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Information revolutions, the information society, and the future of the history of information science
This paper aims to discuss the future of information history by interrogating
its past. It presents in outline an account of the conditions
and the trajectory of events that have culminated in todayâs
âinformation revolutionâ and âinformation society.â It suggests that
we have already passed through at least two information orders or
revolutions as we transition, first, from the long era of print that
began over five hundred years ago with Gutenberg and the printing
press. We have then moved through a predigital era after World War
II, finally to a new era characterized by the advent of the ubiquitous
technologies that are considered to herald a new âdigital revolutionâ
and the creation of new kind of âinformation society.â It argues that
it is possible to see that the past is now opening itself to new kinds
of scrutiny as a result of the apparently transformative changes that
are currently taking place. It suggests that the future of the history
of information science is best thought of as part of a still unrealized
convergence of diverse historical approaches to understanding how
societies are constituted, sustained, reproduced, and changed in
part by information and the infrastructures that emerge to manage
information access and use. In conclusion it suggests that different
bodies of historical knowledge and historical research methodologies
have emerged as we move into the digital world that might be
usefully brought together in the future to broaden and deepen explorations
of important historical information phenomena from
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Ontology: Towards a new synthesis
This introduction to the second international conference on Formal Ontology and
Information Systems presents a brief history of ontology as a discipline spanning the boundaries of philosophy and information science. We sketch some of the reasons for the growth of ontology in the information science field, and offer a preliminary stocktaking of how the term âontologyâ is currently used. We conclude by suggesting some grounds for optimism as concerns the future collaboration between philosophical ontologists and information scientists
Exploring Oculus Rift: A Historical Analysis of the âVirtual Realityâ Paradigm
This paper will first provide background information about Virtual Reality in order to better analyze its development throughout history and into the future. Next, this essay begins an in-depth historical analysis of how virtual reality has developed prior to 1970, a pivotal year in Virtual Reality history, followed by an exploration of how this development paradigm shifted between the 1970\u27s and the turn of the century. The historical analysis of virtual reality is concluded by covering the modern period from 2000-present. Finally, this paper examines the layout of the virtual reality field in respect to he history and innovations presented
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The Future of History: Investigating the Preservation of Information in the Digital Age
Abstract This study investigates the challenges of preserving information in the digital age, and explores how this may affect the future of historical knowledge. The study is based on a series of semi-structured interviews with forty-one historians, archivists, librarians, and web researchers. While the results reject the idea of a single âdigital black holeâ in historical records, they emphasize the importance of the issue for the future of history, and the complexity of the solutions to be adopted. The need for planning, for education, and for cooperation between historians and the information professions is also emphasized
UNH School of Law IP Library: 20th Anniversary Reflection on the Only Academic IP Library in the United States
[Excerpt] The UNH School of Law Intellectual Property Library celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year. It is a fortuitous time for this look back and for strategic considerations for the future. This anniversary comes at a time in the history of legal education when conditions over the past few years have intensified the analysis of mission and resources for law school libraries. This article is a retrospective review of the history and dynamics surrounding the founding and first twenty years of growth. It is also an analysis of the future growth and mission of the IP Library during times that demand more strategic vision, taking into consideration the explosion of information, formats, scope of intellectual property (IP) and allied areas of practice, competitor IP programs at other U.S. law schools, and greater scrutiny of expenses of U.S. law school libraries generally
History-sensitive versus future-sensitive approaches to security in distributed systems
We consider the use of aspect-oriented techniques as a flexible way to deal
with security policies in distributed systems. Recent work suggests to use
aspects for analysing the future behaviour of programs and to make access
control decisions based on this; this gives the flavour of dealing with
information flow rather than mere access control. We show in this paper that it
is beneficial to augment this approach with history-based components as is the
traditional approach in reference monitor-based approaches to mandatory access
control. Our developments are performed in an aspect-oriented coordination
language aiming to describe the Bell-LaPadula policy as elegantly as possible.
Furthermore, the resulting language has the capability of combining both
history- and future-sensitive policies, providing even more flexibility and
power.Comment: In Proceedings ICE 2010, arXiv:1010.530
Merit Rating for Physiciansâ Malpractice Premiums: Only a Modest Deterrent
Results of a study showed that the targeting of malpractice-prone physicians from past paid-claims histories is only moderately accurate. It is possible, however, to gather more detailed information about physicians in addition to claims history and premium class that might lead to a more accurate prospective identification of those who will incur future paid claims
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