From documentation to information sciences : the beginnings and early development of the American Documentation Institute-American Society for Information Science /

• Main Author: Farkas-Conn, Irene S.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Westport, Estados Unidos : Greenwood Press, 1990.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science ; 67
• Subjects: DOCUMENTACION; CIENCIAS DE LA INFORMACION; BIBLIOTECOLOGIA

Table of Contents:

• 1. The incubation period.
• 2. Visions and realities - Documentation in the 1930s.
• 3. First steps toward realization.
• 4. Organizing the American Documentation Institute.
• 5. Early years, early projects.
• 6. The war years, the information turmoil.
• 7. New Winds Blowing.
• 8. International interests and steps toward revival.
• 9. A treat, a shift, and a new ADI.
• 10. A new profession, a changed society.