Command and Control, Documentation, and Library Science: The Origins of Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh

  • Authors:

  • William Aspray

  • Affiliations:

  • -

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

This article describes the history of the first information science department formed in the United States-at the University of Pittsburgh-and the roles of two of its principal faculty members: Allen Kent and Anthony Debons. In particular, it looks at the origins of the program in command-and-control systems, documentation of scientific literature, and library automation