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ALA
The American Library Association is formed. -
First Library School
Melvil Dewey establishes the Columbia School of Library Economy -
Founding of UW Library School
Prior to the full-time program, a six-week summer course of library training was conducted to help prepare the untrained librarians of the Seattle area and the Pacific Northwest. (ischool.uw.edu) -
Founding of ASIS&T
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"As We May Think"
Vandevar Bush publishes "As We May Think" in Atlantic Magazine. Saracevic pinpoints this article as "the impetus for the development of information science." -
WW2 Ends
The end of WW2 is often cited as the beginning of the "information explosion." -
Information Retrieval
Calvin Mooers coins the term "Information Retrieval." -
Center for Documentation and Communication Research
Jesse Shera forms the Center for Documentation and Communication Research at the library school of Western Reserve University. Shera's model joined library school curriculum with Information Science. -
International Conference of Scientific Information
Predating the wide use of the term "information science," this conference, held in Washington DC, was attended by 1000 delegates from 25 countries. -
Bibliometrics
Alan Pritchard coins the term "bibliometrics." -
UW joins Library and Information Science
UW's School of Librarianship becomes The Graduate School of Library and Information Science. -
TREC
The first Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) is held, brings together work in Information Retrieval. -
"The Invisible Substrate of Information Science
Marcia Bates publishes "The Invisible Substrate of Information Science." -
iSchools Organization
" The iSchools organization was established, a cluster of academic programmes covering a wide range of disciplinary approaches to the study of information phenomena, behaviour, policies and technologies" (Cronin) -
"The Waxing and Waning of a Field"
Blaise Cronin publishes "The Waxing and Waning of a Field: Reflections of Information Studies Education."
