Comments for The Occasional Informationist

Comment on Maurice Line (1928-2010) by dbawden

dbawden — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:32:34 +0000

Thank you for your kind comment. I have replied directly about the photo.

Comment on Maurice Line (1928-2010) by Marjorie Bloss

Marjorie Bloss — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:09:11 +0000

A lovely tribute.

I am the editor of a library journal, World Libraries. We will be including an article on Dr. Line. I was wondering if you would give me permission to use the picture that you have included in your article.

Comment on Very Short Information by dbawden

dbawden — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:54:44 +0000

Yes indeed, my point, albeit not well expressed, was to wonder how well the printed books will do in the long term against their e-book equivalents. Or indeed against the pirate versions available on the web; a kind of compliment I suppose. I wonder if there is special word for the phenomenon by which works on information matters don’t get to take advantage of new dissemination methods; I recall that, in its early days, the journal ‘Electronic Library’ was only available in print format.

Comment on Very Short Information by Graham Mathias

Graham Mathias — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:26:13 +0000

DB, a quick check on Amazon reveals that many of the Very Short Introductions are available for Kindle. Curiously, however, Floridi’s book is not one of them. Your point still stands though, I think.

Comment on The Philosophy (or a philosophy?) of information by Luciano Floridi

Luciano Floridi — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:09:16 +0000

Impressive and insightful synthesis, thank you.

Comment on Bush, Goldberg, Memex and the revision of history by Opinion: Information Science as Knowledge Translation :: ASIS&T Bulletin

Opinion: Information Science as Knowledge Translation :: ASIS&T Bulletin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:21:50 +0000

[...] Resources Mentioned in the Text [1] Bawden, D. (March 31, 2010). Bush, Goldberg, the Memex, and the revision of history. The Occasional Informaticist: Irregular Thoughts on the Information Sciences [blog]. Retrieved April 24, 2011, from http://theoccasionalinformationist.com/2010/03/31/bush-goldberg-memex-and-the-revision-of-history/. [...]

Comment on An anonymous and undiscriminating library by alex

alex — Wed, 19 May 2010 07:17:23 +0000

In my university a student submitted an essay plagiarised from a professional academic. The plagiarism was discovered by the second marker, but not before the first marker had failed it!

Comment on Portrait of the Author as a Young Information Scientist by thewikiman

thewikiman — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:19:41 +0000

This is brilliant – I’m very glad you made an exception to the ‘talking about yourself rule’… Cheers for contributing to the project!

Comment on The House of Wisdom by Great research libraries of the world? « How I Learn

Great research libraries of the world? « How I Learn — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:10:05 +0000

[...] read this blog post by Bawden about a book of the Arab history with recording and storing knowledge. Interesting conclusion [...]

Comment on Brian Vickery (and the uneasy information scientists) by Steve Johnson In Washington State

Steve Johnson In Washington State — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:39:22 +0000

“Regardless of advances in technology, Vickery insists, there are some fundamentals of information-related behaviour and of the organisation of information, which do not change. It is the business of the information scientist to investigate them, and to show their relevance in whatever information environment they may be instantiated. I think that is a message we would do well to hold on to.” Well sighted, and well said, as the summary of a fine tribute. 23/02/10