Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by...
-
Upload
justina-ferguson -
Category
Documents
-
view
215 -
download
0
Transcript of Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by...
![Page 1: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Whyte Memorial Lecture
When what is new is not: the information society in perspective
Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward
![Page 2: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
WHEN WHAT IS NEW IS PERHAPS NOT: THE INFORMATION SOCIETY IN
PERSPECTIVE
Jean P. Whyte Inaugural Lecture
Monash University August 17, 2009
By
W. Boyd Rayward
Prof. Emeritus, The University of New South Wales And The University of Illinois
Visiting Scholar, University of Ghent
![Page 3: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
CAST OF CHARACTERSPERSONS: Paul Otlet (1868-1944), Belgian lawyer, internationalist, pacifist, Henri LaFontaine, (1854-1943), Belgian lawyer, socialist senator, Nobel Peace Prize laureateHerbert Haviland Field (1868-1921), American zoologist, Director CBHenry Forster Morley (1855-1943), English Chemist, Director ICSL
INSTITUTIONS:The International Institute and Office of Bibliography, Brussels (1895 – 1990)Office and Union of International Associations, Brussels (1907 – the present) Concilium Bibliographicum , Zurich (1895 – 1942) The Royal Society of London, (1660 – the present)(League of Nations Committee &Institute International Intellectual Cooperation (1920-1945)
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INNOVATIONS:Universal Bibliographic Repertory, 1895-1934 (16million entries)Bibliographia Zoologica, Physiologica, Anatomica (20 million cards) International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, 1900-1914 ( 259 vols)
TECHNOLOGIES:Bibliographic printing and publishingCards and cabinetsScientific and bibliographical classification systems, especially the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC)Mondothèque
![Page 4: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Paul Otlet Henri La Fontaine
![Page 5: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
![Page 6: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
![Page 7: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Salle des Répertoires, Office International de Bibliogrpahie
![Page 8: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
6 Applied Sciences Medicine and Technology 62 Engineering in general622 Mining669 Metallurgy(485)Sweden : related to
31 statistics
[622+669](485):31
Statistics of mining and metallurgy in Sweden
Example of a UDC Number
![Page 9: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Concilium Bibliographicum’s new building, Zurich
![Page 10: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Stored card sets for the Concilium BIbliogrpahicum
![Page 11: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
A. MathematicsB. MechanicsC. PhysicsD. ChemistryE. AstronomyF. BiologyG. MineralogyH. GeologyJ. GeographyK. PaleontologyL. BiologyM. BotanyN. ZoologyO. AnatomyP. PathologyQ. PhysiologyR. Bacteriology
32 regional Bureaux including NSW, Qld, SA,Vic,WA8 sets subscribed to in Australia
Sections of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature
![Page 12: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
![Page 13: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
![Page 14: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Paul Otlet’s vision of a scholar’s work station
![Page 15: Whyte Memorial Lecture When what is new is not: the information society in perspective Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062720/56649efe5503460f94c13147/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Whyte Memorial Lecture
When what is new is not: the information society in perspective
Presented by Emeritus Professor W. Boyd Rayward