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

Pozzi, Ellen and Dalbello, Marija (2005) Information Science Practice in a Historical Perspective: Preliminary Findings of an Oral History Project. In Proceedings 68th American Society for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting 42, pages [1339]-[1342], Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Abstract

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,

EPrint Type:Conference Paper
Keywords:Information Science - Communities of Practice; Information Science - Historical Perspectives; NJ-ASIS; NJ-ASIST; New Jersey chapter of The American Society for Information Science & Technology - Oral History Interviews; Information Science Practice and Information Science Research
Subjects:Information Science
ID Code:1870
Deposited On:06 May 2007
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