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From Hand Printer to Ecological Informatician

From Hand Printer to Ecological Informatician. Dr. John V. Richardson Jr. UCLA Professor of Information Studies 4 th Kaser Lecture, Lilly Library, 2009. Captain George Vancouver. “In most things, to understand the present and anticipate the future, it is important to know

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From Hand Printer to Ecological Informatician

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  1. From Hand Printer to Ecological Informatician Dr. John V. Richardson Jr. UCLA Professor of Information Studies 4th Kaser Lecture, Lilly Library, 2009

  2. Captain George Vancouver “In most things, to understand the present and anticipate the future, it is important to know something of the past, and so it is with [our own field]”

  3. Something of the Past • Sociology at Ohio State University • Relevance • Criminology by Simon Dinitz (distinguished teaching) • Sociological Theory by Laurel Richardson (no relation) • Librarianship at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College • Practical • Wiley J. Williams (interned at JUL’s Documents Dept.) • Frances Cheney (my reference instructor)

  4. DickWhittington&HisCat, 1974

  5. Doing Something Interesting • Going on for the Doctorate: • University of Kentucky: Documents and ILL • Taught LIS 636 “Government Publications” • SLIS faculty: • Ellen Altman (Rutgers; moved to IU) • Mike Harris (IU) • Tom Waldhart (IU) • Wayne Cutler (History at UTA)

  6. ThreePoemsofPassion, 1975

  7. IU Years, 1975-1978 • SLIS faculty (*indicates committee members): • Altman* • Bennett • Fry • Kaser* • Pratt • Shepherd • Whitbeck*

  8. UCLA: Change over Time • The Period, 1978-1988 (great time) • The Period, 1988-1998 (not so great) • The Period, 1998-2008 (better time)

  9. The Period 1978-1988 • Just Show Me Your Publications • MunicipalGovernmentReferenceSources (1978) • Calligraphy (1981) and • Dozens of book reviews

  10. SpiritofInquiry, 1982

  11. The Period, 1988-1998 • National, if not international reputation • Refereed Journal Articles

  12. GospelofScholarship, 1992

  13. Knowledge-BasedSystemsforGeneralReferenceWork, 1995

  14. TheLibraryQuarterly, 1994-2003

  15. The Period, 1998-2008 • The Entrepreneurial Professoriate • Need for extra-mural grants • Research Centers • Rise of the i-School movement

  16. UnderstandingReferenceTransactions, 2002

  17. LibraryandInformationTerminology, 2005

  18. Anticipating the Future • Intersection of three concentric circles • 1) Information resources (bibliography) • 2) Information technology (internet/WWW) • 3) Information processes (cataloging & classification) • Information Ecology

  19. OCLC, 1996

  20. How I Discovered the Lost Ship of the Colorado Desert

  21. Multidisciplinary Approach • This topic intersects: • anthropology, • archeology, • astronomy, • biography and history, • folklore, • geography, • geology, and • linguistics

  22. Information Ecology • Undergraduate Course at UCLA 180 entitled “Information Ecology” • PhD Seminar proposed for 2009/2010 academic year

  23. Questions and Answers

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