The study of information: interdisciplinary messages
The study of information: interdisciplinary messages
Things that make us smart: defending human attributes in the age of the machine
Things that make us smart: defending human attributes in the age of the machine
Communications of the ACM
Technology and privacy: the new landscape
Technology and privacy: the new landscape
Measuring the Impact of Information on Development
Measuring the Impact of Information on Development
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The term information science was coined to designate an interdisciplinay field initially concerned with the exponential growth of recorded scientific information. In 1950, the 81st US Congress authorized the National Science Foundation to "foster an interchange of scientific information among scientists in the United States and foreign conuntries." The field received a major impetus with the enactment of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, by the 89th Congress, which directed the National Science Foundation to establish a Science Information Service through which the Foundation "shall (1) provide, or arrange for the provision of, indexing, abstracting, translating, and other services leading to a more effective dissemination of scientific information, and (2) undertake programs to develop new or improved methods, including mechanized systems, for making scientific information available."