Information Science in Wartime: Pioneer Documentation Activities in World War II.

Richards, Pamela Spence

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ERIC Number: EJ382460

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Publication Date: 1988

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Information Science in Wartime: Pioneer Documentation Activities in World War II.

Richards, Pamela Spence

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v39 n5 p301-06 Sep 1988

Describes the activities of national documentation organizations during World War II that laid the basis for the nation's postwar scientific information infrastructure. The activities discussed include the acquisition and dissemination of strategic scientific and technical information, and the development of microfilm as an information medium. (19 references) (Author/CLB)

Descriptors: Documentation, History, Information Dissemination, Information Science, Information Technology, Microfilm, National Defense, Scientific and Technical Information

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Language: English

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