CfP: ScholarlyTools for Sharing Knowledge in the Digital Era
Symposium title: “ScholarlyTools for Sharing Knowledge in the Digital Era”
Conference: 25th International Congress of History of Science, and Technology
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dates: 23 to 29 July 2017
Sponsoring body: Commission on Bibliography and Documentation of the IUHPST/DHST
Contact: Stephen Weldon stephenpweldon@gmail.com
Deadline: November 20
“ScholarlyTools for Sharing Knowledge in the Digital Era” will be a four-session symposium, composed of 12-16 papers.
If you are interested in participating in this symposium. Please contact Stephen Weldon by November 20 with a paper topic and title.
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?
Website: stephenpweldon.com