TY - JOUR
T1 - NASA reshapes libraries
T2 - The space programs impact on academic libraries, special libraries, and archives
AU - Spencer, Brett
AU - Dewald, Nancy H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Brett Spencer and Nancy Dewald.
PY - 2015/10/2
Y1 - 2015/10/2
N2 - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has enriched many fields through its scientific discoveries and new technologies, but its impact on information science, though lesser known, may be among its most significant contributions. From the reconceptualization of librarians as information scientists by NASA leaders like Von Braun and Day to NASAs massive program of knowledge dissemination, including breakthroughs in hardware and software, NASAs informational initiatives helped to lay the foundation of modern information science. This report will describe these developments to give some perspective on what academic libraries, special libraries, and archives owe to NASA.
AB - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has enriched many fields through its scientific discoveries and new technologies, but its impact on information science, though lesser known, may be among its most significant contributions. From the reconceptualization of librarians as information scientists by NASA leaders like Von Braun and Day to NASAs massive program of knowledge dissemination, including breakthroughs in hardware and software, NASAs informational initiatives helped to lay the foundation of modern information science. This report will describe these developments to give some perspective on what academic libraries, special libraries, and archives owe to NASA.
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U2 - 10.1080/0194262X.2015.1102676
DO - 10.1080/0194262X.2015.1102676
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84952719021
SN - 0194-262X
VL - 34
SP - 299
EP - 314
JO - Science and Technology Libraries
JF - Science and Technology Libraries
IS - 4
ER -