Creative Combinatorics is the subject of a blog I produced to accompany a poster presentation with the title „Combinatorics and order as a foundation of creativity, information organisation and art in the work of Wilhelm Ostwald“ at the conference „Analogous spaces – architecture and the space of information, intellect and action“, 15-17 May 2008, Ghent University, Belgium. So this blog is a way to explore the subject of my poster itself through creative combinatorics.
Monatsarchiv: Mai 2008
History of the FRBR
Katalogisierung hat durchaus auch historische und philosophische Seiten, wie der folgende Aufsatz beweist:
Denton, William. „FRBR and the History of Cataloging.“, in: Understanding FRBR: What It Is and How It Will Affect Our Retrieval. Ed. Arlene G. Taylor. Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited, 2007.
Abstract: An explanation of where FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) comes from, given by a look at the work of librarians such as Panizzi, Cutter, Ranganathan, and Lubetzky, and an examination of four themes in the history of library cataloging: the use of axioms to explain the purpose of catalogs, the importance of user needs, the idea of the „work,“ and standardization and internationalization.
Zum Thema auch ein aktueller Preprint der Zeitschrift Bibliothek:
Information history: its importance, relevance and future
Neuerer grundlegender Aufsatz zur Geschichtsschreibung des Informationswesens der Britin Toni Weller mit dem Titel Information history: its importance, relevance and future, in: Aslib Proceedings, 59 (2007) 437 – 448.
Information history is a field that has been attracting increasing attention in recent years from historians and information scientists alike. Although still a relatively young area, this paper argues that IH has the potential to develop into a highly relevant and dynamic field of research. The paper concludes with a look at the future for this area of research, with some suggestions as to how IH needs to develop in order to gain the credence and recognition it deserves.
Information history is a distinct form of historical study in its own right, which looks at the role of information within past societies. It is grounded in historical evidence and it operates within the structures of historical research. It is history. But it also adopts ideologies from information science. The fundamental questions of the LIS discipline have always been related to information in society, politics, economics, the media, and business, how people understand information, and how it is transformed by changes in society. When these conceptual questions are allied to a rigorous historical methodology, something quite distinct and powerful emerges. This is information history: the historical study of information for its own sake.
Interessant ist für mich an diesem Artikel, dass die Entwicklung des Themas in den Vereinigten Staaten (USA) überhaupt nicht erwähnt wird. Von der Autorin erscheint demnächst sogar ein Lehrbuch zur Informationsgeschichte: Information History – An Introduction: Exploring an Emergent Field. Oxford: Chandos, 2008