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This work charts the history of the American Society for Information Science, originally begun in 1937 as the American Documentation Institute. Irene Farkas-Conn traces the organization's development and its restructuring in response to changes in society and technology. Important questions such as whether the institute was, and still is technology driven are also addressed.

Table of Contents

Prologue The Incubation Period Visions and Realities: Documentation in the 1930s First Steps Toward Realization Organizing the American Documentation Institute Early Years, Early Projects The War Years, then Information Turmoil New Winds Blowing International Interests and Steps Toward Revival A Threat, a Shift, and a New ADI A New Profession, a Changed Society Appendix Index

About the Author

IRENE S. FARKAS-CONN is a consultant, an internationally known expert on information management, and an advocate of new computing, telecommunication, and optical disc technologies to make most effective use of information. A frequent lecturer in the United States and abroad, her experience has led her to examine not only how people use information and how it is transferred, but how organizations can be made to function more effectively. She served on the board of the American Society for Information Science, the Information for Industry Committee of the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID/II), and on a working committee of the U.S. Department of State. Dr. Farkas-Conn has also received the Watson Davis award of ASIS.

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?Charts the history of the American Society for Information Science, originally begun in 1937 as the American Documentation Institute. Beginning with the post-World War I period that preceded the creation of ADI and the professional and technological climate that led up to the institute's formation, Farkas-Conn traces the organization's development and its restructuring in response to changes in society and technology. Important questions such as whether the institute was, and still is, technology driven are also addressed.?-Reference & Research Book News

?From Documentation to Information Science: The Beginnings and Early Development of the American Documentation Institute--The American Society for Information Science, by Irene Farkas-Conn, explores in depth the early stages of the field of information science through the history of ASIS.?-Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science

"From Documentation to Information Science: The Beginnings and Early Development of the American Documentation Institute--The American Society for Information Science, by Irene Farkas-Conn, explores in depth the early stages of the field of information science through the history of ASIS."-Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science

"Charts the history of the American Society for Information Science, originally begun in 1937 as the American Documentation Institute. Beginning with the post-World War I period that preceded the creation of ADI and the professional and technological climate that led up to the institute's formation, Farkas-Conn traces the organization's development and its restructuring in response to changes in society and technology. Important questions such as whether the institute was, and still is, technology driven are also addressed."-Reference & Research Book News