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Changing Records and Changing Realities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

A. J. Meadows
A. J. Meadows
Affiliation:
Formerly Professor of Astronomy and History of Science, University of Leicester; currently Professor of Library and Information Studies, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough LE11 3TU, U.K.
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A great deal has been written concerning the impact of new technology on traditional publishing processes, leading to new forms of electronic publishing. Much less thought has been given to the effects of computerization on archival material. Yet, increasingly, records previously held in hard-copy form are being stored and handled electronically; this is particularly true of information in the scientific/technological/industrial area. In coming years, this will affect the work both of the archivist and of the historian seeking to use these records. It makes sense to try and anticipate the problems that computerization may create.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal for the History of Science , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 67 - 72
Copyright
Copyright © British Society for the History of Science 1987

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