Michael Keeble Buckland

Trudi Bellardo Hahn

The 25 contributions to this volume, largely reprinted from recent special issues of three information science journals devoted to historical topics, address an array of topics including Paul Otlet and his successors; techniques, tools, and systems; organizations and individuals; theoretical issues; and literature. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Historical Studies in Information Science

A fascinating and illuminating tribute to a great mind and a crucial period in the history of information science and technology.

Information, Invention, and Political Forces

Emanuel Goldberg and His Knowledge Machine

Buckland offers an examination of information systems that is comparative rather than narrowly technical in approach. Using explicitly defined terms, he interprets the nature of retrieval-based information systems such as archives, libraries, databases, and museums, and their relationships to their social context. Since the primary focus of the work is on unusual examples of information systems, the discussion yields interesting and thoughtful conclusions on the nature of information systems in general and constructive consideration of existing problems in this rapidly expanding field.

Michael Keeble Buckland

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