Open AccessPioneering women of the information age
Author(s) -
Buckland Michael,
Alarcon Maria Rosario Osuna,
Williams Robert V.,
Lussky Joan,
Ruffner Malissa,
Glenn Emily,
Smith Linda C.,
Tenopir Carol,
Barlow Diane,
Hahn Trudi Bellardo
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.2008.1450450142
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , session (web analytics) , variety (cybernetics) , context (archaeology) , specialty , public relations , library science , political science , sociology , engineering ethics , social science , history , psychology , engineering , medicine , computer science , world wide web , archaeology , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , radiology
This session will feature six speakers, each of whom is among the contributors to two special issues of Libraries & the Cultural Record on women pioneers in the information sciences. This session will be the third in a series presented by the Special Interest Group on History and Foundations of Information Science (HFIS). It will spotlight the lives and contributions of remarkable women pioneers in information science. The individual presentations will be about women whose fields of specialty and accomplishments fall in a wide variety of areas‐practice, research, education for the profession, or information policy. Each paper will address the pioneer's leadership, innovation, and advocacy, as well as the historical context and social and professional milieu in which she worked and made her contributions. Each presentation will be about 15 minutes long, and enhanced with slides to show photographs or other relevant historical materials.