For full program and abstracts, see
www.chemheritage.org/HistoricalServices/2002HHSTIS2.htm
To register and for information about housing, contact Todd Waters,
External Relations Assistant, at toddw at chemheritage.org or (215)
925-2222, ext. 301. Please indicate to him which days of the conference 
you will be attending.



Robert V. Williams, Prof.
College of Library and Info. Science
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC. 29208
Phone: 803-777-2324; Fax: 803-777-7938
E-mail: bobwill at sc.edu
Home Page: http://www.libsci.sc.edu/bob/frontpg.htm