Call for Papers -- Evolving Bibliography: Scholarly Tools for Sharing Knowledge in the Digital Era
The
Commission on Bibliography and Documentation is hosting a symposium at
the 25th International Congress of History of Science, and Technology
(which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next year--the dates are 23 to 29 July 2017).
The
title of our symposium will be “Evolving Bibliography: Scholarly Tools
for Sharing Knowledge in the Digital Era.” It will be a two-session
symposium, composed of 8-10 papers. We would like to know if you are
interested in participating in this symposium. Please contact Stephen Weldon at stephenpweldon@gmail.com by
The abstract of the symposium is as follows:
At
the turn of the twentieth century, bibliography of history of science
was a major enterprise and several large and distinguished projects were
begun at that time. The drive to create bibliography was closely tied
to the rise of the discipline of history of science, technology, and
medicine. One hundred years later, the world of information has changed
dramatically as we have moved into a new networked world. New
bibliographical and reference tools have emerged to meet new needs of a
robust and healthy scholarly enterprise. These new tools have
transformed the expectations and nature of scholarship.
This
session features the work of historians who have run or designed
digitally based scholarly reference resources and of librarians and
archivists who study and learn to navigate these resources. The authors
of the papers have been asked to focus on how these new digital projects
have attempted to addressed the current needs of scholars, librarians,
and archivists: How successful have they been? Where have they not lived
up to expectations? What are the most pressing needs for the next
decade? We are especially interested in understanding the elements of
reference that are specific to our discipline. What kinds of resources
do historians of science and technology need to access in order to
produce good work?