Historical Information Science. An Emerging Unidiscipline

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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Foundations and Definitions
Changing Times and Terms
Scientific Historicism, Method, and Technique
Historical and Information Work
Historical Information Science
Origins and Developments
Debated New Beginnings
Introspection and New Skepticism
Converging Technologies, Ideas, and Disciplines
Chapter 2. Reflexive Inspection: Information, Technology, and Culture
History Information: Bibliography and Use
Literature Searching and Bibliographic Control
Library Science and Historian Use Studies
Computer Literacy and History Computing Initiatives
History of Information Science and Technology
History of Information Institutions
History of Information Science
History of Information Technology
New Cultural Studies and Management
Collective Memory and Culture
Organizational Culture and Corporate Memory
Chapter 3. Sources and Evidence: Data and Electronic Archives
History-Archives Relations
Providers and Users: Rising Mutual Expectations
Archives Access: Description, Automation, and Retro-Conversion
Electronic Records and Archives
Historical Source Repositories: Confused Traditions
Data Archives
Crisis, Ferment, and Reform
Evidence and Risk Management
Data Warehouses: Re-engineering Electronic Archives
Chapter 4. New Historicism and Unidisciplinary History
Diffusion and Confusion
Quantified Social Science History
Historical and Scientific Evidence
Analytic Tools
Problematic Data: Use and Interpretation
New History and New Science
Multi-dimensional Views
Narration and Visualization: Text and Image Analysis
Encoded Texts for Discourse and Literary Analysis
Images, Artifacts, and Art Information
Medieval Studies and Electronic Sources: Exemplary Syncretism
Chapter 5. Historical Information Science Issues
Technology
Technological Obsolescence and Preservation
Retrospective Source Conversion
Description, Terminology, and Data Exchange
Software Solutions
Education and Training
Teaching History
Training Historians
Chapter 6. The Future of the Past
Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendices
Appendix A: Principles for NII Development in the United States
Appendix B: Internet/WWW Information Sources: A Select List of URLs
General Internet/WWW Information
Archives Sites
Arts Sites
History Sites
Library Sites
Museum Sites
Project Sites
Appendix C: Functional Requirements of Recordkeeping Systems
Appendix D: Action Recommendations for Historical Associations
Membership
Associations
Appendix E: Historical Information Science Graduate Program Curricular Guide
Appendix F: Information Technology (IT) Development Timeline
Glossary
Definitions
Criteria for Scientific Evidence
References
About the Author
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