Comments on: Shannon, measurement and a classic textbook

By: Ryan Shaw

Ryan Shaw — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:58:03 +0000

Thanks for the additional pointers. My advisor edited that 2nd ASIS&T anthology! Incidentally, he is also chair of the ASIST SIGHFIS, which might be a venue for you to get some feedback on your historical/conceptual work…

Cheers,
Ryan

By: bernhard

bernhard — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:30:48 +0000

Hi Ryan, Thanks a lot for the references! I've stumbled across Wilson's Two Kinds of Power but I haven't been able to get my hands on it. I'll try to check out Second-hand Knowledge! Concerning my reading I've been on the lookout for canonical materials, trying to get into the "mind" of Information Science. I've found the Key Papers in Information Science series very useful - got the 1980 book (edited by Belver Griffith) for a cool $2.50. ASIS&T has several really great anthologies on the history of IS, here and here (lucky is she who knows how to rip GB ,-). Also, some of the early papers on information retrieval by Luhn, Ohlman, Salton, Codd, and others float around the Web... I'm mostly interested in primary sources on information processing, trying to do some historical/conceptual work... best, B. PS: William Petty! Incredible stuff!

By: Ryan Shaw

Ryan Shaw — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:46:10 +0000

Thank you for this post; I knew of Machlup's Production and Distribution of Knowledge but wasn't aware of this anthology. Any other recommendations from your "loads of books in and on Information Science"? By the way, if you haven't read them yet you really ought to read Patrick Wilson's Two Kinds of Power and Second-hand Knowledge.