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  1. Sep 2015
    1. he field is too young, a

      I wonder if the situation has changed at all?

    2. Yet, it is important to recognize that, particularlyin information science, there is no sharp distinction be-tween research and technology. I

      It is curious that they are seen to be so closely related. I wonder if as technologies age, and become more part of the infrastructure we take for granted if that will be the case.

    3. Artificial intelligence; automata; problem solving;self-organizing systems.

      Interesting how many of these seem like computer science to me. I wonder if computer science has subsumed some of these disciplines?

    4. he tremendous growth in science and technologyand the accelerated pace at which new knowledgebecomes available and old knowledge becomes ob-2. The fast rate of obsolescence of technical knowl-edge, so that the old graduate must go back toschool and update his skills;3. The large number of working scientists and thelarge number of scientific and technical journalswhich exist today;4. The increased specialization which makes communi-cation and the exchange of infonnation betweendisciplines very difficult;5. The short time lag between research and applicationthat makes the need for information more pressingand more immediate

      Information science is needed to deal with the rapid expansion of the amount of information that is available. The same motivation drove Vannevar Bush to think about the Memex.

    5. oday's society.

      A redefinition was needed to reflect the more diverse landscape that technologies like television and radio introduced.

    6. rariansliip and docu-mentation are applied aspects of information scie

      Similar to applied mathematics and mathematics proper?

    7. Eobert S. Taylor p

      Helped create the Internet with Licklider at DARPA.

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